Video Production

Quince Imaging Dominates Pro Sports Arena Projection Mapping

It’s moments before the first Chicago Bulls NBA home game of the 2016-17 season begins, and the United Center Arena is packed with fans. Suddenly, the entire arena goes dark except for the court, which seems to glow with an inner light. The Bulls logo appears in the center, and the court floor comes to life as Bulls mascot Benny the Bull walks out to the center of the court, waving a Bulls flag in a grand circular motion.

French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has very nearly done it all. Born in Lyon, France, son of film composer Maurice Jarre, Jean-Michel began studying classical music at an early age and formed his first major rock band in the late 1960s. Within a few short years Jarre had tapped cutting-edge keyboard technology and helped to revolutionize synthesized music with releases such as 1976’s global hit Oxygène, 1978’s Équinoxe, and 1981’s Les Chants Magnétiques.

December saw eSports come to Boston in a big way when the Wang Theatre at the Boch Center hosted the Boston Major tournament. The competition for Valve Corporation’s multiplayer online battle arena Dota 2 video game took place Dec. 7-10. Along with the live audience in the theatre, the four days—with up to 12 hours a day play—was followed globally via the video game live-streaming platform Twitch.tv and through a variety of international television outlets including ESPN in the U.S.