An immersive exhibition devoted to Russian Christmas traditions was held in Kolomenskoye from December 15, 2018 to January 15, 2019.

We developed a semantic and architectural concept of the exhibition, created interactive installations and technical setups, developed the content, set up and put into operation all the equipment.

In this pavilion, the visitors were wrapped in the atmosphere of a Christmas fair – noisy interactive merchants, holographic traditional guisers, sleighing down a virtual hill, and a photo.

We wrote scripts, selected stories and authentic merchandise, filmed scripted scenes, and developed interactive mechanics. This allowed the visitors to interact with the characters and learn about the merchandise in virtual stalls.

For a shopkeeper to tell you about his products, you need to tap on it using the interactive panel.

The stories were projected on a holographic grid hidden behind the decoration.

We developed a dynamic winter trail with thrilling twists and turns and used real sleds. A large projection screen created the feeling of a real ride. During the ride, interesting facts about the traditional Christmas activities appeared on the screen.

The visitors were sitting in a real sleigh with a chromakey in the background and they could see themselves in a real time dynamic Christmas scene.

After the ride, the video was sent to e-mail. The video was short to make it easier to upload it to social networks.

• Vivid memorable photos
• Augmented reality

This pavilion was styled as a village road with wooden Russian izba houses. With the help of holography, we were able to recreate stories about how people prepared to celebrate Christmas in the past.

In each izba a different holographic story unfolds - festive table setting, decorating the house, singing carols, and lullabies.

All the characters are dressed in traditional costumes and in the scenes we also used real decorations.

A projection of a snowy street where carol singers are running between izba houses adds to the Christmas atmosphere.

The visitors are invited to the traditional Russian ball. Loud music, holographic dancers, spectacular changing of clothes, and stunning decorations contributed to a full immersion into the epoch.

The dancers spectacularly changed their outfits demonstrating the traditions of balls - masquerade, a merry Tampete dance, and waltz.

We wrote a script and developed choreography to immerse the visitors in the atmosphere just in a few minutes. We also wrote the music to bring different styles together. We filmed all the videos and added special effects and voice acting.

The pavilion consisted of two parts bringing together two opposing traditions. On one hand, visitors learned about creating nativity scenes using various materials. On the other hand, they learned about mysterious fortune-telling.

• Magical fortune-telling
• Stories about traditional preparations for Christmas

A general traditional story was projected onto a three-dimensional model. Using mapping effects, sound design, and voice acting, we showed not only the story but also the variety of materials people used to make a Nativity scene.

The transparent screen demonstrated animated stories adding to the models located inside.

Through the speakers, the visitors could hear some fragments of conversations between people predicting the weather for a year.

In this pavilion, the visitors were welcomed by a bright projection show with the scenes from the most famous Christmas story ‘The Nutcracker’.

• Stunning New Year projection stories
• Fight with the Mouse King

Dynamic stories were projected onto 3D structures using mapping effects. 3D New Year toys, candlesticks and entire cities appeared on the cubes.

We managed to show the whole Nutcracker story only in a shorter form. The audience felt empathy for the spellbound prince, and background music and voice acting added to the effect.