Block Town: Interactive City-Building Table

1. Choose a model piece and place it on the activity surface.
2. Add more pieces and watch the projected town form connections.
3. Follow the vehicles through the roads, railway and waterway, and observe activity at the airports.
4. Move a piece, compare the changed layout and try another arrangement.

Block Town gives visitors a practical way to explore routes and spatial relationships. What changes when two locations move farther apart? Where do different transport routes meet? How can a new arrangement change the way the town looks?

Children and accompanying adults can compare ideas using the same visible scene. The activity connects a familiar action—moving a model—with a digital response they can observe, discuss and change again.

• Road connections: physical building models sit within a projected road network with animated cars.
• Rail transport: station pieces connect through railway tracks with moving trains.
• Water routes: waterways and animated boats add another way to move through the town.
• Airports: airport pieces introduce runway areas and aircraft activity.
• An evolving town: visitors rearrange the pieces to explore different layouts within the same landscape.

• Physical model pieces control the tabletop activity.
• Projected routes respond to changes in the arrangement.
• Road, rail, water and air transport share one town scene.
• A shared surface makes the result visible to visitors and companions.
• Visitors can revise the layout and compare their ideas.

Block Town fits children's museums, science centers and family discovery spaces with room for a shared construction activity. Its transport theme also makes it relevant to galleries about journeys, towns and the connections between places.

The standard configuration supports 4–6 simultaneous users. Visitors can contribute an idea, follow a vehicle or discuss a new layout with a companion. We plan the table's reach, approach space and operating arrangement around the intended audience and venue.

The standard configuration measures 1800 × 1100 × 2250 mm, uses a 4,200-lumen laser projector and requires 1 kW. We can customize the dimensions, materials and appearance to suit your space. The illustrated configuration combines a freestanding table, physical models and overhead projection equipment. We coordinate the table finish and equipment enclosure with your exhibition design.

English, Spanish and Arabic are standard software languages, with additional languages available on request. The town-and-transport scene is the demonstrated content; requests for new scenes or a representation of a specific city are discussed as separate development work.

• Leave room to approach the table, reach the model pieces and circulate behind participants.
• Plan the overhead equipment position together with the table, keeping its supports and cables clear of visitor routes.
• Manage direct sunlight and strong light falling on the activity surface so projected roads and vehicles remain visible.
• Provide equipment ventilation and maintenance access. We confirm electrical, network and mounting requirements in the project equipment schedule.

Our Block Town experience combines town-building software, physical model interaction and an animated projected landscape. We specify the table and cabinet, model set, projection and detection equipment, and exhibit computer in your project proposal. The proposal also defines installation, staff training and any ongoing services for the chosen configuration.

Every exhibit includes a one-year standard warranty.

• Children's museums: add a shared town-building activity to a construction, transport or community-themed gallery.
• Science centers: connect visible routes and moving vehicles with conversations about systems, connections and cause and effect.
• Family entertainment centers: create a hands-on activity where families can build and compare a layout together.
• Pediatric playrooms: consider a dedicated, supervised activity space where the table's footprint, loose pieces and projection lighting suit the venue's operating requirements.

• AR Mars Colony: explore another model-based settlement activity, this time on a Martian landscape.
• Build Bloom: combine geometric pieces and animated scenes in a complementary shape-building activity.
• AR Sandbox: let visitors shape the terrain itself and observe a changing projected landscape.

Tell us about your venue, visitor group and available activity area. We will help you plan a Block Town configuration for your space.