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Tropicana Las Vegas Projection Created with Hippotizer Gear

Tropicana Las Vegas large-scale projection

Tropicana Las Vegas Projection Created with Hippotizer Gear

LAS VEGAS — It’s not easy to stand out in the night skyline of Las Vegas, but the Tropicana is turning heads nightly with an ongoing 3D video projection on the exterior of the building. The projection was designed and installed by LD Systems of Houston using Hippotizer media servers, Barco 20K projectors and 3D media content provided by Texas Video & Post, with 2D content by SKG Advertising of Las Vegas.

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Christie Featured 30 Products in 12 Zones at InfoComm

ORLANDO, FL — Highlighting visual technologies that ranged from projection mapping, 4K, 3D and impact walls, Christie set a company record for InfoComm exhibit floor space this year. Products featured at the booth and InfoComm’s 3D Pavilion included projectors, displays, video processors, yoke systems and software solutions, targeting entertainment, government and academic uses.

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Barco HDX-W12

Barco HDX-W12

Barco’s HDX-W12 has the same on-board image processing, servicing and preview mode features as the W14, but offers 12,000 lumens and a xenon lamp life of 2,500 hours. (Barco’s HDX-W14 projector, launched earlier this year, also features Barco’s ImagePRO signal processor.)

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Mayday photo by Ralph Larmann

Mayday 2011 Adds LED Flash with GLP Fixtures

DORTMUND, Germany — Held since 1997 at Dortmund’s Westfalenhallen, and marking 20 years since it was founded in 1991, the indoor rave, Mayday, drew crowds to its “Arena” section in hall 1 for trance and softer music, while its “Empire” section in hall 3 attracted fans of harder-driving techno and electro music. Both areas were lit with LED fixtures from GLP.

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Vaddio ClearVIEW HD-19 PTZ Camera with SmartSHOT Technology

Vaddio ClearVIEW HD-19 PTZ Camera with SmartSHOT Technology

Vaddio added the ClearVIEW HD-19 high definition PTZ camera with SmartSHOT technology to its ClearVIEW line of cameras. Equipped with a 19x optical zoom lens, it is built around a 1.3 megapixel, 1/3-Type Sony Exmor high-speed, low-noise CMOS image sensor. Integrated SmartSHOT technology with AIP (Adjustable Image Processing) allows for greater user control over DSP functions, helping them enhance color and sharpness in changing lighting conditions and adjusting the DSP to suit the venue. The camera also offers image stabilization and iris/shutter control for outdoor events.

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Kasabian lit by Renegade

Kasabian Tour Lit by Renegade’s Nick Gray

LONDON — Renegade lighting designer Nick Gray provided a lighting design based around two trussing arches that move in three different positions for the current Kasabian tour, which was set to perform several shows before headlining at festivals including Rockness in Inverness and the Isle of Wight, as well as Rock Werchter in Belgium.

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Metropole Zlican Centre fountain

Clay Paky Gear Illuminates Czech Fountain

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Art Jgs, a Clay Paky distributor, provided gear and design for a fountain lighting installation at Metropole Zli?ín, a fashion and entertainment complex about five miles from the Prague city center. Alpha Spot HPE 300s and Alpha Wash 300s light the fountain jets from above in various colors as the music changes.

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