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An immersive mixed-reality show that brought Viessmann’s
digital innovations to life through a miniature world, blending
storytelling, AR, and robotics into one seamless experience.


Client

Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG

Services

Development

Design

Mixed Reality

Tags

Exhibtions

Challenge

Heating systems manufacturer Viessmann is entering a new era. Climate change, the energy revolution and digitalisation are presenting the industry with new challenges. At ISH 2019, the family-run company wanted to present its latest product innovations to an expert audience. However, many of the innovative features are digital and therefore difficult to visualise. Viessmann were looking for an exciting stage show to demonstrate these new features in a new unique way. They also wanted to emphasise their strong ties to heating contractors in the field.

Idea

To present the changes in the industry and the company's solutions in an understandable and entertaining way, we developed a captivating AR show for the audience at ISH 2019, where viewers joined virtual protagonist Klaus on his trip through the neighbourhood revealing Viessmann's latest product innovations and digital solutions. On this journey, complex topics were visualised in an entertaining and accessible way, while Viessmann impressively demonstrated both its innovative strength and the values of the family business.

Solution

As a backdrop for Klaus' story, we built a physical model of a village on a scale of 1:100. Within this model, we digitally brought Klaus and his clients to life in AR. Seamless transitions from AR to fully virtual scenes allowed us to delve into technical details and explain Viessmann's innovations in an entertaining way.

For a lively narrative, the camera had to be an integral part of the scene. This allowed us to look over Klaus shoulder and visually follow him into his customers' homes. The only way to make this happen this on such a small model was to use a robot as a cameraman. The mechanical precision and speed of the robot enabled us to integrate the augmented content seamlessly into the camera image and to reproduce every camera perspective exactly.

To control the robot, we developed a custom piece of software in vvvv that made handling and calibration easy.

NSYNK Gesellschaft für Kunst und Technik mbH

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Studio Streckenbach

Prefrontal Cortex

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Kristof Lemp