Software for installations that must not break.
I build the software that runs museum and brand installations, including projection mapping, show control, show timing, and the systems that keep content current on every screen. I hand over each one fully tested and documented, so it keeps working long after opening day.
Email me rich at richstrange.com
You can see what I'm building now in the lab, with how each tool is tested.
clients and partners
- AMNH
- Smithsonian
- Asia Society Texas Center
- NYU Langone
- The Huffington Post
- AT&T
- Samsung
- Bell Labs
- Regeneron
- Gensler
- Rockwell Group
- Office for Creative Research
- Parsons
what you can hire me for
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exhibit and installation software
The interactive software inside an exhibit or installation, in Unity, Godot, or the browser, from the first prototype to the hand-over.
Hire me for
- Building and testing the interactive software for your exhibit, then handing it over so your team can run it. See it in my work
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from the lab
Spatial computing and control
Projection mapping and lighting control in Godot, for AV integrators.
Hire me for
- Projection set-up and calibration for your venue. Built on GodotSpacePlane
- Lighting and show-control integration for interactive work. Built on GodotDMX
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from the lab
Engineering and temporal math
Design checks for prototypes, and show timing you can test before load-in.
Hire me for
- Design-stage comparisons for prototypes and custom parts, ahead of an engineer's review. Built on SweetFEA
- Show timing and trigger design, and also software schedules a producer can read. Built on temporal-planning
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from the lab
Control plane and content delivery
Getting the right content to every screen, and knowing it arrived and works properly.
Hire me for
- Hosted content delivery for multi-screen installations, with a record of what arrived on each screen. Built on Dropship
how I work
I make the interactive layer as dependable as your AV system.
Designed for people
I build for visitors with vision, hearing, and movement disabilities. At the Smithsonian's Molina Family Latino Gallery, a major part of my work was making eight touchscreen kiosks usable for them. I measure contrast, type size, and touch targets against WCAG instead of eyeballing them.
Built to fit
My software runs inside the integrator's system and works alongside what they've already signed off on, like display settings, switching, audio, and lighting universes.
Tested
Every tool in the lab has automated tests, more than 3,200 across the five. The lab shows the count for each one.
Handed over
Before commissioning, I'll make you a complete hand-over pack: the software list, runbooks, the network and IT needs, and how each system recovers from a power cut.
Keeps working
At the American Museum of Natural History, I kept older exhibits running, in the museum and on tour. I build mine so the venue's own staff can run them without me.
What I work with, on both the AV and the IT side:
AV and show control Q-SYSCrestronMedialonDanteArt-Net and DMX
Real-time engines UnityGodotCinder
IT and cloud AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
selected work
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Gaming SMALLab
The space ran more than a dozen games for middle- and high-school learners, on a projected floor that tracks how they move.
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Lobby data wall
A nine-screen lobby wall that shows a year of comfort readings from sensors across the building.
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HuffPost Live
We built a TV studio in a browser, with one CMS for everyone behind the live show. HuffPost Live won two Webby Awards for News & Information Channel.
contact
If you have an installation coming up, I'd like to hear about it. I can tell you how I'd approach your project. I won't share another client's secrets with you, for the same reason I'll never share yours.