A complex signal management solution from Lightware was a key element in the CODE (Centre of Digital Experience), an independent creative hub, in Veszprém, one of Hungary’s oldest cities. CODE partnered with visual arts and technology specialists, Glowing Bulbs Collective, to implement a complete AV system across several rooms, encompassing control, projection from and audio.
Glowing Bulbs designed and planned all visual elements, the network infrastructure and the immersive audio system. The vision included several unique spaces: the main room, a hexagon-shaped space of 400sqm, a studio space with an L-shaped projection, the ground-level lobby, a workshop area and a circular foyer space, which runs around the perimeter of the main space.
For the main room, they installed 14 Panasonic 4k projectors working with an interactive system. In partnership with Ars Electronica, an arts and technology institution based in Linz, Austria, CODE’s studio space includes collaborative content displayed via a huge L-shaped projection. Finally, CODE’s workshop area offers 10 workstations for onsite training and content development, whilst the lobby space also includes tech in the form of smaller interactive installations.
Glowing Bulbs integrated a total of 24 transmitter-receiver pairs of Lightware’s Taurus TPX and 12 Gemini GVN AVoIP extenders. In the main space, users can connect to the system and interact with any computer interface required to operate the space. This includes controlling different elements, from renders on the floor and walls to generating real-time content. By allowing the unification of data across twenty nodes, Gemini GVN delivers a streamlined, high-level control solution.
For video signal extension, Taurus TPX transmits 4k signals from the server room to the desired projection and content playback locations.
Tamás Zádor, CEO at Glowing Bulbs, said: “For the main room, we have 14 Panasonic 4k projectors working with an interactive system, which allows users to interact directly with the content being displayed. Running around this main space is the foyer, an area where digital artists might gather to experiment directly with the content playing in the main room in real-time.”
The entire system runs on an array of custom servers. “We custom-built a robust system that is capable of handling this level of data,” added Zádor. “The aim was to create an infrastructure that is future-proof and open source that offers the client the flexibility and space to scale things in the future. That’s also why we opted for Lightware for signal transmission – their products interface well with all technologies.”
Zádor concluded: “CODE is an amazing space for artists to come and experiment with digital artworks in real-time. What we’ve created might be one of the most advanced video systems in Hungary, and Lightware’s signal management solutions are an essential component.”
