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Who Knows Where We Go from Here?

PLSN Editor Michael S. Eddy covers some of the April 2023 issue’s highlights, including the epic 35-year run for Broadway’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” this month’s virtual production-focused “In the Volume” section, the use of virtual production tools on Blake Shelton’s live concerts and more.

Product News: April 2023

PLSN’s April 2023 Product News section included details on the following products: hazebase’s THE CLASSIC2 and HIGHPOWER2; Claypaky’s Panify; Creative Conners’ Spotline v2 Hoist; ETC’s Source 4WRD Color II; Eventric’s Master Tour Venue Tech Packs; Harrington Hoists’ EM/SEM Series Mini Electric Chain Hoists; Marshall Electronics’ CV730-BHN and CV730-ND3 Cameras; and Pliant Technologies’ CrewCom CCU-08 Control Unit.

Elation Professional: Proteus Rayzor Blade S

Lighting Director/Programmer/and Lighting Design Professor, Kevin Lawson takes a look at the Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade, which is fast, bright, and packed with cool features like the SparkLED.. An effect-forward moving strip/strobe hybrid, the Rayzor Blade offers more than beautiful eye candy – with its zoom range, it also serves as a decent linear wash luminaire.

Video Switchers

This month’s Buyers Guide on Video Switchers included details on Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Television Studio HD8 ISO; FOR-A Americas’ HVS-1200 12G/3G/HD Switcher; Grass Valley’s K-Frame Production Switchers; and Panasonic Connect’s KAIROS Video Production Platform.

Virtual Production News

PLSN’s April 2023 “In the Volume” section starts off with news about disguise and XPLOR’s new partnership to tackle the skills gap in virtual production in the UK; how EMN Tech is teaming up with AOTO to build a virtual studio in Turkey; how Reno Studios is launching Taiwan’s highest-res virtual production movie studio in Taiwan, and how Vectorworks’ connection to NVIDIA Omniverse expands designers’ opportunities in the Metaverse.

NantStudios Virtual Production Stages in Australia

NantStudios, a virtual production studio based in El Segundo in Los Angeles County, CA, recently announced that the company, through its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, has built two new LED volume/In-Camera VFX stages at Docklands Studios located in Melbourne, Australia, and will operate the world’s largest LED volume.