The Famous Grouse Experience (2002)
The Famous Grouse Experience interactive environment completes the Glenturret distillery museum tour, offering the visitors a playful way of dealing with the culture of whisky in Scotland. In this interactive environment, visitors are able to interact with the content projected on the floor in real-time, instructed by a video projected on the front wall. Four short chapters that build upon each other were designed for this space.
First, when the visitors are entering the space, they are welcomed by an animated grouse – the heraldic animal of the distillery. Then the space is flooded by projected water on the floor, which reacts to the footsteps, and introduces the interactive floor. The second and third scenes are game-like interactions with the environment, and the last sequence portrays a narrated flight over historical sites of Scotland, finally returning back to the distillery.
show project details
Client
Highland Distillers Ltd., Scotland
Services
- Concept
- Project management
- Graphic design
- Screen design
- Gamedesign
- Leveldesign
- Audioprogramming
- Filmproduction
- Models and animation
- Software development
- Planning of media
- Installation
- After-sales support and maintenance consultation
Technology
- 6 graphic PCs and 6 XGA beamers for floor projections
- 1 beamer for wall projections
- 6 infrared spotlights and 2 infrared cameras for position tracking
- 8 shock sensors for footfall recognition
- 1 PC for system control
- 1 PC for lighting and audio control (DMX and Midi)
- 24-track audio system
- high definition picture and film projection using ART+COM Y60 real time software
- show management using SMIL programming and ART+COM’s own Show Control System
- olfactory fan system for whisky aroma diffusion
Special features
- Floor projectors over entire area using 6 beamers, edge blending and automatic colour correction
- Maintenance/support consultation from Berlin