KITCHENER, Ontario — For the lobby of 2 Queen Street East, a 20-story office building in Toronto’s financial district, Forge Media + Design created a wind and water display using Christie MicroTiles.
HOUSTON, TX — For 2017 Bassmaster Classic, which ran from March 24-26 and included daily weigh-ins at Houston’s Minute Maid Park, Upstage Video provided a 32-by-22-foot video wall comprised of 193 ROE 7mm tiles. Upstage Video also provided d3 for processing. (The company recently expanded its inventory of d3 2×4 Pro servers.)
ROE Academy Graduating Class of 2017[/caption]
BURBANK, CA – Pictured is the graduating class of Roe Academy – a training session held at the offices of Roe Visual US Inc, March 28-30, 2017. The students spent time learning about all ROE product – specs, setup & troubleshooting. They had lecture time and hands on learning. Folks traveled from Florida, Las Vegas, Northern and Southern California. All in attendance passed written and hands on exams to become Certified Level 1 Roe Technicians.
FUJIFILM MK18-55mm T2.9[/caption]
WAYNE, N.J.,– The newly launched “MK” Series of cinema lenses from the Optical Devices Division of FUJIFILM will make their NAB debut next month in Las Vegas. With the first in its series introduced in February of this year, “MK” lenses are currently designed for E-mount cameras and boast advanced optical performance, ultra-compact and lightweight design, as well as superb cost performance. FUJIFILM will exhibit in booth #C7225 during the show to be held from April 22-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Broadcast Pix adds Motion CG Software[/caption]
CHELMSFORD, MASS. – Broadcast Pix™ today announced an agreement with NewBlue, an innovative titling and video effects company based in San Diego, to include its high-end CG engine in Broadcast Pix integrated production switchers. Titler Live powered by NewBlueFX produces resolution independent 3D text and graphics, as well as motion graphics animations. Broadcast Pix will demonstrate its new graphics capabilities at the 2017 NAB Show (Booth SL9721), which runs April 24-27 in Las Vegas, Nev.
UDX – 4k22 laser phosphor large venue projector[/caption]
Barco’s UDX series of compact, bright laser projectors promise reliable, razor-sharp 4K images for a wide array of venues and events. The UDX series will be featured prominently at upcoming trade events including Prolight + Sound (Frankfurt, Germany; April 4-7, 2017), InfoComm China (Beijing, April 12-14), InfoComm Brazil (São Paulo, May 23-25) and InfoComm (Orlando, FL, June 10-16).
The Tempest production gets aid from d3 Technologies[/caption]
LONDON – As the finale to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) presented a dazzling new production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in the Bard’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon. The innovative staging featured live motion capture, which allowed Ariel to shape-shift and become characters such as a sea nymph and harpy, all in realtime.
LAS VEGAS — For-A will feature Fujitsu’s new IP-HE950 encoder/decoder units at the 2017 NAB show, set for Las Vegas from April 24-27. The IP-HE950 is designed to support real-time 4K, HD and SD video transmission. The units will be featured at For-A’s NAB booth, #C5117.
MADRID — Riedel Communications’ MediorNet real-time network is a critical behind-the-scenes player for the fifth season of the Spanish reality show “Gran Hermano VIP” (“Big Brother VIP”).
FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design announced that Creative Technology (CT), a leading rental and event staging specialists, has equipped its infrastructure engineers with the Blackmagic Video Assist as part of their standard issue onsite testing kits.
Interactive Educational Centerpiece created by Nanolumens[/caption]
BOISE, ID — Food and agribusiness company J.R. Simplot turned to Neurilink, also based in Boise, for ideas on how to deal with a four-foot-wide concrete column that employees and company visitors would be passing each day. Neurilink’s Michael Fornander detailed how his firm was able to transform that obstruction into an interactive information resource with the help of a curved NanoLumens Nixel Series LED video display.
NEW YORK – WorldStage launched its Sx3 AV platform, dubbed the Self-Contained Show System, at a conference for the IT industry in February. The Sxe AV platform is designed to significantly reduce set up time, deliver superior reliability and transform the look and feel of presentation rooms with 50 to 500 people.