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The )eyevis GmbH accompanied the presentation of the Babolat Play connected racket prototype of the French manufacturer Babolat VS S.A. during the French Open 2013 from 21st of May to 9th of June at Paris. The Babolat Play racket is connected and collects game data every time it hits the ball. Thus the player gets information to analyze his game. With a racket shaped video wall consisting of nine eyevis omniSHAPES the tennis racket was promoted in the heart of a presentation stand at the tennis tournament. A video wall, shaped like a tennis racket, could be realised. The handle consisted of a 1-by-3 base of omniSHAPES and on top a 2-by-3 set was attached. To give the set a “round” shape like the head of a racket, the outside corners used omniSHAPES with cut-off corners. This customized video wall was used to show a tweets animation where every visitor could answer the question: “What do you expect of the Babolat Play racket?” Each tweet was first displayed in a prominent position in the upper region of the racket’s head. With every new tweet the previous one slid down and became part of the visual stringing. This way the innovation of the Babolat Play racket was linked to the first Babolat invention, stringsTo build the racket shaped wall it was necessary to develop a structure that allows you to put a set of 2 by 3 monitors onto a base that is only one display wide. Additionally it had to be possible to use displays not only with a rectangular shape but also with cut off corners. Thanks to its modular concept and the possibility to use multiple shapes for the displays it was realizable with eyevis omniSHAPES.Because of the very tight timetable the eyevis design engineers had only four days for the design and the construction of this video wall configuration. With the standardized components and the experience of the engineers with creative and customized video walls, according to the installer of large screen solutions, this was feasible. To realize the T-shaped connection between the handle and the head of the company’s video wall offers standardized connection plates for horizontal steps, for example. So it was possible to build a two display wide set of omniSHAPES onto a one display wide base. The customer also wanted to connect sidepanels to the omniSHAPES. Thus the eyevis design engineers developed new connection plates between the shapes that could also hold the side and rear panels of the construction. (Stadiaworld, 27.08.2013)
