The Daimler-Chrysler concern becomes the first business in the world to publish its company report online with genesto in 2001. (genesto® is a content management system for the publication of online company reports. It was developed by checkpointmedia in cooperation with Mensalia Business Consultants.)
The RiesenRäderwerk ("Giant Wheel Works") was set up in 2002 as a theme park surrounding the Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel. The main attraction is the panoramic view, which transports visitors into the atmosphere of the old Prater: eight wooden waggons rotate in a carousel and show scenes from the history of Vienna, with the help of puppet shows and audio images. An oversized iris diaphragm repeatedly opens up the view onto the Giant Ferris Wheel. checkpointmedia produced the audio images and the atmospheric sound collage. They also planned and implemented the sound and control systems of the entire multimedia scenario.
New look and upgraded functionality for the website. With a property portfolio of around 21,000 apartments, BUWOG is one of the biggest and most important real estate associations in Austria. The changing market situation makes new demands on the website, which is therefore being completely relaunched in several phases by checkpointmedia. In the first phase the website's appearance will be adapted to the new requirements. Then, in a number of subsequent phases, the site's functionality will be significantly upgraded and particular emphasis placed on BUWOG's role as a service provider.
A comprehensive screening of current content management systems was undertaken as part of a consulting assignment for P.S.K. and the selection process for the content management system for the future website carried out on the basis of a decision matrix.
After two years of development checkpointmedia presents a unique online archive for the international research project centropa. TIME Magazine reports. Centropa is an international research project on the subject of "Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe" that was initiated by the American journalist and photographer Edward Serotta. checkpointmedia is developing an exhaustive online archive with texts and a picture library, which has been compiled using personal interviews conducted by Centropa staff all over Central and Eastern Europe. One of the project's sponsors is the Shoa Foundation (Steven Spielberg).
The Museum of the Vienna Philharmonic is in the Haus der Musik in the heart of Vienna city centre. The museum is located in the former apartment of the composer and conductor Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) who founded the orchestra with the unique sound in 1842. One of the museum's attractions is a recording of the latest New Year's Concert
presented in a concert room using a large rear projection, multichannel audio output and automated lighting settings. The cinema and the production of the media played in it (DVD), including its content, were planned and implemented by checkpointmedia.
checkpointmedia has moved into its new office in the Haus der Musik and celebrated the opening on February 14, 2002 with a large number of guests.
The office was designed by Martin Burkhardt, with the open-plan upper storey in particular giving the whole a distinctive look. An outward-facing curved balustrade accentuates the dynamic form of the gallery which also serves as the model for the company’s new logo.
In keeping with the philosophy behind the working methods of an interdisciplinary company, the individual departments are not separated from each other. Parts of the technical infrastructure, such as cables and connections, are placed in full view and are connected to the workstations via simple elements to ensure maximum flexibility and to underline the dovetailing of design and functionality.
The interior furnishings and technical appliances were supervised or installed by checkpointmedia itself.
In a permanent exhibition that ran for over two years and was organised by the Technisches Museum Wien, the subject of building was presented in its many different technical and architectural facets. Three examples - a bridge, a high-rise building and a tunnel - were chosen as examples to demonstrate to visitors the technology and building materials involved, as well as the vital role these constructions play in shaping the character of entire cities and landscapes. The exhibition's centrepiece was a scale model of Vienna's Millennium Tower, Austria's tallest building. The model was as high as the room and could be "explored" with the aid of touch screens. Information on the construction and planning could be displayed on the model and was indicated by light signals.
Other reconstructions built to scale showed the functionality and aesthetics of bridge construction and revealed the various phases of tunnel construction. Besides diagrams and presentation boards, information on the most important aspects of these specialist fields was also provided on media stations and internet terminals. Especially for younger visitors, experiment worktops were provided on which the youngsters could try their hand at reconstructing bridges, for example, to help them understand the principles on which they are built.
The specially programmed internet terminal supplied answers to questions on the topic of building. Film sequences on media stations showed the speeded-up construction of high-rise buildings or enabled visitors to follow the building of Tulln Bridge stage by stage. The checkpointmedia team was commissioned by Brigitte Simma's studio with creating media stations and animated film sequences.
In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors were able to experience highlights of the 2001 New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. The new DVD of the concert is produced every year by checkpointmedia.
As early as 2001 the Austrian Film Commission presented a comprehensive database on Austrian films on its first website.
The Lower Austrian Provincial Exhibition "Mystical Waldviertel" in Ottenstein and Waldreichs in 2001 made use of a large number of interactive media stations. checkpointmedia was responsible for developing the majority of the media stations and the hardware and software. In one project, two sound installations, one of which has 16 channels and both covering several rooms, were conceived and installed in cooperation with Wolfgang Mitterer, self-designated sound artist and composer.
The Museum Ladin in St. Martin/Thurn im Gadertal/Val Badia in South Tyrol contains an impressive account of the history of the Ladin people in the Dolomites, which stretches back over more than 2,000 years: the multimedia station "Historical Panorama" portrays their history using video animations and audio commentaries in four languages; the interactive "Language Atlas"offers entertaining insights into the Ladin language. The complex organization (voice recordings in four languages), content editing (in cooperation with Ladin experts) and the overall supervision of the technical features (animations, video clips, large-scale projections) plus the coordination of the exhibition designers and technical equipment providers for these stations were all the responsibility of checkpointmedia.
In 2001, the Viennese sound artists sha & GTT were commissioned by the City of Vienna to develop a walk-in sound installation for Dornerplatz in Vienna's 17th district: 14 monumental sound columns, elliptically arranged, produced surprising spatial effects, depending on the direction in which one was walking: approached from one side, the space of the steles opened up optically, viewed from the other side, it seemed closed. When one got nearer to the steles one could hear individual radio stations from all over the world, while at the centre one could hear a mélange of sounds from all the radio stations, arranged by the artists. Local residents were able to participate as "temporary" artists in the acoustic events by making their own programme proposals. As far as the technical implementation was concerned, extremely flat, weatherproof loudspeakers were embedded in the steles, while relaying technology was installed in the control room.
The Haus der Musik presents itself as a contemporary sound museum. Here the phenomenon of music is presented as a multimedia experience. Visitors set out on virtual trips and discover new things by trying them out for themselves; they can wander through worlds of sound and even compose music themselves. The Haus der Musik has won many international awards and continues to be a magnet for the public. The team of checkpointmedia planned and developed numerous theme stations for visitors to experience, and implemented the appropriate technology. In addition, they planned and implemented the entire, high-grade audio/video and lighting technology of the multifunctional conference room on the top floor (light, sound, drapes, projector functions, etc.). The central installation of the Haus der Musik is the "Virtual Conductor", which enables visitors to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra themselves. The conductor's baton is "tracked"; the computer recognises how fast the baton is being moved, how expansive or intensive these movements are; the corresponding instructions are then transmitted to the Philharmonic's film. The film was shot in many short sequences showing the real Vienna Philharmonic carrying out various activities and in different moods. The musicians can now "react" according to the conductor's skill and talent; visitors receive feedback in real time and directly experience the result of their conducting. If totally lacking in talent, they just have to live with the fact that the Vienna Philharmonic players are not amused and simply get up and leave. (Technical development of the exhibit by Prof. Max Mühlhäuser, Technische Universität Darmstadt and Prof. Jan Borchers, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen). A "random control" device from the eighteenth century: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart developed a musical module made up of numerous individual short melodies, which can be constantly recomposed into thousands of different variations by throwing dice. Theoretically there are 1,679,616 possible combinations when using his musical module. To transpose this musical game into the present day, two special tables were developed with sensor technology, which optically read out the result at the throw of a dice. The corresponding melodies are retrieved from a database and linked together. Projection and sound system enable visitors to experience in real time what they have "composed" according to Mozart's rules.
team consult wien provides advice and support with change management projects for profit and non-profit organisations. In 2001 checkpointmedia carried out the technical implementation of the company's website.
Website for genesto®, a content management system for the publication of electronic company reports. It was developed by checkpointmedia in cooperation with Mensalia Business Consultants.
Consulting on on the design of a concept for the website of the Museumsquartier in Vienna.
checkpointmedia’s first website outlined the company's areas of expertise along with the first projects in progress in the fields of creation, audiovisual technology, programming and the internet.
checkpointmedia designed and programmed the website for the Vienna Boys' Choir in 2001.
