Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 media server is driving the London Design Centre Experience, a new immersive space in the capital where projection mapping, LED, interactive sensors, and switchable glass are orchestrated through a unified media server workflow.
Created by systems integrator Motion Mapping and running until the end of April, the centre is designed to function as a working prototype of contemporary spatial design rather than a conventional showroom. Visitors can encounter projection-mapped surfaces, mixed-media environments, and responsive architectural elements, with the Boreal+ MK2 acting as the backbone of the content pipeline – managing multi-surface projection mapping, real-time playback across multiple outputs, and synchronisation of mixed media formats.
Motion Mapping says the centre also integrates a range of interactive technologies into the media server workflow, including QR-based web interactions, RFID triggers, and electromagnetic sensors. Interactive states across the space are said to feed data into a central dashboard that can be viewed remotely and integrated with third-party systems such as point-of-sale or analytics platforms.
Projection is positioned as a central design tool throughout the space, with hybrid environments combining it alongside LED, vinyl graphics, and physical props, according to Motion Mapping. The installation is designed to illustrate how projection can be used on complex surfaces, in brighter conditions, and in combination with other media.
Stuart Harris, founder of Motion Mapping, said: “Using Hippotizer’s SHAPE feature, we can map a room in 20 to 30 minutes, which fundamentally changes how quickly immersive environments can be designed and deployed. What used to feel like a science project is now something we can deploy reliably.”
Harris added: “LED and projection don’t have to be separate. When you integrate them, you move from displaying content to designing environments.”
