Interactive Installations
Turning Environments Into Experiences.Switch United is a team of digital storytellers, transforming static spaces into memorable, multi-sensory experiences. We create interactive content that not only draws people into a story – but relies on them to tell it. Walls, floors, displays – virtually any object imaginable – become the ‘canvas’ on which the story unfolds, while the audience itself becomes essential to the storytelling.
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Switch United develops multimedia content for all kinds of environments, events, and attractions. Our most successful projects involve collaborating with partners – architects, fabricators, sound engineers, interior designers, and others – to create fully immersive environments that ‘wow’ on every level.
As an interactive ‘lab,’ we’re continually experimenting with how new technologies can help tell our clients’ stories in ways that engage, entertain, and inform. Our story-driven approach means selecting tools and technologies that are the right fit for the environment, the audience, and the overall experience.
How can Switch United help transform your unique space into an unforgettable interactive experience? Let’s talk.
Mark Ross
Director, New Business
604.669.2296 X 232
mross@switchunited.com
The Digital Gateway
Interactive Wall
Switch United, in association with Tangible Interaction, transformed a dark, dingy corridor into a 110 ft. long interactive installation showcasing economic success stories in Canada’s West. Fifteen short-throw projectors and 45 IR sensors triggering Flash animations ‘painted’ the wall with sector-based vignettes as visitors to the 2010 Commerce Centre moved down the passageway. Original music by composer Terry Frewer, a themed environment created in association with 3DS, and a 22-page souvenir booklet completed the fully immersive, ‘people powered’ experience.
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Curious Tree
Multi-Touch Digital Art Installation
When industry organization DigiBC was asked to showcase digital talent at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Switch United was delighted to join leading Vancouver-based companies to transform a 4′X4′ cube as a digital blank slate to help tell the story of the B.C. Pavilion. By touching the fully interactive panels, multiple visitors could bring each scene to life, making flowers grow, butterflies soar, kites fly, leaves fall, icicles drip, and creatures appear magically from the tree trunk. A whimsical soundtrack was custom-engineered to sync with each touch, bringing the kind of measurable ROI we love, such as a four year old’s comment, “Mum, can we go to the place where the beach balls grow on trees?”
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