The first IMIS event of 2024 was a technical visit to ‘The BBC Earth Experience’, in the purpose-built Daikin Centre near Earls Court. Sadly, now closed, IMIS members and their special guests The Projected Picture Trust and UKCA, where amongst the last to see it.
The event included a visit to the control room, a Q&A session, and a light lunch of sandwiches and soft drinks.
The BBC Earth Experience used 70 DLP laser projectors, surround sound technology, 20 media servers, and large screens to produce a visually stunning immersive experience. Our guests entered a huge space surrounded and intersected with screens of different sizes and angles, onto which was projected stunning nature footage. Interactive breakout areas and viewing vantage points could be explored. A coherent chorological programme of some 70 minutes, driven by IMIS Hon. member Sir David Attenborough’s narration, was the core of the event. The kaleidoscopic immersive programme, despite showing alternative shots of the same sequence on many different screens, in different places, was nevertheless very cohesive. It was like a cinema Premium Large Format on ‘speed’!
