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California’s Great America Theme Park Turns to 3D Live and Electrosonic for AV Assist with New 4D Attraction

'Mass Effect: New Earth, A 4D Holographic Journey' includes 3D visuals.

California’s Great America Theme Park Turns to 3D Live and Electrosonic for AV Assist with New 4D Attraction

SANTA CLARA, CA – Audiences are lining up to visit and revisit Mass Effect: New Earth, A 4D Holographic Journey at California’s Great America theme park near San Jose.  Based on EA’s “Mass Effect” sci fi videogame franchise developed by BioWare, the 4.5-minute ride combines 3D LED technology with 3D audio, motion seats, environmental effects and an on-stage performer to create a dynamic experience that’s been hailed as new benchmark in immersive attractions.

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LiveSpace used Elation products to update the look of the services at Mount Pleasant Community Church.

Michigan Church Upgrades Services with Elation Colour Pendants

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mi. – Michigan’s Mount Pleasant Community Church has upgraded their outdated lighting system with a dynamic LED solution that features new Elation Professional Colour Pendant color-changing LED luminaires. The fixtures were specified and installed by full-service integrator and production/rental company LiveSpace of Grand Rapids, MI.

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The new fixtures from Robe included four DLS Profiles, eight DL4X Spots and 16 LEDBeam 100s.

Denmark’s Fermaten Venue Adds Robe Fixtures

HERNING, Denmark — Fermaten is a busy community-based live music and performance venue in Herning, central Denmark. Accommodating close to 700, it’s home to about 140 shows a year. The venue has been operting for 26 years and recently invested in Robe moving lights, all supplied by Robe’s Danish distributor Light Partner, also based in Herning. The new fixtures from Robe included four DLS Profiles, eight DL4X Spots and 16 LEDBeam 100s.

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Leonard Miller

Lex Products Names Leonard Miller VP of Sales

SHELTON, CT — Lex Products named Leonard Miller vice president of sales. Miller comes to Lex Products after 12 years with Philips Entertainment’s Vari-Lite and Strand Lighting divisions. He has also served as a sales manager for Barbizon Lighting in Dallas and a regional manager for Kohler Rental Power Services. Prior to that, he worked for Paramount Pictures/Viacom, Walt Disney World, and a number of cruise ship lines. Leonard also serves on the board of directors as a member of the faculty of the non-profit Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas (SILV) and has been a past Director at Large for USITT.

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ADJ's AV6X Panel

ADJ Launches LED Video Panel with Improved Color Consistency and Higher Contrast

LOS ANGELES – Following the huge success of the original AV6 LED video panel, ADJ has launched a new and improved model, the AV6X. The new and improved AV6X is now poised to continue ADJ’s success in the world of LED video. This version retains the affordable price and high resolution quality of the original, but also offers improved color consistency and higher contrast.

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Blizzard Lighting Lo-Pro Flux

Blizzard Lighting Lo-Pro Flux

Blizzard Lighting’s Lo-Pro Flux LED fixture with white strobe effects groups 288 half-watt white Samsung SMD5050 LEDs into 8-pixel slice segments that can be individually controlled via DMX, standalone, master/slave and sound active programs. The product’s MSRP is $499.99.

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Steve Thurkettle selected the Titan lighting and media control interface

U.K.’s Insomnia Gaming Festival Uses Avolites for Lighting and Video Control

BIRMINGHAM U.K. – Gaming event lighting guru Steve Thurkettle selected the Titan lighting and media control interface from British manufacturer Avolites to drive his complex audio-visual design for the 58th Insomnia Gaming Festival (Insomnia58), the UK’s biggest ever celebration of gaming culture. The event took place at the NEC in Birmingham over the U.K.’s bank holiday weekend Aug. 26-29.

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WIcreations supported Pinkpop 2016 and other events in Europe this past summer. Photo by Rene Bradwolff

WIcreations Supports Wide Array of Summer Festivals and Events in Europe

THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM and FRANCE – Belgian engineering, animation and rigging specialists WIcreations had a busy summer supplying a selection of their standard rental products like WI Towers and WI Touring Track to a diverse variety of music festivals and live events, including Dominator 2016 (Strand Eersel, Netherlands), 2 Meisjes op het strand (2 Girls on the Beach, Little Beach in Ostend, Belgium), Decibel 2016 (Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands), EMF, Electro Beach Music Festival (Le Bacarès in France), the Nassau Festival (Amsterdam), Indian Summer (Geestmerambacht, Langedijk, Netherlands) and Pinkpop (Landgraaf in the Netherlands, pictured here.)

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