A map of germany was the starting point for the visitors. They could explore various cities and zoom into individual streets that where associated with real estate projects like shopping malls and retail stores. The application offered a comprehensive overview with blueprints, lists of store sizes and rent-revenues, along with pictures that showed the buildings before and after renovation. Multiple users could browse at the same time because each city had it’s own window that could be moved around, scaled and rotated. This interaction-concept allowed the visitors to share information without disturbing other users.

Visitors continuously using the Strukable’s software

The Struktable was perfectly integrated into the booth’s design

Ambient Control

The Ambient Control application was a very playful tool to control the light- and audio-set-up of the room. With RGB controls people were able to change the color of the lights. Also there was an animation sequence programmed for the lights which could be altered with various sliders. For the audio Strukt created a simplified step-sequencer that allowed people to add or take away layers of sound. Additionally there was a permanent audio track running built out of 3 layers. Using a 2-dimensional control people were able to individually mix the 3 layers to create a unique audio experience.

Pecha Kucha Presenter

The Campus Tour was accompanied by speakers talking about the topic of energy in more or less abstract ways. Strukt was also granted a 6min 20sec slot in the series of Pecha Kucha talks, which Tanja and Gregor used to present the making-of of the RWE Power Table. The presentation software had 2 modes, one running an autmated slideshow and one granting a manual control of the slides. Slides were either skipped with buttons or gestures. Also the slides were mirrored on a second screen.

DJ- / VJ-Control

For the more entertaining part of the day the audience was invited to select their favorite tunes with a very advanced multi-touch juke box and a fun to use VJ software. While one can skip through the singles of different genres, another user can apply audio effects and filters or rearrange the cue list. Another area of the user interface was dedicated to the visuals shown on the secondary monitor. The user was able to create audio-reactive blobs, change the color of the objects and the room and also move objects around with 3d controls.

Some more impressions from the tour:

The first game Strukt produced is called “Solar Land”. The visitors can place solar panels on a map of Upper Austria, guessing where they would be most efficient according to the altitude of the sun in the area. After all items are placed, the participants can start a simulation of the insolation over the duration of an entire year. The game shows how much energy is produced during that period of time, and the top simulations are listed in a high-score. The results encourage people to discuss their decissions and to play the game once more, using the knowledge they gained to reach a better score.

Also a new adaption of Strukt’s Media Tree software is in use, providing multi-media content about Upper Austria’s rail- and roadways, as well as water and tourism in the region.

Later on during the night Strukt’s multi-touch club visual set-up once again lit up the venue with mood setting projections.

The visuals were projected onto a cylinder and the wall using 12 projectors.

Live content and realtime data was featured in the visuals, e.g. number of banner clicks, eaten hamburgers or born babies since the beginning of the event.

The main stage of the event, where Strukt was responsible for the background visuals.

The main stage in a closeup.

Styleframes from the visuals generated with vvvv.