Three years in the making, HistoryLand in Kraków offers visitors a uniquely panoramic multimedia experience. Created from 38 Sony Professional laser projectors and more than one million LEGO® bricks, it combines a passion for building, history and state-of-the-art technology.

The popular visitor attraction is a dream realised for creators Marcin Pietrucha, Marcin Tobolski and Krzysztof Tobolski who as children loved playing with model bricks. Developed in consultation with historians, the finely-detailed model scenes include a fortified settlement, famous buildings from Kraków, Gdańsk Shipyard and historic war scenes – including a vast 200sq m recreation of the Battle of Grunwald with 12,000 LEGO® horses and as many LEGO® men.

The ambitious multimedia installation depicting the Battle of Grunwald of 1410 was the responsibility of Kraków-based AV specialists Visualsupport, who used 13 VPL-FHZ57 and five VPL-FHZ60 projectors fitted with ultra-wide angle lenses. Controlled remotely, the installation projectors are switched in sequence to highlight different areas of the model. Seamless edge blending between separate projector images also creates a breathtaking ultra-wide panoramic backdrop.

“I conducted a comprehensive analysis of all projectors available on the market,” says Michał Płócienniak, CEO of Visualsupport. “The installation proved demanding, and we had to propose a solution which would work properly. We needed projectors with variable optics featuring lens shift to fit images precisely onto the screen, and also the ability to transmit HDBaseT video. Sony projectors offered us the best value for money.”