Medialon has been selected by XYZ Cultural Technology, a Canadian-based integrator and AV designer company, to be the main controller of the entire indoor part of the museum.
Visitors start their journey by entering the Glacier Exploration Station where the magic of sound, video, lighting, and multimedia technologies transport them into a virtual expedition.
One Medialon Manager V5 Pro license controls four different timeline shows where several tasks run simultaneously in the Glacier Exploration Station. Thanks to Medialon Manager Panel, the free touch panel design software, XYZ Cultural Technology has created friendly-user touch panel interfaces to be used on RedLion touch screens. Via the touch screens, the museum's staff are able to remotely control the shows.
During their journey, visitors enter in an elevator which takes them down 4000ft in the middle of a glacier, where water streams cut and groove the ice. Medialon controls a rotating stage via a PLC which simulates the elevator.
Once being totally immersed under the glacier, visitors are surrounded by an immersive video projection sound and lighting effects, all managed and synchronized by Medialon.
The expedition continues with a video show projected on a spectacular giant water screen where visitors can see the rise of sea levels from melting glaciers 8,000 years ago, as well as the formation of the Ancient Seas and today's consequences on the environment. The visitors are surrounded of special effect like mist, smoke, and lighting, sound and video effects.
Medialon is in charge of controlling the Dataton Watchout system used for the video projections in each experience.
At the end of the exploration, visitors can access to the Cyber Center, a multimedia experience and research room where they can further investigate subjects developed in the Glacier Exploration Station.
This computer room is made up of 10 interactive work stations with educating content. LCD screens have been installed on top of each work station and allow observers to follow each participant's actions and navigation. Thanks to a Medialon Manager Panel, the laboratory manager can remotely select the info to be displayed on the screens via a video matrix and create true interactivity with the visitors.
"The Garden of the Glaciers project was complex and it had to be easy to use for the museum's staff to operate," said Audrey Gilbert, project coordinator from XYZ Cultural Technology. "We chose Medialon because it perfectly fitted the museum's needs. It allowed us to control and monitor all the A/V devices installed in each room of the museum through one single interface. It is a truly reliable control system."
(Jim Evans)
