HOUSTON METHODIST CENTENNIAL WALL

Responsibilities included supporting the design of touch interface and rest states, preparing files for timeline entries.

Houston Methodist Hospital was founded in 1919 and is held in high regard for world-changing advances in cardiovascular surgery, cancer, epilepsy treatment, and organ transplantation.

The hospital approached MWM Partners for a one of a kind commemoration to its 100th year of being at the forefront of medical innovation.

The result was a touch wall equipped with point cloud recognition and responsive rest states. The wall also features a timeline function, with interactive learning activities and a catalogue of the deep history made at Houston Methodist.

Creative Direction: Joe Ross, Rachel Outlaw Rothberg
Illustration: Mike Guillory

2019

EARLY RENDERING

We planned and built this touch wall with these features:

• 24 touch screen panels
• Motion Tracking
  
• Touch integration
• Remote CMS updating
  
• 120 unique timeline entries, with ability to add more
• 4 interactive learning games, and counting
• Motion responsive rest states

REST STATES

As passers-by walk the length of the wall, rest states detect and react to their motion. 

TOUCH STATES

When users pause in front of the wall, they are prompted to explore the hospital's timeline or play with learning modules which describe game-changing innovations made  over the hospital's past century. 

Whether a doctor, patient or visitor is exploring this interface, the wall aims to make a plethora of history accessible and fun to take in.