Projection Connection News
3D Virtual Environment Demonstrations at NAB
LAS VEGAS - A series of virtual reality (VR) demonstrations took place at Brainstorm Multimedia's 2010 NAB Convention booth. The demos served as the first showing of real-time integration of live stereoscopic 3D cameras as part of a virtual environment, and Vinten Radamec supported the show with its encoded pan and tilt heads and pedestals. Read More...
“Die Patienten” Synchs Video with Live Action
ZURICH, Switzerland - In comedy, timing is everything, and for Swiss entertainer Marco Rima's Die Patienten to succeed, the crew needed to accurately synchronize video projection on three independently-revolving walls. Technology from coolux helped keep the insanity onstage, where it belonged. Read More...
Christie Projectors Used for Movie Screenings at Haitian Shelters
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The Cinépolis Foundation's social outreach program, "Let's all go to Cinépolis Haiti," projected 11 movies using donated Christie digital cinema projectors and an inflatable screen set up in shelters for survivors of the Feb. 12th earthquake. Read More...
Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show Uses Hippotizer VideoMapper
MIAMI - For The Who's performance at the The Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show, the 3,055 Barco MiStrips incorporated into the custom video deck displayed arrows and other linear graphics that defied the non-linear arrangement of the MiStrips themselves. The design team used a beta version of VideoMapper, a software component to be included in an upcoming version of Green Hippo's Hippotizer HD media server software. Read More...
SNP Provides Video Support for New Glyndebourne Opera
SUSSEX, U.K. - Video solutions specialist SNP Productions supplied two Catalyst V4 PRO media servers and a complete projection package to Glyndebourne Opera for their production of Knight Crew. Read More...
AEL, Christie Help Rebrand And Relaunch CBC News
TORONTO, ON - When the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation rebranded "CBC Newsworld" and relaunched its primetime show, The National, the network turned to Applied Electronics Limited (AEL) to design, engineer and integrate the display technology for two new sets and studio configurations. Read More...
Barco and Digital Stage Chicago Paint Vegas Event
LAS VEGAS - For a corporate event staged at the Sands Expo Center, Todd Street Productions worked with Joe West, senior creative and lighting director for Digital Stage Chicago, to create a seamless, 600-foot circular blend of graphics using 30 Barco/High End Systems DL.3s. The project represented one of the largest assemblies of DL.3 gear. Read More...
LMG Takes Multi-Definition Step with Ross Switchers
ORLANDO, FL - LMG, Inc. recently purchased the Ross Video Vision 3 QMD Switcher to enhance the firm's video inventory and switching capabilities. The purchase also represents a step LMG is taking toward a multi-definition platform for the live production environment. Read More...
Chinese Spring Festival LED Backdrop Seen by Millions
BEIJING, China - Kingsmark Event Engineering Co., Ltd. and China Television Technology Development Company worked with Barco Greater China to light up the broadcast for Chinese Central Television's annual New Years Gala 2010 with a large LED backdrop. Read More...
Video Applications Supports Contemporary Ballet Troupe
COSTA MESA, CA - Video Applications provided projection and video support for the premiere of The Trey McIntyre Project's The More I See You at the Orange County Performing Arts Center (OCPAC). Read More...
MediaFace Pairs Robe DigitalSpots with Wedding Hall in Japan
TOKYO - MediaFace helped the owners of Ibaraki Wedding Hall set their services apart from competing wedding businesses with two Robe DigitalSpot 3000 DTs in each of the guesthouse-style venue's banqueting halls. Read More...
The Rock Stops Here
Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas
“We first saw the Sea Changer in Las Vegas at the LDI Show last year and were very impressed with its rich colors and minimal loss light out-put. I contacted Tom Morris with Sea Changer to check availability in hopes of using them on the Alison Krauss and Union Station tour. The show doesn’t require a lot of light movement, and it seemed to fill the bill as a reliable color changer.
They were able to deliver 40 units in our time frame, so we fit them into our Source Four lekos and used them on a brief Tony Rice/AKUS tour. Two of our lighting guys, Alex Blagg and Ed Welsh, loved the units and wanted to incorporate them into the current Hundred Miles or More tour. We suggested them to Howell, who put them into his design. They have performed flawlessly. — Cliff Miller
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