Cycling Tour
Installation general view in the museum
This installation is dedicated to the revitalisation of embankments in Moscow. It combines a panoramic projection with a city bicycle mounted in front of it. Using the control panel, visitors can select one of 17 routes. By pedalling, a visitor moves along the chosen route, observes highlighted landmarks and can read extra information in the pop-up boxes.
Concept visualization
The hemispherical projection onto a curved wall is implemented using three Panasonic PT-RZ690LB beamers. ScreenBerry 2.0 media server with an automatic projection calibration system provides a source of the video signal.
3D CAD model
The bike's control panel has buttons that a visitor can press to select a particular cycling tour route along the embankments. The speed of the ride depends on how fast the visitor is pedalling. By rotating the pedals at different speeds, the user can move along the route and discover information about iconic landmarks. The interface is an HTML5 app with a mechanism for video playback at different speeds.
Fragments of project documentation
While implementing the installation concept we designed a city bicycle stand with an integrated liquid load module from an exercise bike. That has provided a realistic motion effect while pedalling. Information about the wheel rotation speed is generated by a miniature SICK optical sensor connected to the fast input (high speed counter) of the Siemens Simatic controller. The controller converts the speed value into a relative value, which is sent to the media server to control the speed of the video playback. Data exchange between the controller and the media server is performed via the PUP9000 (Pitch Universal Protocol) developed in Pitch engineering department.
Control cabinet and complete installation
The operation of the installation is fully automated due to integration with the museum's system of control and monitoring (SUMO). The installation works in fully automatic mode, switching on and off according to a schedule. MQTT with a Siemens PLC based client implementation is used as a universal transport protocol for data exchange between the installation and the central control system.
Credits
Made in PITCH
Client: Sila Sveta
Head of development: Vladimir Makhnov
Multimedia and Electrical engineer: Denis Korenkov
Mechanical engineer: Vladimir Ilushkin
Process Engineer: Grigory Chukarev
*Special thanks go to Alyona Kharitonova who was in charge of the content and visitor experience and helped to describe the ideas behind our technical solutions
