An interactive experience helps to understand physics at the Muncyt in Alcobendas

To explain different physics concepts in an entertaining and fun way., The CERN MediaLab interactive tunnel has landed at the Muncyt in Alcobendas. An installation created with immersive techniques and motion sensors.

Since the beginning of October it has been installed in the National Museum of Science and Technology of Alcobendas (Muncyt ) an interactive experience that attempts, that through different games, participants understand aspects related to particle physics in a fun way: how matter is produced, how it interacts with the Higgs field, how protons collide, etc.

This is a temporary installation, which will be available until 14 December, and which has been created by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The project is based on an interactive tunnel that occupies a space of 36 square meters and 3 meters high and is an idea designed by the team of CERN MediaLab, entity created in the middle of 2011 under the umbrella of the CERN Education group.

The LHC interactive tunnel seeks to immerse the public in a game experience that serves as a means for learning. When users enter this space they find two screens of more than 3.000 resolution pixels, one located in the front and another on the floor, where very high resolution images are projected.

Two projectors are used at the bottom, equipped with edge blended technology, which provide a perfect image, seamless, with a resolution of 3,840×1.200 pixels; while the front area has five projectors that offer a total resolution of 6,000×1.200 pixels.

To achieve the maximum immersive effect, this installation has a sound system integrated with speakers that provide studio quality with a power of 360W., and in an environment that allows the room to remain isolated from outside noises.

in this tunnel, which has been designed to be used in traveling exhibitions, Technologies such as Unity 3D have been used and four Kinect sensors have been installed to capture body movements.

In this exhibition you can see games like Higgnite, where visitors can interact with a visualization of themselves immersed in two different universes, one inside the Higgs Field and one without it. The objective is to familiarize them with this concept and demonstrate what the effect of particles with and without matter is..

For your part, Proton Football invites visitors to play football with protons and explain how particles are accelerated and what happens when two protons collide. The higher the collision energy (which in the interactive game translates into a stronger hit) greater number of particles are generated after the collision.

The installation is accompanied by information panels that describe CERN's activity and give some insights into its research..

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