thebigspace were asked by the BBC to design a video installation in order to communicate the results of a survey to BBC employees. The installation needed to be eye-catching from a distance, while offering people the ability to discover more about the survey contents.

thebigspace decided to use Watch-Out software, controlled by electro-magnetic (capacitant) sensors affixed to custom-built acrylic panels. Four rear-projection screens displayed ambient animations of text which communicated the results of the BBC survey. In front of each projection screen, there was an acrylic podium that displayed vinyl-printed words. Each time someone touched a word on the acrylic panel, the projection screen played a video sequence relating to the word selected.

Last week, Frank successfully installed a new prototype RFID mirror at our offices in Broadwick Street, Soho, London. Pete Moylan from Paxar, provided invaluable assistance in setting up the RFID reader.

Fabrica the research lab set up by Benetton in Treviso Italy, are exhibiting works in the Centre Pompidou in Paris this month.

Fabrica: Creating a virtual eye trip

PARIS The stairs are singing - or, at least, emitting twangs of African notes that make visitors to the Centre Pompidou dance and laugh and do kooky feet tapping on each step.

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