MANCHESTER, U.K. — The National Football Museum here, which reopened after a technical upgrade in mid-2012, now features an AV introduction to how soccer became “the people’s game” in England. Systems integrator D J Willrich (DJW) relied upon Dataton Watchout software to manage and coordinate the museum’s visuals, including the 15.9-meter curved screen pictured here.
MONTREAL — Moment Factory’s interactive urban art installation, Megaphone, is commanding attention at the Promenade des Artistes, in the heart of Quartier des Spectacles here. The installation runs from Sept. 4-Nov. 4, 2013. Along with the amplified sound of their voice, speakers’ words are converted into large-format visual projections. All photos provided courtesy of Moment Factory.
NEW YORK – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs is supplying the set of NBC’s new prime time interactive TV game show, The Million Second Quiz, with a multitude of broadcast-quality video screens, flexible digital signage, monitors and a video crew. Premiering Sept. 9, the show clock runs the competition for one million seconds nonstop until Sept. 19.
SAN BERNARDINO, CA — AV Concepts, which helped bring Tupac Shakur back as a holographic illusion at Coachella 2012, is supporting the virtual performances of other late rappers for the 2013 Rock the Bells series of hip-hop shows this fall, including performing likenesses of Eazy-E and Ol’ Dirty Baster (ODB) for shows here (San Manuel Amphitheatre, Sept. 7-8), in San Francisco (Shoreline Amphitheatre, Sept. 14-15).
FREDERIKSHAVN, Denmark — The Reef Hotel & Resort is giving its Scandinavian clientele a shortcut to the tropics with an immersion into warm-weather visuals, sounds and scents. Mediatec Solutions Sweden AB provided all audio, video, lighting and control including Watchout multi-image display and presentation software, and Stylt Trampoli AB provided the virtual tropical content.
LAS VEGAS — Morpheus Lights, the U.S. distributor of Ayrton LED luminaires, announced that sales and delivery the MagicPanel 602 LED luminaire has surpassed the 500 mark since the product’s U.S. introduction on July 1, 2013. Pictured here is the setup for Knife Party’s 2013 Electric Zoo Festival performance in NYC over Labor Day weekend; 77 Ayrton MagicPanel 602 fixtures were used.
LOS ANGELES — Electrosonic announced that it has completed the final phase of its previously announced Global Immersion acquisition. The Global Immersion specialists in large format screens for cinema and planetariums are now part of Electrosonic’s Entertainment business. Electrosonic has also launched a new website that highlights its immersive theater solutions.
