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“Mixed Reality” describes the Unusual and Captivating at WorldStage San Francisco Open House

SAN FRANCISCO – WorldStage is known for the innovative and fun technical open houses held at its offices on both coasts.  Recently, WorldStage San Francisco welcomed clients and partners to the WorldStage 2016 Mixed Reality Open House.  A hot ticket in the Bay Area tech community, Mixed Reality offered guests a chance to get up close and personal with technology solutions for the live event marketplace that were unique and outside the mainstream.  It followed the festive Tacos and Technology get-together held by WorldStage New York last summer.

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Blackmagic Design Announces New Video Assist 2.3 Update

FREMONT, CA – November 18, 2016 – Blackmagic Design today announced Video Assist 2.3, a major new update for Blackmagic Video Assist customers that adds 3D LUTs to both models. This update also adds features to the 5” Blackmagic Video Assist including improved DNxHD and DNxHR support, false color monitoring, expanded focus options and new screen rotation features. The Video Assist 2.3 update is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design website and is free of charge for all Blackmagic Video Assist customers.

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Hardcore Fest

Chauvet Professional Helps Leper Hardcore Fest Blend Punchy Looks With Green Thinking

IEPER, BELGIUM — Hardcore metal can blend harmoniously with green thinking. A case in point is the Ieper Hardcore Fest, Europe’s largest death metal and hardcore punk festival, which attracts fans with a hard stomping lineup that includes the likes of Jello Biafra, UK Subs and Atari Teenage Riot, while at the same time leaving a gentle footprint on the environment. In recognition of its efforts, the festival has won the “Groenevent Award 2015” for greenest festival in Flanders and the “Groene Pluim” award of Ieper.

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Pit Bull's Bad Man Tour

Pitbull’s ‘Bad Man’ Tour Lit with BMFLs

MIAMI — Pitbull hit the road recently with his “Bad Man” tour in the U.S. which featured a production design by Gabriel Fraboni and Michael Smalley of creative practice Twin Design. Robe’s BFML Spots played a central role in the production, with 46 of the fixtures serving as the main profile fixtures.

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ML-902 FIXTURE

ElektraLite Ml-902

ElektraLite’s new ML-902 is a moving head profile spot fixture powered by a 120-watt cool white (6,500K) COB LED. The fixture promises an output equal to that of a 250-watt HMI discharge lamp. Features include an indexable seven-color wheel and a range of pattern choices via two wheels that each hold up to seven interchangeable gobos.

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Cosmic Truss Booth

Cosmic Truss’ Skull Creation Grabbed Attention, Plaudits at LDI 2016

LAS VEGAS — Exhibiting on the adjacent stand to their US distributors, GLP Inc., Cosmic Truss’s display at last month’s LDI Show in Las Vegas took on an alluringly ghoulish theme — which really galvanized visitors, who may have thought they had arrived at the Gates of Hell. Appearing the week before Halloween, the custom-created skull that hung above the booth was one of the most photographed item at the show.

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KD Productions Partners Ed DiBona and Ken Kepler.

Two Seasoned Pros Form KD Productions

NEWFIELD, NJ – Ken Kepler and Ed Di Bona have formed KD Productions, a full service AV production/rental company serving the Atlantic City/Philadelphia markets. The partners, who started their company two years ago, have a combined 50 years of industry experience. Di Bona was most recently technical director at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ. Kepler spent more than 12 years as the lead audio engineer and lead project manager for Showorks Audio Visual.

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ETC Unison Mosaic Atlas

ETC Unison Mosaic Atlas

ETC’s new Mosaic Atlas, part of the company’s Unison Mosaic line of products, is now available. Designed to control large scale projects, Mosaic Atlas promises to make it easier to map large LED pixel arrays for building facades, bridges, and presentation walls. Users can play video content across their arrays or incorporate a range of creative, generative effects.

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