Leyard LN Series Screens successfully deployed for Unwrap Arena at FTI Kortrijk Festival

The Flanders Technology and Innovation Festival (FTI) is a six day celebration of technology and innovation hosted across different cities in Belgium. The Entertainment event takes place at the beautiful Buda Island in Kortrijk and is organised by Hangar K. Split into five distinct areas, the festival aims to bring people together to experiment, strengthen bonds, innovate and tackle the technological challenges of the future. Leyard Europe’s LN Series LED screens are designed to meet the demanding need for robust yet flexible content visualisation and were a perfect fit for the Unwrap Arena at FTI.

The space celebrates new technology with an educational bias. During the festival children, educators and interested adults are invited to test out new equipment and immerse themselves in gaming to find out more about this booming Flemish industry.

Chief Catalyst, Vincent Vanderbeck, is the power behind Hangar K. The company has a passionate ambition to provide space for upcoming entrepreneurship, giving a boost to the digital industry in the process. The FTI festival is the embodiment of the work that Hangar K has done to support technological innovation in Belgium.

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With its user-friendly design, the LN Series proved to be a welcomed addition to the temporary space, creating at one location a Virtual Production area and a second large auditorium setup for the Unwrap Arena. The modular, lightweight die-cast aluminium structure meant the panels were easily assembled and disassembled. Displays could also be tailored to support specific application requirements and seamlessly integrated with other equipment and systems. This was useful in this situation due to the variety of display content and the customized setups.

Installed by the Leyard Europe team, the Unwrap Arena VP stage utilised a cornered arrangement, allowing visitors to be surrounded by game footage that could be seamlessly displayed thanks to the modular design of the LN series.

Audiences were intrigued by the unique arrangement, Vanderbeck explains. “Our Virtual Production area was intended to have a nice seamless display of the screens in a U form,” he says. “The result was impressive and most of our visitors were intrigued by the U shape and the seamless display.”

In terms of content creation for the VP stage, a NaturalPoint OptiTrack solution was used to track the movements of the visitors and adjust in real time the rendered content on the screen. This truly immersing the visitors into a virtual world.

The second auditorium setup was used to display on a large-scale multi-player videogame. Visitors could play ‘retro-styled’ games on an impressive screen real-estate providing a unique gaming experience.

Cris Tanghe, Vice President Product at Leyard Europe, expands: “Our new LN Series were the perfect fit for these temporary setups. The modular design not only allows easy installation, it also simplifies take down. Both setups were installed in matter of hours. Simple but yet providing a stunning visual result.”

The innovative corner protection and quick-lock mounting brackets ensures the video wall design can be adapted and installed with complete confidence. The LED screens specific maintenance design means that LED replacement is quick and simple from both the front or back. The high brightness yet energy efficient design provides a perfect picture in every surrounding.

“We were very grateful to be able to work with this brand-new technology, the result was more exciting than we could have imagined. We hoped to wow the audience and we really did.”

Vincent Vanderbeck
Chief Catalyst, Hangar K