Case Study

PNC Innovation Zone

Whitaker Center Partners With Clair For Design Technology Solution For PNC Innovation Zone

Project Overview

Location
Harrisburg, PA
Size
7,000 sq ft. total with 2,000 sq ft. purpose-built gaming studio.
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Partner
Market
Themed & Immersive
  • The PNC Innovation Zone, a first in its dedicated educational esports category, has quickly become a burgeoning resource for the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania community and the greater eastern U.S. by offering experiential digital “video game” learning in disciplines such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and math for kids eight years and up, teens and more.
  • Our design experts worked from venue concept through execution, starting with the evaluation and identification of key design factors within the space – the look, the feel, how technology could best be used in the space – and reaching completion as a legitimate esports venue with (the potential for) thirty high-end educational gaming rigs that each include a PC tower, screen, keyboard, mouse, headphones, connected desk, gaming chair and the ability to connect to one of the Zone’s eight large screen TVs.
  • Whitaker Center’s noble mission to bring arts and science education under one roof by leveraging the popularity of video games and esports to stimulate interest in STEAM activities such as coding, graphic design, and computer networking, is brought to bear within the PNC Innovation Zone which serves to break down gender and equity barriers in technology to inspire the digital leaders of tomorrow.

Whitaker Center Partners With Clair For Design Technology Solution For PNC Innovation Zone

Location
Harrisburg, PA
Size
7,000 sq ft. total with 2,000 sq ft. purpose-built gaming studio.
Partner
Market
Themed & Immersive
  • The PNC Innovation Zone, a first in its dedicated educational esports category, has quickly become a burgeoning resource for the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania community and the greater eastern U.S. by offering experiential digital “video game” learning in disciplines such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and math for kids eight years and up, teens and more.
  • Our design experts worked from venue concept through execution, starting with the evaluation and identification of key design factors within the space – the look, the feel, how technology could best be used in the space – and reaching completion as a legitimate esports venue with (the potential for) thirty high-end educational gaming rigs that each include a PC tower, screen, keyboard, mouse, headphones, connected desk, gaming chair and the ability to connect to one of the Zone’s eight large screen TVs.
  • Whitaker Center’s noble mission to bring arts and science education under one roof by leveraging the popularity of video games and esports to stimulate interest in STEAM activities such as coding, graphic design, and computer networking, is brought to bear within the PNC Innovation Zone which serves to break down gender and equity barriers in technology to inspire the digital leaders of tomorrow.
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“When we first envisioned this project we knew we needed to do something special to make this “cool” so that it would appeal to teenagers and older learners who typically “age out” of our science center. Getting Clair Global involved at this early design phase, versus having them come in at the end as a vendor, made a huge difference. From the concept stage, we needed to have “cool” embedded in the DNA of the project and that is exactly what Clair did for us! They hypothesized and executed audio/visual solutions that none of us had considered.”

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