Projection Connection News

XL Video supplies video production equipment for the U.K.’s X Factor Live 2015 Tour.

LONDON – Harrods department store and Russian art jeweler Faberge celebrated Easter with a 21st century twist on Faberge’s iconic Easter eggs: a larger-than-life interactive projection-mapped egg on display in the store’s holiday windows.  Projection Artworks used d3 Technologies’ 4x4pro media server to map the egg with video imagery.

LONDON — XL Video supported Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual run of live shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the third consecutive year. For this 15^th anniversary XL Video supplied LED screens, live cameras and HD recordings for the seven shows in late March 2015.

WUHAN, China – Wanda Movie Park and Han Show Theater, twin attractions are developed by Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, recently installed close to 160 Christie 1-chip and 3-chip DLP® projectors with resolutions of up to 4K. The attractions have been open to the public since Dec. 2014.

DUBAI, UAE – Production Technology LLC (Protec) put d3 Technologies’ 4x4pro media servers to work on the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) at the World Trade Centre Arena in Dubai.  Protec chose d3 media servers with CAST BlackTrax realtime motion tracking to deliver the complex projection mapping element of the event.

PANAMA CITY, Panama – Electrosonic has designed, fabricated and installed audio-visual systems in one of the most unique museums in the world, the Biomuseo in Panama City, Panama. Situated on the Amador Causeway, at the entrance to the Panama Canal in Latin America’s only Frank Gehry-designed building, the Biomuseo will offer eight permanent art and science galleries on the origin of the isthmus and its impact on the planet’s biodiversity.

MIAMI, FL – Market America touched down in Miami’s American Airlines Arena for their World Conference, with Quince Imaging specifying Avolites’ Ai media server for the event’s video needs.

BEIJING, China – Christie and its Chinese partner, Wincomn Technology, joined forces for a permanent projection mapping display on a large whale shark sculpture, which is part of a large-scale show titled Glamorous Sky Over Hengqin. The spectacle features dramatic lighting, audio, video, pyro and stunt performances at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

TELFORD, U.K. – Specialist widescreen projection was one of several video elements supplied by west Midlands based Central Presentations Ltd. (CPL) to show producers Inteva Productions for an annual sales conference staged at Telford International Centre, Telford, UK.