Open Camp, the world's first sports park

Charmex and Samsung fill the Montjuïc Open Camp, the world's first sports park

Charmex and Samsung have joined forces to endow the recently opened Open Camp, the world's first sports park, with an impressive display of almost 200 screens, including videowalls, totems, signage monitors and indoor video-markers, as well as screens Outdoor LED . Located at the Olympic Ring in Barcelona, ​​Open Camp offers experiences and entertainments associated with sport, using the latest technologies to make an attractive mix between the virtual and the real.

The idea is that the visitors live in the first person the emotions of participating in sports disciplines of all kinds in real scenarios where they have competed some of the biggest legends of the sport, as if they were participating in a real competition, with all The technological elements and the environment that compose it.

Ángel Miguel Herrero, director of Samsung's IT Channel in Spain, tells us the importance of audiovisuals in Open Camp: " It is a theme park where a lot of focus has been made on the visual aspect, and therefore has a quantity of Screens unprecedented in Europe ".

And he adds: " Sport and image go together for the general public, since its diffusion has been made possible through television broadcasts. As an Olympic Sponsor that is Samsung, we thought we could not absent in this park that combines technology and sports . "

Samsung has been the exclusive supplier of all the display technology of Open Camp, besides being a sponsor of the field. For its part, Charmex has been engaged in pre-engineering engineering and technical support, as well as global advice on the integration of content and screens. Eikonos has taken care of the installation and start up of all the equipment.

The first Open Camp display can be seen outside the park , above the lockers. It is an impressive LED outdoor display in linear format of 35 meters long by 0.9m high and 10mm pixel pitch covering an area of ​​32 square meters and serves an informative paper for newcomers.

Inside the field , the Open Hall welcomes the visitor with almost 80 Samsung UD55E-P screens that line the lobby in different videowalls, providing information on park attractions, videos and advertising content of the main sponsors.

In addition there are a number of screens and high-luminosity totems spread throughout the park that serves as signage to guide visitors and give information about the various attractions of Open Camp, as well as the restaurants, bars and shops available. In this case the digital signage displays Samsung DM32E , DM40E , DM48E , DM65E and OH55D are used .
Open Camp, the world's first sports park
Open Camp, the world's first sports park
Samsung's screens also play a key role in animating the experiences the park proposes. Such is the case of Open Basket , the first interactive basketball court in Europe, which is one of the most spectacular and technological attractions of Open Camp. The space has one of the largest videowalls in the park, consisting of 18 screens of 55 inches each UD55E-P . In this impressive video-marker of about 1000 inches are displayed in real time the annotations and ratings compared.

Another of the star experiences of the park is Open Moto , where visitors can enjoy the feeling experienced by a driver while riding a racing bike. For this, the zone counts on four official simulators of the equipment Movistar Yamaha MotoGP and applications of virtual reality. In this case, the Samsung DM40E displays the circuits with which the participant interacts.

All Open Camp is managed by Samsung's MagicInfo content management software , which offers complete control over multimedia content. Whether using a single display with built-in PC, or multiple networked displays, it is very easy to install and use, and allows effortless control of multiple displays from the web portal.

The truth is that with the field already opened, both Charmex and Samsung are delighted with the work done: " The truth is that one of the keys has been the good coordination between the two companies that has allowed the rapid execution of the project Complex where The technical complication has been very high because of the large concentration of screens throughout the park, "says Ángel Miguel Herrero of Samsung.

And he adds: " But the fact of having our company with as much experience and knowledge as Charmex has given us much confidence. His work as a consultant throughout the project has been key to Open Camp, and his local presence in Barcelona has also given We are very happy because of his proximity to the Olympic Stadium . "

" We are delighted to have participated in this spectacular display technology for the world's first dedicated sports park ," said Rubén Sánchez, Head of Charmex's Display Department . For Charmex, it has been a very interesting challenge to be part of this global project where, using the technology of a single manufacturer, we have been able to provide a complete and complete solution . "