Projection Mapping Central

What Projection Mapping Central does

Projection Mapping Central (PMC) is a private content platform and community resource operating from projection-mapping.org, dedicated entirely to the niche topic of projection mapping — the technique of mapping video imagery onto non-flat or non-white surfaces. The site aggregates curated software tool recommendations, an illustrated history of projection mapping, an inspiration gallery of notable installations, and a chronological archive of articles and project showcases. PMC's only functional product is the Projection Mapping Brightness Calculator (beta), a free browser-based utility intended to help users estimate the lumens required for a projection mapping installation; the tool itself acknowledges limitations, noting it does not account for projector focus range, vertical offset, or mounting location.

The site targets two persona-based segments: professional and semi-professional projection mapping practitioners seeking software, inspiration, and technical references, and amateur hobbyists undertaking DIY projection mapping projects. Distribution is entirely organic and self-serve — content is freely accessible without registration, gatekeeping, or purchase, and PMC has no disclosed e-commerce, advertising, or marketplace operations.

PMC is organized as a small for-profit private entity with 1-10 employees. It has no disclosed funding, no parent company, no institutional investors, no management team information publicly available, no partnerships, and no commercial revenue model. The website appears to be operated as an independent personal or small-team project, with content archives dating back to at least 2009 and the most recent visible editorial activity around 2022. There is no evidence of API offerings, mobile applications, or technology integrations beyond the standalone calculator tool.

Name

Projection Mapping Central

Website

https://projection-mapping.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Projection Mapping Central is a private, free community resource website that curates projection mapping software tools, historical content, project inspiration, and educational material for projection mapping professionals and hobbyists. It also offers a free brightness calculator beta tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Projection Mapping Content Resources

akta.pro primary industry

Local & City Guide Content Aggregators (MPACAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Assessment-Integrated eLearning & Practice Modules (EDAGAEAE)

Keywords

• Projection mapping education
• Projection mapping software
• Immersive projection design
• Brightness calculation tool
• Projection mapping resources

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Projection Mapping Central operates an online community resource website that curates and publishes editorial content about projection mapping. The site features a software directory, an inspiration gallery of projection mapping projects, an archive of articles dating back to at least 2009, and educational material on the history of projection mapping. Its primary standalone tool offering is a free beta web-based Brightness Calculator that estimates projector brightness needs for installations.

Product overview

Projection Mapping Central is a community resource website for all things projection mapping, not a commercial product company. It provides a curated collection of software recommendations, an inspiration gallery of projection mapping projects, and an archive of articles. The primary tool offering is the Projection Mapping Brightness Calculator (beta), a free utility for estimating brightness requirements for installations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Projection Mapping Brightness Calculator (beta) A free web-based calculator tool that helps users estimate the brightness required for projection mapping installations. The tool is provided in beta and explicitly notes it is not designed for full installation pre-planning because it does not factor in projector minimum/maximum focus range, vertical offset, or mounting location.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Others

• Vimeo: Vimeo hosts much of the source footage and project videos that PMC curates and embeds in its Inspiration gallery. It functions as an upstream content platform in the same ecosystem, providing the underlying video content PMC aggregates.
• Behance: Behance is a creative project showcase platform where projection mapping artists publish portfolios and case studies. It serves as an adjacent discovery and inspiration channel for the same creative audience PMC targets with its project galleries.
• Designboom: Designboom is an online design and architecture magazine that frequently features projection mapping installations and immersive design projects. Its editorial coverage overlaps with PMC's Inspiration section, but Designboom covers all design disciplines while PMC focuses on projection mapping alone.

Direct peers

• Resolume: Resolume is a VJ and projection mapping software company with an active community forum, tutorials, and project showcases. It serves the same live-visuals and projection mapping practitioner base PMC addresses, though Resolume also functions as a commercial software vendor.
• HeavyM: HeavyM is a projection mapping software company that also publishes tutorials, project showcases, and educational content for projection mapping practitioners - serving the same niche professional and semi-professional audience as PMC.
• MadMapper: MadMapper is a leading projection mapping software platform with documentation, project showcases, and tutorials serving the same practitioner community PMC aggregates. They overlap directly in audience (projection mapping artists and professionals) though MadMapper does so from a software-vendor angle.

Broad incumbents

• Live Design: Live Design Online is an entertainment technology publication covering lighting, video, projection, and staging. It treats projection mapping as one topic among many in a broader production-industry portfolio, comparable to PMC at a category level but with much wider editorial scope.
• AVNetwork: AVNetwork is a long-running pro AV industry trade publication covering installation, projection, and live events. It addresses overlapping topics with PMC's content scope but serves a broader pro AV installer/integrator audience rather than focusing on the artist/DIY practitioner niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/projmapcentral
• Facebookfacebook.com/ProjectionMappingCentral

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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