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Shale Voyager

Alcorn McBride Aids Perot Museum’s ‘Shale Voyager’ Experience

DALLAS – In the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, the Tom Hunt Energy Hall’s 4D Theater experience, “Shale Voyager,” is controlled by Alcorn McBride’s V4 Pro show controller and 8-channel Digital Binloop HD player. Video and motion chairs give visitors the sense of what it would be like to shrink to the size of a grape, travel vertically down a 6,500-foot borehole, come out horizontally through the black rock of North Texas’s Barnett Shale and whoosh back to the surface when the gas is released.

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The Voice

Schnick Schnack Adds Accent to ‘The Voice’

LOS ANGELES – Schnick Schnack Systems LED accent lighting literally spins with the hot seats on NBC’s ‘The Voice.’  Chosen by designer Oscar Dominguez of Darkfire Lighting Design, Schnick Schnack Systems’ camera-friendly, calibrated colors light the triangular podium on the front of each judge’s chair. Whenever a critical red decision button is pushed, the LEDs behind the Plexiglas podium change colors and the chair spins around.

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Illuminata

Projection Studio Creates ‘Illuminata’ Video Install at Welsh Castle

WALES – Ross Ashton and The Projection Studio have designed and coordinated a permanent 270 degree video projection installation featuring an adaptation of their successful work ‘Illuminata’ at Caerphilly Castle in Wales for CADW, the official guardian of the built heritage of Wales. The installed looped show with accompanying soundtrack is 10 minutes long.

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Lars Ekdahl with Bellalite’s Toivo Söderberg

Robe Installed At Stockholm’s Sodra Teatern

STOCKHOLM – Södra Teatern (Southern Theatre) located in Stockholm’s lively Söder district, is one of Sweden’s best known privately run theatres and the oldest such venue in Stockholm, established in 1859. The newest Robe fixtures in the house as part of a general lighting upgrade are six LEDWash 600s and four LEDWash 300s, specified by Head of Lighting Lars Ekdahl.

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2013 MOD Awards

Barten Depends on GLP for 2013 MOD Awards

LAS VEGAS – Barten Production Services recently provided technology reinforcement for the 2013 MOD Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, with the set design depending on GLP’s Volkslicht Zoom and Impression Spot One LED fixtures. The MOD Awards honor the best in the modular exhibit industry.

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ArKaos and ESL teams at Prolight + Sound

ArKaos Pro Appoints Exclusive French Distributor

BRUSSELS – ArKaos Pro, a provider of real- time visual processing technologies for live visual performances, has appointed ESL as its new exclusive distributor for France. Says ArKaos Business Development Manager, Agnes Wojewoda. “We chose ESL because they understand the technology behind ArKaos products and have a strong presence in the French market.”

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Pacers' new video board using Vista Spyder

Indiana Pacers Score with Spyder-Powered Video Board

INDIANAPOLIS – The NBA’s Indiana Pacers have unveiled a new center-hung video board at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse designed to deliver an experience fans just can’t get at home – and a Spyder is a big part of it.  ANC Sports Enterprises integrated the Vista Systems Spyder X20 to feed the new displays with entertainment, informative content for Pacers fans. The display is more than five times larger than the previous video board.

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From left: Lowell Fowler, Craig Burross and Richard Belliveau

Burross Receives HES Lifetime Achievement Award

AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems National Sales Manager Craig Burross was recently presented an award from his peers and company founders for his achievement of $200 million in sales of High End Systems products. Burross joined High End Systems in March 1991, and was instrumental in the company’s sales of Intellabeam HX, Trackspot, Cyberlight, Studio Color and other products in the US. Burross says he is continuing to work on his next $200 million for the company.

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