Nausicaá creates an immersion room based on Modulo PI's multimedia servers

The largest public aquarium in Europe, located in France, has in this space with twenty-two video projectors and five multimedia servers Modulo Player.

Located in Boulogne-sur-Mer (France), the National Center of the Nausicaá Sea offers its visitors an attractive tour of the seascape from 1991. As part of its expansion, Europe's largest public aquarium now offers a new immersive space to raise public awareness of the effects of global warming.

In its activity as an aquarium and as a marine science center, Nausicaá has received more than fifteen million visitors since its creation in 1991. As part of its enlargement, a new space has been designed to project visitors In the eye of the weather (Into the eye of climate), a 360° immersive experience aimed at raising awareness about global warming and its problems.

To carry out this project, the National Sea Centre of Boulogne-sur-Mer selected the agency Pixel n'Pepper, who has made this film entirely in 3D, that comes to life in this space, equipped with twenty-two video projectors and five multimedia servers Modulo Player of MODULE PI.

The agency oversaw the technical and economic feasibility study, Pixel n'Pepper was entrusted with the artistic and technical development of the first immersion room dedicated to climate change and its problems. In a square room of 11x11m, walls and floor are used to create an immersive experience of great impact on visitors.

This is what Gaël Picquet points out, Technical Director of Pixel n'Pepper: "as visitors are close to the walls, first we had to determine the height of the image based on the distance from the audience and their field of view.. With this data, the height of the image was set at 7m".

How the audience is close to the projected image, "We also needed to have high definition and, therefore, a pixel as small as possible -specifies-. We opted for a pixel size of 3 mm both on the walls and on the floor, and with the minimum desired brightness, which was from 250 lux, to work with precision in contrasts and colors".

In this space a total of twenty-two EPSon EB-L1075U equipment has been installed to project on the floor and the four walls of the room. 360° video mapping is based on Modulo Pi's Modulo Player media server solution, with four units of Modulo Player PRO-4 and one of Modulo Player PRO-6.

To offer a complete immersion experience, another fundamental element has been the audio, for which a multichannel system with eight ID 24i speakers has been installed, four IDs 110 subs and two NXAMP 4×4 Nexo amplifiers, according to the audiovisual integration project carried out by Videlio.

Audio and video playback is ensured by Modulo Player, which is also responsible for the control of the show. "A video and audio player that integrates all the show control functionalities necessary for this type of permanent installation is funtamental for both technical and budgetary reasons", ensures Picquet.

With the interface design included in Modulo Player, custom panels were created for Nausicaá's operation and maintenance teams, What, as Picquet emphasizes, "they have been of great value for all operational aspects".

From the 25 July 2020, visitors to Nausicaá can enter this immersive room and live a unique experience to learn in detail about climate change and its devastating effects.

The 3D movie In the eye of the weather is directed by Nathanaëlle Picot and her Pixel n'Pepper team. "Immersion rooms are flourishing in the museography sector," adds Picquet.. The real interest is and will continue to be the quality of the content”".

Through this realistic and amazing immersive experience Nausicaá hopes to move the audience and raise awareness about solutions and best practices to curb global warming..