On the Waterfront

The development built on Swansea's Waterfront tells the story of Wlsh industry and innovation via interactive a-v systems and digital displays.

The Museum uses a-v equipment to display information and March marked the start of upgrading and replacing the current system.  At present, several Panasonic PT-D5700's have been purchased and installed by the Museum's technicians, with a total of 31 projectors to complete the update of the current system across the Museum.

Mike Furness, Senior Technical Officer at the Museum said: 'We have a very visual and interactive way of presenting our exhibits, aiming to really engage with our visitors. The majority of this is achieved using projectors used throughout the Museum's opening hours so they need to be reliable and offer high performance across long periods of time.'

Two Panasonic PT-D5700's have been installed in the Museum's entrance, projecting imagery of what awaits visitors onto a glass wall.

In the Landscapes section, three PT-D5700's project an edge blended image to display the Welsh landscape. Each projector is linked to a touch screen monitor and roller ball in front of the image for visitors to navigate the landscape with the option of finding out more about selected areas.

In a third area of installation, Panasonic projectors are linked with touch table technology to create a six metre long interactive table. The projectors here display images of Welsh organisations which visitors can select to find out more by touching the images projected on the table.

Mike added: 'These touch tables draw attention from lots of our visitors as they are unusual and not often used in public display. Interactive touch technology acts as the sensor for the table and feeds the users touch back to the projector, allowing the content to change with use.'