Projection mapped augmentation of mechanically animated objects

A method of creating a display in a display space, comprising:

• generating first and second media content;
• after the generating, providing a projection screen, with a predefined shape and size, in the display space;
• projecting the first media content onto the projection screen;
• modifying the projection screen to alter at least one of the shape and the size of the projection screen;
• and
• concurrently with the modifying of the projection screen, projecting the second media content onto the projection screen,
• wherein the first media content is mapped to the shape and size of the projection screen during the projecting of the first media content and during the modifying of the projection screen,
• wherein the second media content is mapped to the modified shape and size during the projecting of the second media content, and
• wherein the second media content is mapped to the projection screen during transitions in the shape or the size during the modifying step.

A display system, comprising:

• a display space;
• at a location in the display space, an object with a surface;
• an actuator mechanically animating the object to transition the surface from a first state to a second state that differs from the first state such that the surface changes shape, size, or location;
• a projector projecting first content onto the surface with the surface in the first state, projecting transition media content onto the surface with the surface in transition states between the first and second states, and projecting second content onto the surface with the surface in the second state;
• and
• a controller operating the actuator and the projector with time synchronization to perform the animating and the projecting, respectively,
• wherein the surface in the transition states differs from the surface in at least one of shape, size, and location in the first and second states, and
• wherein the first content differs from the transition content and the transition content differs from the second content.