Projection Connection News

[caption id="attachment_275048" align="alignnone" width="800"]Analog Way Ascender 32- 4k utilized at K Trade Fair[/caption]

DÜSSELDORF  – During the last K Trade Fair for the plastics and rubber industry in Düsseldorf, Germany, Inovyn, a leading European company in the chemical industry, invited 450 guests to the Inovyn Awards which honors the latest innovations of the sector. For the AV technical production of the event, Inovyn contracted GSF Event, a company that specializes in rental audiovisual equipment, especially in sound, light and video projection. GSF Event worked alongside Event’ives who designed and produced the event.

NEW YORK– An expansive 30-year survey of the work of Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, “Pixel Forest” filled the main gallery floors of New York City’s New Museum with an array of exciting video art and multimedia installations.  WorldStage provided AV support for the exhibition, which had throngs of people waiting in block-long lines for admission. The New Museum, located on The Bowery, is the first museum devoted to contemporary art established in New York City since World War II. 

[caption id="attachment_275028" align="alignnone" width="377"]APG Rentals will be at EXHIBITORLIVE 2017[/caption]

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, — Emphasizing its commitment to provide rental and staging customers with robust and cutting-edge large display solutions, APG Rentals, North America’s leading sub-renter of large video wall displays, today announced that it will showcase the latest video wall solutions to ExhibitorLive 2017 attendees. APG Rentals’ expert professionals will be available at Booth #1866 at ExhibitorLive 2017 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 13th – 15th.

[caption id="attachment_275025" align="alignnone" width="800"]Hitachi cameras utilized at Willow Creek Church[/caption]

SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL — As one of the largest churches in the U.S., Willow Creek Community Church places a very high value on the power of video to connect with its congregants both within and beyond its campuses. When the church upgraded its production equipment to high definition at its main site in South Barrington, IL, it selected HDTV cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) to capture and enhance the rich, immersive visual experiences for which its worship services are known around the world.

[caption id="attachment_275001" align="alignnone" width="800"]Mega multidock Ingest System utilizes Blackmagic gear[/caption]

FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design today announced that Tokyo based L’espace Vision has created the Mega MultiDock, an ingest system built around 20 Blackmagic MultiDocks. The system is able to import media from up to 80 SSDs simultaneously and is primarily used for ingesting footage from its live concert recording service, which uses multiple Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Pro SSD recorders.

LAS VEGAS – Dallas area-based Rushworks, a software development company, announced plans to feature Locked On, an object tracking device that might eliminate the need for video camera operators, at NAB 2017, booth SL12713.

[caption id="attachment_274963" align="alignnone" width="800"]Avolites Ai media servers turned the 48-segment automated LED wall into a huge, continuously morphing live video element[/caption]

ATLANTA — Visional Productions, an Atlanta-based design company, used three custom-built media servers running Avolites Ai V9.1 software and an Avolites Quartz console to control and live-edit a mix of pre-recorded content and live-streamed video at an annual three-day Christian youth conference. The event, Passion 2017, which took place Jan. 2-4 in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, drew audiences of 50,000 young adults from around the globe.

[caption id="attachment_274937" align="alignnone" width="800"]d3 media servers in use in China for Ix'an Incident[/caption]

CHINA – The Shaanxi Tourism Group employed a range of modern technology to stage “Xi’an Incident,” marking the 80th anniversary of one of the turning points in the Chinese Civil War.  The production used the most advanced lighting, sound, automation and multimedia mapping technologies to create an immersive viewing experience for audiences.  Three d3 4x4pro media servers powered an extensive array of laser projectors and LED screens.

[caption id="attachment_274929" align="alignnone" width="800"]Canada's Your Morning show gets a new video look[/caption]

TORONTO, CANADA,— After Bell Media – CTV’s iconic morning television show “Canada AM” signed off after 43 seasons, it’s new refresh, “Your Morning,” had big shoes to fill. With new talent, a fresh take on current events, and millions of loyal fans to impress, “Your Morning” strives to produce an engaging show each and every day that lives up to its famous predecessor. That’s why, when designing the show’s new studio before its official premiere in June of 2016, Bell Media – CTV consulted with Advanced to build, design and install an immersive video wall that would capture and hold the attention of its viewers.

[caption id="attachment_274926" align="alignnone" width="800"]The world champs get some tasty projection with help from Pandora's Box[/caption]

CYPRESS, Calif. – The world champion Cleveland Cavaliers have added a new dimension to halftime shows and 60-second time outs thanks to the Christie® Pandoras Box media server and Quince Imaging. Using a combination of 3D mapping techniques and video content produced by the Cavaliers own QTV team, and Christie Pandoras Box, Quince Imaging transforms the Quicken Loans Arena basketball court into an immersive environment featuring a classic pong-style game with participants competing against each other from each end of the court.

OREGON CITY, OR –  Oregon City Christian Church is using two JVC KY-PZ100 PTZ network video production cameras to produce weekly live streaming coverage of one of its Sunday morning services. Before deploying the new cameras, OCC had been using only a single camera in the back of the church to stream its services.

NASHVILLE – For the Oak Ridge Boys’ 27th Annual Christmas tour, production designer Dave Boots included FLEXCurtain HD 12.5mm LED video from PixelFLEX as a key component of the overall visual design. The trek marked Boots’ 23^rd tour with the band.