Things you should know before choosing a projector for your immersive installations

The requirements for memorable immersive experiences

When building a projection-based attraction with immersion and interactivity, there are a couple of things that are of major significance.

1. First of all, as the goal of your installation is to immerse visitors, you’ll need visualization that really pulls your guests in. Make your visitors forget about everything else and hook them to your story with high-quality, razor-sharp lifelike images that are perfectly uniform. And this is even more important if you know your visitors are going to be watching the projections from up close or if they want to share the experience with videos on social media!

2. Secondly, you want to absorb your visitors in this new world without them noticing the technology you’re using to realize this. This also means that your installation should be invisible (and inaudible) as much as possible! 

3. And to conclude, in contrast to one-off (outdoor) video mapping events, most of these tourist venues are open 7 days a week with shows running every hour. What you don’t want is disappointing visitors - and losing profit - because technology fails during rush hours. It’s important to choose a reliable solution, allowing you to run a successful attraction.

What is a good projector for immersive projections?

Creating the believable illusion of another world is not easy, but with the right immersive projector you can make it work!

Superior image quality

The main purpose of technology is to support your story. The Barco projectors are designed to be least intrusive in your set-up. The exceptional installation flexibility and a long list of functional peripherals, like motorized frames and remote controls, allow you to put the projectors wherever you want to fit your specific venue infrastructure: high up in the ceiling, far away or exceptionally close to the projection surface. And the very low noise levels strengthen the immersive aspect of the experience.

Blending and warping

For multi-channel blend installations, it’s important that the different images produced by multiple projectors are ‘blended’ to create the illusion of one smooth image. The Barco Pulse projectors have high qualitative built-in edge blending and warping capabilities and Barco’s Constant Light Output (CLO) functionalities allow you to adjust the brightness levels of across multiple units for even more perfect blending results.

Invisible technology

The main purpose of technology is to support your story. The Barco projectors are designed to be least intrusive in your set-up. The exceptional installation flexibility and a long list of functional peripherals, like motorized frames and remote controls, allow you to put the projectors wherever you want to fit your specific venue infrastructure: high up in the ceiling, far away or exceptionally close to the projection surface. And the very low noise levels strengthen the immersive aspect of the experience.

Reliable solution

Maintenance and service should never be an afterthought! Get the most out of your visualization set-up with products that guarantee maximum uptime and partners that have your back. The Barco laser projectors have an extended lifespan delivering more consistent performances and color renditions over time at a low TCO.

There’s always a Barco projector that fits your needs

At Barco you can choose the same brand for both mid-range as well as high-end solutions. From simple to complex, we have everything to fulfill a broad scope of varying needs. Taking all the above into account, these are the Barco projectors we recommend for your indoor immersive projection experience.

1-chip DLP laser phosphor projectors
G60 / G62
F80
I600
G100

3-chip DLP RGB laser projector
UDM
QDX
UDX
XDX