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This would reduce wear-and-tear on the displays as well as make the experience more hygienic — a key consideration in a healthcare setting. It is located in full view as soon as families enter a five-story atrium, in the most publically prominent site in the hospital, adding to an already striking space.
The "Discovery Zone," as it is called, allows more than a dozen kids, teens and adults to interact at any one time with a fanciful, ever-changing landscape made up of magical creatures and blooming plants, with a suite of music, lighting effects and nature sounds creating an immersive backdrop.
Helpful icons nearby demonstrate to users how to interact with the wall with their gestures. Users control the creatures and plants via Microsoft Kinect 2 gesture recognition cameras, which are installed at the base of the wall. Both cameras and displays are connected to a computer. The cameras' infrared sensors track body movements up to two at a time and send them back to the computer, which creates a silhouette that is integrated into the LCD display and shown within the digital landscape.
The software allows endless interactive combinations: The more people who use it, the more the plants will combine to create new plants. The experience cycles from day to night, ensuring an exciting experience no matter when patients and their families interact with it. Well-known architectural features of the hospital and its campus are embedded into the whimsical landscape, blending the familiar with the fantastic for patients who have been to the hospital before.
The planning process was a long one and involved one, and because the software technology was the first of its kind and the environment was so complex, the staff collectively held their breath the first time the video wall was turned on. It was all worth it in the end because of what the software and display technology was able to achieve: an entertaining, therapeutic adventure that can make a stressful experience a little bit better for families and patients.
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