Audiologic and ABC AV create an interactive mission to Mars in 'Tetrastar Spaceport’

The association of Audiologic and ABC AV has resulted in the launch of 'Tetrastar Spaceport', that combines immersive theatre, projection mapping, Spatial audio and interactive content in the National Space Center in the United Kingdom to simulate a rescue mission to Mars.

Tetrastar Spaceport, A new permanent attraction located in the National Space Center in Leicester (United Kingdom), offers an immersive space-themed experience in which visitors accidentally find themselves on a rescue mission to Mars. The team must work together to recover important investigations, survive the disaster and escape back to Earth.

To offer maximum realism to visitors, Tetrastar Spaceport Combines immersive theatre, projection mapping, Spatial Audio, Real-time interactive content, Actors and scenography, movable seats and more to simulate this rescue mission to Mars, in which they can participate in an escape room-style experience in which they must retrieve valuable specimens.

This experience, that occupies 300 m2, is developed in Four main zones, with Ten thematic spaces Additional, accessed by groups of twenty people in each. The design of this attraction has been made by NSC Creative, the National Space Center's in-house immersive production team, in collaboration with experts such as ABC AV and Audiologic, among others.

Paul Mowbray, Project Manager at NSC Creative, "By selecting the best people in their fields we managed to assemble an experienced team of specialists who worked together with the aim of surprising visitors., transport them to Mars and return after living a wild space mission".

NSC Creative is responsible for overall project management and creative direction, as well as the Immersive AV integration and the production of this Interactive space adventure, Content and implementation. So that visitors feel part of this mission, The company has had well-known artists and personalities, as well as the artificial intelligence Called ADA.

As he explains Anna Shahin, Application Support Engineer at Audiologic, "It's been a very exciting project., in which we have worked with ABC AV and NSC Creative. The system required the speakers to blend in with the attraction's futuristic aesthetic., so the manufacturer's ecosystem K-array It was an obvious choice.".

The system is completed with the subwoofers Kobra KK52 , KK102 and Rumble KU210 To create a Surround sound 7.2 in the room of the spaceship Tharis One, while the models Vyver KV52 and Rumble KU26 provide a Sound Experience 5.1 in the area called Transporter. the KF26 Domino speakers They are responsible for offering crystal clear and full-range audio to attendees competing in the rescue mission.

The National Space Center has a system Q-SYS Core 510i, "that runs the rest of the computers and that, thanks to its open architecture, made this the best option to run Tetrastar Spaceport. Due to numerous custom audio requirements, A media unit and a multitrack player update were also added to the processor as part of the new system.", Shahin points out.

In this project, ABC AV has been responsible for the design of AV systems, lighting and show control, as well as multimedia experience integration, As its CEO explains,, Andy Bates.

"Working with Simon, Anna, Diogo and the rest of the Audiologic engineers made a lot of sense., as they knew all the product offerings in the K-array ranges, Innosonix and Q-SYS," Bates says.- and achieved the right combination of products and required features, while remaining within the project budget. In addition, Simple integration of processor control Q-SYS Core with Medialon Show Controller It was an easy task.".

For Bates, Tetrastar Spaceport "It's like a mini science center packaged in an exhibit.. The complexity of the show control and the AV system installed ensures that each mission is carried out successfully., Even if participants don't always achieve their goals. Each action triggers a response and feeds into a scoring system, which awards a unique result and a prize at the end of each mission to encourage them to return".

This attraction also has 47 digital screens, 11 laser projectors, 45 speakers and 50 media servers, as well as 15k Led pixels RGBW mapping that integrates throughout the set.

To this are added twenty seats with dynamic 360º movement and interactive buttons, that sync in real time with the content to give visitors a sense of weightlessness, supplied by Simworx, together with a API Control Master Also developed by this company, enabling NSC Creative to produce a real-time interactive launch experience application with dynamic motion.

He has also participated in the project 2BHeard Limited, who made the initial designs of the room with the modeling software 3D K-framework; proofs of concept and implementation of the simulation system.

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