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The Xbox One preview at Microsoft HQ in May 2013. Two hi spec Avolites Media Ai Infinity Servers powered visuals designed by film studios, game developers, and Microsoft's in-house team to 12 stacked 22k projectors.

Xbox One Preview at Microsoft HQ Got Visual Assist from Avolites Media Ai Servers

REDMOND, WA — For the announcement and preview earlier this year of the Xbox One video game console at Microsoft’s headquarters here, two Avolites Media Ai Infinity Servers powered visuals designed by film studios, game developers and Microsoft’s in-house team. The AV setup included 12 stacked 22K projectors. Xbox One, which features an AMD processor eight times faster than the Xbox 360, is due to be released Nov. 22, 2013.

Suntec Exhibition and Convention Center video wall is ranked worlds largest by Guinness World Records

Record-Setting LED Wall’s Content Managed by Watchout

SINGAPORE — Spanning 15 by 60 meters (height by width) and comprised of 664 integrated 55-inch LG LED flat panel displays, the LED wall inside the lobby for the Suntec Exhibition and Convention Center here has been give the nod by Guinness World Records as a record-holder. Dubbed “The Big Picture,” the display features content managed by Dataton’s Watchout multi-image display and presentation software. The video system can support image resolution of up to 32,051 pixels by 7,941 pixels (WxH).

Projection artist Ross Ashton from The Projection Studio in London once again teamed up with sound artist Karen Monid to produce a third son et lumière, dubbed Triquetra in the historical city of York, UK, for the 2013 Illuminating York Festival of Art. The projections spanned a 75-by-25-meter (width by height) area

Projection Studio Returns to York with New Large Format Artwork

YORK, U.K. — Projection artist Ross Ashton from The Projection Studio in London once again teamed up with sound artist Karen Monid to produce a third son et lumière, dubbed Triquetra in the historical city of York, UK, for the 2013 Illuminating York Festival of Art. The projections spanned a 75-by-25-meter (width by height) area.

Peoples Church, Fresno, CA is using a Vista Systems Spyder with its new 4mm LED video wall

Nashville Church Pairs Vista Spyder with new LED Wall

FRANKLIN, TN — The non-denominational Peoples Church, based here, paired a Vista Systems Spyder X20 with a 33-by-10-foot 4mm LED video wall for its 1,750-capacity sanctuary here. Once known as First Baptist, the church dates back to 1838; the current structure was erected 15 years ago. The congregation is currently close to 6,000 in size.

India.Arie Tour Includes PixelFlex LED Panels

India.Arie U.S. Tour Includes PixelFlex LED Panels

NEW YORK — Singer/songwriter India.Arie’s tour in support of her fifth studio album, Songversaton, which launched in Seattle in late September and traveled through the U.S. in October and November, relied upon flexible video panels from PixelFlex for the tour’s video effects.

Projection Studio large format projection, Wolverhampton Enchanted City project, Wolverhampton, U.K.

Projection Studio Visuals Animate Wolverhampton Enchanted City Event

LONDON — Projection and digital art specialist Ross Ashton and The Projection Studio, based here, created two large format projection works in Wolverhampton, west Midlands UK for the inaugural Wolverhampton Enchanted City event, which attracted up to 8,000 people each evening into the city center.

TricolorIndia, Projection Studio Support Visual Spectacle at Guru Tegh Bahaur Memorial in Delhi

TricolorIndia, Projection Studio Support Visual Spectacle in Delhi

DELHI, India — London based projection artist Ross Ashton designed and specified the large format projection elements of a new permanent immersive multi-media spectacle here at the Guru Tegh Bahaur Memorial on the NH1 highway  at Singhu Border. Ashton and Himanshu Sabharwal, his business partner in TricolorIndia, were commissioned by the Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation (GTDB) to create the piece, for which Sabharwal was the overall Show Director.

Pete's Big TVs supplied the LED video display for Twitter's IPO launch day.

Pete’s Big TVs Enhances Twitter IPO for NYSE

NEW YORK CITY – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs went to Wall Street to help Twitter open the New York Stock Exchange and launch its IPO offering on Nov. 7, 2013. Says Pete’s Big TVs VP Guy Benjamin, “We were contacted by production manager Michael Ahern with a week’s notice to supply LED video display of Twitter’s logo and Twitter feed for their big IPO launch day, when they began publicly trading on the stock market.”

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Advanced Inc. Provides Videowall for London, ON Restaurant

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO — The owners of the newly renovated Crabby Joe’s at 276 Dundas St. in London, Ontario knew they needed to go big with their AV system to draw guests from local competition. A videowall was their top choice for displaying major events and multiple events at once, so they went to the AV professionals at Advanced to design and install the biggest videowall that would fit.

Pete's Big TVs supplied all the LED video projection for 'Black Girls Rock'

Pete’s Big TVs Supplies LED Video Projection for ‘Black Girls Rock’

NEW CASTLE, DE – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs again supplied the high resolution LED video panels for the BET Network’s “Black Girls Rock!” For the new location, longtime set designer Anne Brahic created a new design which took full advantage of the bigger stage and the power of LED equipment.