Projection Connection News

MONTREAL — Eric San, better known as Montreal-based turntablist and producer Kid Koala, incorporated a live-action puppet show into the Nufonia Must Fall tour, a live version of his graphic novel that has been described as “a play, puppet show, concert and film, all in one.” Blackmagic Design’s Pocket Cinema Cameras and an ATEM Production Studio 4K played a key role in the production, conceived, San says, as “a live film that would take place, in one take, in front of an audience using multiple cameras.”

[caption id="attachment_274818" align="alignnone" width="1920"]Adobe MAX gets a visual aid from WorldStage[/caption]

NEW YORK – Billed as the world’s leading creativity conference, Adobe MAX 2016 drew more than 10,000 attendees, its biggest general session audience ever, to the San Diego Convention Center. A huge video display took center stage at Adobe MAX 2016 where WorldStage demonstrated its projection mapping expertise for the fifth consecutive year and for the first time in a full-4K environment.  The size and scale of the video mapping element significantly outpaced the previous year’s event where WorldStage’s Christie Boxer 4K projectors made their Adobe MAX debut.

DUBAI — Featuring what has been called the world’s largest multimedia experience within a retail setting, Dubai’s City Walk invites crowds into a 922,500-square-foot area animated with 33 video servers sending 100 million pixels of digital content. Montreal-based XYZ Cultural Technology says it not only served as a technological partner to content designers Float4 for the project, but also played a key role in coordinating the efforts from contractors arriving from 10 different countries around the world.

WEST DES MOINES, IA — Hy-Vee, Inc., a grocery chain with more than 240 stores throughout the Midwest, is also one of the largest employee-owned companies in the U.S. The company, founded in 1930, used NanoLumens curved Nixel Series LED displays to portray its history in the lobby of Ron Pearson Center, its new confernce and event center in West Des Moines.

PixelFLEX’s weather-rated FLEXStorm LED video technology is designed to overcome the challenges associated with traditional outdoor LED video displays, FLEXStorm utilizes an intelligent, auto-correcting light sensor control system to ensure the perfect brightness at all hours of the day. With its safe and reliable connections, FLEXStorm can weather the environment and is available in a variety of custom sizes, resolutions and configurations.

GRANBURY, TX — Sound Productions of Dallas provided a 26-by-10-foot (WxH) video wall for Acton United Methodist Church. Made with Chauvet Professional C6 Panels, video wall appears to “disappear” at times, with highly transparent panels that can be used to display only text, then re-appear with a variety of I-Mag and custom content.

MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Frey, technical director at Substance Church in Minneapolis, worked with integration partner Reach Communications to install a 47-foot-wide PixelFLEX video wall. The wall, which nearly fills the proscenium stage of the recently-built auditorium at Substance Church’s Northtown campus, measures 11.5 feet tall and is made with FLEXTour LED video panels. It can also be raised when not in use via a stage rigging system.

[caption id="attachment_274607" align="alignnone" width="800"]V_Pro8 8 Channel Video Processing toolkit[/caption]

AMSTERDAM – At this year’s ISE show in Amsterdam, Lawo will debut its V__pro8 8-channel video processing tool armed with a comprehensive software update. With its latest update, Lawo’s V__pro8 became even more powerful, further increasing its features-per-RU density. Amongst the latest additions is an updated A/V sync tool, which, in addition to the native V__line sync pattern and the EBU pattern, can now also read the Vistek VALID8 format. Furthermore, the integrated quad-split multiviewer now features multi-colored Tally lamps, which are switchable via Ember+, allowing to integrate the MV tally in the overall tally system of your installation.

[caption id="attachment_274578" align="alignnone" width="800"]New EX Series HDMI Cables[/caption]

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS  —  Xantech, the industry standard in IR and connectivity solutions, today announced the introduction of its new EX Series HDMI cables that set new standards for performance, reliability, and value. The introduction was made at ISE 2017 at Core Brands Stand 1-N53 in the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam.

[caption id="attachment_274561" align="alignnone" width="800"]Alcorn McBride helps birds fly inside the ATL airport[/caption]

ORLANDO, FL – Flight paths are commonplace over airports, but passengers using Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport experience “Flight Paths” of a very different kind.  The installation called “Flight Paths” is the latest public art work to link concourses at the country’s busiest airport.  Created by artist Steve Waldeck, it simulates a walk through a forest with immersive lighting, video, projection and sound effects.

[caption id="attachment_274536" align="alignnone" width="600"]Ultrascope unveiled at ISE[/caption]

WOKINGHAM, UK– Christie®, a leader in creating and sharing the world’s best shared visual and audio experiences, will showcase the latest additions to its product portfolio at ISE 2017, branching out from its traditional single ‘arena’ concept used since 2010, to encompass two distinct stand locations. 

[caption id="attachment_274491" align="alignnone" width="800"]7thSense Delta Media Server at ISE 2017[/caption]

WEST SUSSEX, UK– 7thSense Design, a global leader in high performance media serving, will be exhibiting a range of exciting new product releases at this year’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Performance, reliability and flexibility are among the key themes at the 7thSense stand from February 7th to 10th when the show takes place. The flagship on-stand demonstration will showcase an 8K x 4K display running at 60 frames-per-second (FPS) in a 10-bit high-dynamic-range (HDR) color space from a single box solution.