Roto teamed up with the owners of Frolic!, and delivered an interactive VW bus to be a focal point for the new Brooklyn based, high-end indoor children’s play space.  Outfitted with floor to ceiling shag carpet, this bus truly embodies the overall “Rock n’ Roll” theme portrayed throughout the space.

Frolic has recently been featured on NY1 and Channel 11 News, click here to check out the video.

Take a look at this fun piano string prototype we are working on using a multitouch platform. 

Check out this time-lapse video of a large climbing structure getting installed at the new Creative Kids Museum in Calgary, AB. 

CKM Climber Install from Roto Studio on Vimeo.

Project Engineer, Matt Lubbers just returned from an installation trip to Calgary where Roto is putting the finishing touches on the 9,000 ft2 “Creative Kids Museum,” a primary feature of the new Calgary Science Centre.  Check out these 3D images he shot of various exhibits and views – but you’ll need to scrounge up those classic red/blue lenses first!

A few Roto folks spent this past weekend in Baltimore exhibiting at the ASTC (Association of Science & Technology Centers) Annual Conference. Two full days of great conversation and delicious seafood made for another successful event.  We look forward to seeing everyone next year in Columbus!

Roto’s Allen Boerger (Principal) and Doug Powhida (Project Manager) made the evening news with the 50-foot Megalodon replica they’re installing in Fort Lauderdale this week.  The figure is a part of the new permanent “Prehistoric Florida” natural history exhibition scheduled to open at the Museum of Discovery & Science in mid-November.  Allen is clearly recognizable in the news footage as the guy wearing his trademark Hawaiian shirt!

A parade of more than a dozen 54' shipping containers made their way to and from Roto's docks this past week, and are now packed with nearly 25,000 square feet of interactive exhibits destined for installation in Carolina, Puerto Rico in July.  Load-out went smoothly; check out some timelapse video here:

PR Shipment Time Lapse Video from Roto Studio on Vimeo.

Roto media engineers Joe Danielson and Matt Lubbers are testing final code for a unique interactive experience that will form the tradeshow centerpiece for a major Fortune 19 company. Guests will assemble creative phrases on touchscreens and watch their "poetic graffiti" appear on giant projection screens overhead. The project launches in July.

Joseph Wisne and Meghan Schofield returned from Rochester after conducting an intensive 2-day charrette with the Rochester Museum and Science Center.  Museum leadership, including Kate Bennett, Joe Graves, Calvin Uzelmeier and Kathryn Murano, and advisors helped create an exciting framework and activity ideas for a major upcoming exhibit project about "invention."

Wow, what a week in Houston!  Roto was an active presence at both the ACM and AAM shows, and enjoyed reconnecting with many colleagues across the museum spectrum.  AAM 2011 was the first museum conference to see Roto's 20' x 20' booth -- the signature shag experience!