Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant, built a projection dome over its main dining room to give guests an immersive setting for its creative tasting menu. Computer-generated films with music play on the dome during dinner, and guests watch passively from their tables.
VIOSO says its French team implemented the 10-channel dome projection using VIOSO Integrate and three Christie Pandoras Box media servers, with ten Epson laser projectors covering the dome surface. Audio Visuelt Centrum is listed as the project partner. Epson's customer story says the owner worked with AVC and Epson on the projection-mapped domed ceiling, using Epson L series projectors.
How it is used
- VIOSO says diners can enjoy more than 3 hours of dedicated audio and video content during their meal.
- A diner who visited in June 2024 described computer-generated films projected on the half dome throughout dinner, accompanied by music from the restaurant's in-house composer.
- Imagery described in the sources includes a northern-lights night sky above a forest, jellyfish and drifting plastic bags, and cherry blossoms with a pagoda.
- Wikipedia says the dome was inspired by the owner's childhood visits to the Copenhagen Planetarium.
Background
The restaurant opened at its Refshaleøen site in 2019. An Epson case study film from Citizen Films, released around ISE 2020, shows the dome operating in the main dining area. A diner's June 2024 account describes the dome still in use.
