Christie announced that its projection technology is part of Atlas9, the new upscale immersive art experience in Kansas City, Kansas. The experience was conceived, designed and integrated by design firm Dimensional Innovations.

Atlas9 is set inside a fictitious 1990’s cinema with interactive rooms and advanced gamification. The 46,000-square-foot theater presents stories from within film reels come alive for guests to investigate and explore.

DI’s CEO, Tucker Trotter brought DI and its sister company, DI Build together with partners including Infinity Sign System, Swell Spark, Perspective Architecture + Design and Homefield to showcase the company’s capabilities. The inspiration for the project stems from DI’s roots in movie theater design and fabrication.

DI engaged Christie early in the project timeline for Atlas9, working closely with Paul Dumpel, Christie senior sales manager, and the Christie team to bring the project to life. DI selected Christie projection technology in two rooms at Atlas9.

The first room in Auditorium #9 includes a 240-seat immersive theater with audience-triggered on-screen moments controlled by four “best seats in the house.”

“Guests interact in real time with the content that is on screen,” said John Coovert, solutions engineer manager, DI. “Some of the seats allow you to play Pong, and another seat allows you to do some fun rendering on the screen via a joystick in the top of a cup that’s in the cup holder.”

The second room, the Headshot Remixer, displays guests’ photos in black-and-white Hollywood-style headshots. Two Christie 4K1600-JS projectors with ultra short throw lenses power the experience.

“Being able to have good partners like Christie to tap into and really help bring all the excitement that is Atlas9 to life has been fantastic,” said Coovert.