Electrosonic has engineered and installed the main exhibition audio-visual hardware for the Parlamentarium, the new visitor centre at the European Parliament in Brussels.

The project, for Stuttgart-based designer Atelier Bruckner, uses a variety of interactive multimedia exhibits to take visitors on a journey into the heart of European Politics. Guided through state-of-the-art exhibitions by a personal electronic multimedia guide, visitors see how policy decisions are made and how they influence Europeans' daily lives. All signage and media is presented in 23 languages.

The scope of work consisted of the detailed design, supply, installation, set up and commissioning of the media hardware for different themed exhibition areas. These areas include a pair of 360? theatres, nearly 100 LCD panels, an innovative voxel display featuring 13,000 LED globes, 140 computers, multichannel audio, 40 km of signal cables and 18 racks of equipment.

Electrosonic also integrated RFID hardware for customised, language specific handheld Multimedia Guides supplied by NOUS of Austria. These consist of repackaged Apple iPod Touch units augmented by RFID technology to provide customised interactivity, including exhibit activation in the visitors’ preferred language. The Parlamentarium is the first visitor centre fully accessible in 23 languages, and to-date has attracted over 120,000 visitors from across the globe.

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