F1 Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologien und Managementberatung GmbH (F1) worked with VIOSO GmbH to install 15 Wings VIOSO servers and 15 AV Stumpfl Wings VIOSO software packages in Das Schloss, a shopping centre in Berlin. The software was used to control projection mapping across the 1,200m² interior ceiling of the centre, while the servers were used for content playback. Video is projected from a total of 78 Barco F32 projectors, with a resolution of about 16k x 16k.
Silke Schirmer, managing director at F1, explained: “It was a complex project. One challenge was to get a single seamless image with a geometric edge blend and partial projection parts. The setup, maintenance and running of the new system needed to be done at night when the shopping centre was closed so it was important to have a system which was easy to set up and use”. Before the project started, the ‘Magic Ceiling’ at Das Schloss projected pictures of the sky; day, night, clouds and the universe watched over shoppers as they strolled through a castle scene. In the future, much more entertaining content will be available.
