ATLANTA, GA — Design and Production Inc. (D&P) and Digital Projection International (DPI) played a role in the $8.5 million renovation of the Carter Presidential Library and Museum, which now offers visitors a six-panel projector-supplied rotunda, an interactive touch-table and other imagery-infused educational experiences. Thirteen displays use DPI gear, including six 8,000-lumen Titan HD-600 projectors and six dVision 1080p projectors, for imagery from numerous periods of former president Jimmy Carter’s life. Carter, former vice president Walter Mondale and a host of national dignitaries were also on hand for the Oct. 1 re-opening of the Carter Museum.
With over 70,000 square feet of space devoted to exhibits and research, the Carter Library and Museum’s updates include several involving digital projection. The rotunda is the centerpiece of the museum. Six 13-foot-high screens display “A Day in the Life” of Carter’s presidential responsibilities, using video clips, images, recorded sound and news footage.
The museum also features four 65-inch LCD screens positioned below the large projector-illuminated screens, creating an encompassing, 10-image synchronized show.
The Titan HD-600 projectors supplying the large-screen imagery are positioned in portrait mode, with no blending needed and no mirrors needed to achieve the effect. All of DPI’s dual-lamp TITAN projectors are designed to function in either horizontal or portrait mode interchangeably.
The museum has also been outfitted with an 18-square-foot Corian-topped interactive table offers a user-navigated overview of Carter’s post-presidency endeavors, ranging from disease prevention to Habitat for Humanity volunteer initiatives.
“The table itself serves as a projection surface,” said Dale Panning of D&P. “Embedded are six IRTouch T46 infrared touch frames. Six Digital Projection dVision 1080p-XL projectors provide imaging for both the interactive table and teaser text on the floor around the table.” Interactive content is fed to the projectors by computers located within the interactive table.
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