projectiondesign F22, F32 and F35 wqxga projectors and WB processors has helped visitors to get an idea about the stories of the First World War using modern museum techniques and multimedia at the Flanders Fields Museum, Belgium.
On entering the museum, a Poppy Bracelet is given to all visitors. As visitors move around the beautifully restored medieval cloth-hall building in the city’s main square, a micro-chip inside their ‘Poppy’, a globally recognised symbol of the First World War, provides them with video projections, interactive touchscreens and soundscapes used to re-create the pain and tragedy of the War.
Belle Epoque, First Battle, Ypres Salient and Third Battle stories of the Great War were told through varied objects on display, interactive installations and life-like characters.
Piet Chielens, Coordinator In Flanders Fields Museum, said, “To really embrace the whole public with the impact of landscape then I think the best way of doing it is with projection. That is what we’ve done here. People are really thrilled with the experience and that is largely due to the techniques we’ve chosen to present it.”
Nicolas Vanden Avenne, Managing Director at Ocular BVBA stated, “Every projection surface in this museum is either curved or has a rather unusual shape for projection, which made this a technical challenge. Along with projection, we use the blend and warp functionality of the WB processors throughout the museum.”
