NIGTEVECHT INTERACTIVE DISPLAY
Fort Bij Nigtevecht is part of the Dutch Waterline, a water-based defence system designed to protect the capital. Today, Fort Bij Nigtevecht serves as an event venue and bed-and-breakfast (B&B), while still allowing visitors to explore a section of the fort and experience its history.
BEWAPEND MET WATER
This work is part of the exhibition titled "Bewapend met water," made in collaboration with Studio Harm Hasenaar. The exhibition shows a portion of the routines and challenges the soldiers faced serving at the fort. The exhibition aims to deepen the audience's understanding of the lives of these soldiers at the fort.
We developed an interactive installation that allows visitors to experience the loading procedure that soldiers performed during the Dutch Waterline's active period.
SETUP
The concept featured a metal structure with a large screen that visitors could physically move, mimicking the action of the cannon that was once stationed there. The screen displays a digital cannon, as if it were still mounted in the fort. When visitors push the screen, they can navigate around a virtual cannon while receiving instructions and information about the loading procedure.
This installation is powered by a BrightSign player connected to a potentiometer, which posed the challenge of displaying a 3D cannon. We opted for a 360-degree product viewer setup, where all frames were rendered in advance. The data for the information points (such as position and visibility) was also pre-computed.
PHOTOGRAMMETRY
A volunteer from Natuurmonumenten generously provided the cannon model, and a niche was created using photogrammetry. We designed a setup in Blender to render and simulate the viewing experience for visitors. This setup incorporated real-life measurements and could be easily adjusted. Information points could be placed and tested in 3D and were easily exported alongside the frame sequence.
