St Paul’s turns to Sysco for Oculus

Called Oculus, the exhibition is through integrator Sysco which worked with lead design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates. Sysco supplied the immersive projection and fitted 18 projectors within a room measuring 11x11x4m to project around four columns in the space.

The install uses 9×2 projectiondesign F22 HD projectors, showing video on 4.6m-high screens. Projected images are blended using the 7th Sense Delta Media Server.

Sysco also had to keep sound spill to a minimum from the 18 Genelec 6010 speakers so as not to disturb other parts of the cathedral. A wireless network in the room streams a timecode to 2,000 iPod Touch devices, which send information to visitors as they pass the screens.

The exhibition uses seven films, a mix of video and CGI, to take visitors on a journey from the ground floor to the Golden Gallery, 85ft up. The viewer ‘climbs’ the 257 steps to the Whispering Gallery, and then continues up spiralling staircases to be rewarded with 360 degpanoramic views across London.