WASHINGTON DC — NASA headquarters has upgraded its main auditorium with a Vista Systems Spyder image processor. Spyder gives the auditorium eight inputs so it can source from DVD players, Blu-ray players, NASA TV feeds and multiple laptops and display their images on the screen.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX – LD Alastair Watson chose High End Systems’ new Shapeshifter automated luminaire for Joe Satriani’s latest tour. The LD first became acquainted with the C1 and W1 via its inital promo clip, saying “I saw the video, you know the one. And then I flew to Austin because I wanted to have a look at it, face to face. I knew immediately that this was a light that was going to add an extra dimension to my show. I will be spec’ing these for some time to come. I would have a space on my plot to use these in any market.”
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LOS ANGELES – VER (Video Equipment Rentals), one of the top A/V rental companies in North America, with locations in North America and Europe, recently purchased an extensive Optocore fibre optic audio system in its ongoing commitment to provide their customers with leading edge technological solutions. The first use of the system was for the recent MTV Video Music Awards, staged in Los Angeles at the Forum in conjunction with ATK Audiotek, the incumbent audio production company supplying PA and broadcast feeds to the recording mobiles. Jeff Peterson, VMA Project Manager for ATK, is pictured here.
HONG KONG – Taking audience participation to the next level, Mandylights has used more than 15,000 Ghostbands at Chinese singer G.E.M.’s concerts. Ghostbands can communicate with each other, can be controlled via DMX and can be bitmapped, allowing audience members to become an integral part of the lighting design.
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LOS ANGELES – Adobe MAX 2014, a conference for users of Adobe software products, included general sessions at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. PIX Productions and Worldstage supported the most recent event by combining state-of-the-art pixel mapping technologies with one of the world’s oldest staging techniques: periaktoi, which are triangular-shaped devices used for displaying, and rapidly changing, theater scenes. Periaktoi techniques date back to the times of ancient Greece.
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NASHVILLE, TN – This year’s ride has been dubbed “Cruzin’ the Ozarks, The Dozenth’ Year.” Riders will gather in Nashville, Tennessee, ride down the bucolic Natchez Trace toward the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and Missouri and then circle back and pass through the Land Between the Lakes on their return to Nashville. The route will feature day rides venturing deep into the Ozarks, departing from picturesque Petit Jean State Park. Experienced riders know these roads as some of the best riding in the country, including the ‘Pig Trail Parkway’, ‘Ozark Dragon’, and the ‘Arkansas Grand Canyon’.
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IRVINE, CA – LD Jason Bullock of Infinity Point Design has been using Ayrton lighting fixtures to Wiz Khalifa’s Under the Influence of Music Tour this year. Under the Influence of Music is an annual event which brings up-and-coming hip-hop artists to venues across America. Bullock was among the first to use Ayrton’s MagicPanel 602 last year and has returned to it this year, incorporating 48 of the units in his design. To these he has added Ayrton’s newly released Radical Series, employing 36 MagicBlade-R linear fixtures and 12 MagicRing-R9 fixtures.
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WORCESTER, MA – Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to lighting beauty pageants, getting things right means adhering to an exacting set of standards. So say Darren and Tyler Lussier, who speak from experience. Aside from lighting concerts and major league sporting events in New York and New England, their company, Image Production Services, has become a beauty pageant maven, illuminating no fewer than six state segments of Miss USA in 2014. The setup for the most recent event for Miss Maryland is shown here.
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LONDON – LD Jeff Maker choose Robe’s new BMFL Spot fixtures as part of his lighting mix for punk rockers Gaslight Anthem. He also used 18 Pointes, 16 LEDBeam 100s, six ROBIN 600E Spots, 8 CycFX 8s and 12 LEDWash 600s. “Essentially I needed a super-bright fixture to use on large spec shows that often have a high video or bright LED elements. Various fixtures appear on lighting plots – but BMFL is the first one that ticks all the boxes without compromise!” Maker said.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – Fineline and Immersive worked together to support the launch of the Christmas season for Tesco. More than 1.4 kilometers of rope lighting lit up shopping carts, lamp-posts, and other street furniture plus around 60 individual LED festive decorations. The backdrop was a 80 by 7 meter (WxH) LED video screen along with five Robe Pointes installed behind the Tesco sign, and the green Christmas crown popped up right at the end of the show sequence.
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FLOWER MOUND, TX – Valley Creek Church recently upgraded the lighting in its 1,400-seat Flower Mound auditorium by installing more than 120 Chroma-Q Inspire LED house lights. Church leaders had sought an immersive environment during its worship services. Summit Integrated Systems worked with Dallas-based project consultants, Idibri, who recommended the Inspire fixture and provided a layout guide for them within the auditorium.
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