Visitors to the world's first virtual zoo, in Brisbane, are being wowed by holograms of more than 50 animals – from whales to dinosaurs. Hologram Zoo, which has been created by Axiom Holographics, offers visitors an immersive experience that places the animals in their natural habitats, including under the sea.…
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Unilumin hits the heights at Saudi Arabia’s Boulevard World
One of the highlights of Riyadh Season – a state-sponsored annual entertainment and sports festival in Saudi Arabia – is Boulevard World, which attracts tourists from all over the world with its novel entertainment experience and diverse cultural content. This visual extravaganza has been brought to life by LED specialist…
Modulo Pi server powers immersive room in Saudi Arabia
Six Epson video projectors and a Modulo Pi media server have been installed at a visitor attraction in Saudi Arabia. A historical building in the port city of Yanbu – a member of the Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities – has been turned into a visitor centre that features…
Digital Projection masters the art of immersion in Paris
Paris-based system integrator ETC Onlyview has large-scale projection mapping down to a fine art at the Eternal Mucha exhibition, where nearly 30 Digital Projection laser projectors are helping to breathe new life into the art nouveau works of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, more than 80 years after his death. The fourth event…
Panic is over at the Smiths’ Salford shrine thanks to Saturn
Salford Lads Club, the historic recreation club and charity made famous by 1980s indie band, the Smiths, has taken its huge collection of fan messages and photos into the digital age, with help from digital signage consultancy Saturn Visual Solutions. The club has amassed a huge collection of messages, photos…
Christie Inspire Series lights up visitor attractions in China
Christie Inspire Series 1DLP laser projectors have been selected by visitor attractions in China’s Guangdong province as their preferred projection system. More than 80 projectors, including DWU760-iS, DWU860-iS and DWU960-iS models have been installed in the China Qiaodu Museum of Overseas Chinese and Jiangmen Local Chronicles Hall in Jiangmen City,…
Sony technology helps museum tell African diaspora story
The recently opened International African American Museum (IAAM) honours the difficult and often untold stories of the African American journey. The museum – located in Charleston's Gadsden’s Wharf, where many of the enslaved Africans arrived in the US – is using Sony technology to combine storytelling and history, while facilitating…
See the next Big Outdoor LED screen in Times Square
SNA Displays has provided the LED displays for a new digital platform at the northern end of Times Square Media company Big Outdoor's 'The Gateway to Times Square' features two screens offering 300sq metres of digital canvas. They utilise SNA Displays' 8mm EMPIRE Exterior LED display technology. The screens, which…
K-array’s secret service role at Imperial War Museum London
The Second World War Galleries at London’s Imperial War Museum (IWM) bring to life a war that affected millions of people around the world. In order to maximise the realism that IWM’s exhibits evokes, Sysco Productions created an immersive, digitally controlled audio system that has hidden K-array’s ultra-compact Vyper and…
Scientists develop photon-sensitive camera for restoring art
A 25,000-pixel photon-sensitive camera has been developed that will transform the restoration of historic works of art by enabling conservators to identify and remove ageing varnish with 100% accuracy. The camera, which was developed by scientists at King’s College London’s department of physics, will help experts distinguish between varnish and…