Pixera mini Dual manages projection at Hong Kong Space Museum

The ultra-compact media server Pixera mini Dual BY Stumpfl provides seamless projection images for this museum's new permanent exhibition, denominada ‘Golden eye on the Cosmos’, about the James Weeb Space Telescope.

Golden eye on the Cosmos is the new interactive and permanent exhibition of the Hong Kong Space Museum in which visitors can learn about the innovative technology and scientific objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest infrared in the world.

The exhibition presents a model of the Webb telescope, along with impressive projections of images captured by its cameras and exhibits that demonstrate the scientific foundations of infrared astronomy.

As it is an exhibition that depends largely on the projection of images and video, “it was essential to have a multimedia server solution that guaranteed the stability of the reproduction.”, as well as the flexibility of projection mapping and geometric correction functions”, explains Jason Yeung, system integrator manager CosmoVision, also based in Hong Kong.

To meet this goal, Yeung and his team specified a single Pixera mini Dual server of BY Stumpfl, that manages all the content of Layered video and output projection mapping, including spectacular projection-mapped images of the cosmos.

The ultra-compact 1RU size of the Pixera mini Dual for digital signage and multi-display applications was also a key element in its selection.. “Installation was relatively simple., but the exhibition space was comparatively small -Yeung points out-, so he had the perfect format to hide behind the exhibition without compromising performance or stability”.

Due to limited space for installation, the high brightness projector Christie used in the exhibition had to be equipped with an extreme wide-angle fisheye lens, which created significant distortion. “Hence, all image correction and deformation was done within Pixera to ensure that the content was not distorted or deformed in any way”, Yeung adds..

He software Pixera Control It also met another customer requirement, as the head of CosmoVision points out: “they wanted to have control of the show without involving another third-party system, so it became the perfect complementary solution to interact with other elements of the exhibition”.