Barco's DLP technology driven display solution is helping India's first smart city to ensure a safe and secured working for its citizen and users. It's unique features and 24*7 availability are a big enable for smooth management of the city.
Transforming smart city vision into reality with Barco’s visual excellence
Gujarat · 2025
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) is India’s first operational green field smart city and International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), strategically located between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. GIFT City is designed to be a globally benchmarked financial hub, offering cutting-edge infrastructure, a skilled talent pool, and a dynamic business ecosystem for industries such as finance, IT, and biotechnology.
Barco solution
- RGB Laser ODL721
- Controller
Highlights
- Superior brightness, clarity, and seamless integration
- High-performance visual experience
Context
At the core of GIFT City's smart infrastructure is the City Command and Control Centre (C-4)—a centralized hub that orchestrates critical urban management systems. C-4 integrates key platforms, including:
- Integrated Building Management System for real-time monitoring.
- Utility Infrastructure Monitoring Platform to manage essential services efficiently.
- AI-powered Citywide Surveillance Platform for enhanced security and situational awareness.
Challenge
Despite its commitment to smart infrastructure, GIFT City encountered operational challenges due to the limitations of its existing visualization solutions. Inconsistent performance, inadequate service support, and a lack of responsiveness from the incumbent provider disrupted seamless operations. To drive its smart city vision forward, GIFT City needed a high-performance, reliable visual solution—one that could enhance real-time monitoring while ensuring exceptional after-sales support for sustained efficiency.
Solution
Recognizing the crucial role of visualization in GIFT City's operations, Barco delivered its flagship rear-projection cube (RPC) solution designed to meet the city's high standards for performance and reliability. A new 6x2 RGB laser videowall (ODL-721) with a controller has been implemented, offering exceptional brightness and clarity. Additionally, an existing 6x2 DLP LED videowall from another OEM has been upgraded by Barco's RGB Laser Rear Projection upgrade kit with a controller, ensuring a seamless and consistent high-performance visual experience across both platforms.
Barco’s RGB Laser ODL-721 offers exceptional brightness and clarity and is renowned as a sustainable and reliable solution. Contrary to competing Laser Phosphor-based video walls, Barco’s RGB Laser technology does not contain any moving parts (like color wheels or phosphor wheels), which are known points of failure and need to be replaced from time to time – resulting in additional maintenance costs and unwanted downtime.
These enhancements empowered GIFT City with unmatched image quality, enhanced reliability, and advanced operational efficiency, enabling decision-makers to visualize and act on critical insights with confidence and precision.
Results
With Barco’s unmatched RGB laser ODL-721 solution, GIFT City has elevated its operational capabilities, achieving a new benchmark in visual communication proficiency. The enhanced display infrastructure delivers:
- Unparalleled real-time data visualization for faster, more informed decision-making.
- Seamless system integration, ensuring effortless monitoring of critical urban infrastructure.
- Future-ready reliability, backed by robust after-sales support for uninterrupted operations.
Today, GIFT City stands tall as a future-ready smart city of India with higher operational efficiency and no breakdown, enabling quicker response time for citizen services and more effective management of city functions. Additionally, data monitoring with control brings precision to visualization, providing smarter insights to decision-makers for scalable urban planning and proactive infrastructure management..
A partnership for the future
As GIFT City advances toward its vision of becoming a global smart city benchmark, Barco remains a trusted technology partner, dedicated to enabling innovation and delivering excellence.
This collaboration exemplifies the transformative impact of advanced visualization solutions in shaping the future of urban intelligence.
About Barco
Barco designs and develops cutting-edge visualization, collaboration, and networking technologies that power mission-critical environments across the globe. With a strong focus on innovation, user experience, and sustainability, we empower professionals to make informed decisions with confidence and clarity.
Talk to us
Don't hesitate to contact us with your questions. Our team will gladly point you in the right direction.
