LONDON – The Barbican Centre in London signed a long-term agreement with Christie, with Christie providing laser phosphor projection, LED video walls, MicroTiles® and Pandoras Box media servers to meet the venue’s visual needs, on stage and in the complex’s foyers and entrances.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Christie’s rental staging partner Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd has ignited the Christmas spirit by delivering spectacular visuals that captivated thousands of spectators who turned up for the official lighting up ceremony of the highly-anticipated “Christmasland in New Taipei City” event on November 19. The stunning projection mapping performance runs nightly until January 2. The projections are installed and executed by Hexogon Solution using a total of 42 Christie Boxer 4K30 3DLP® projectors.
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE, UK, – TAC (The Audiovisual Company) in Portugal has upgraded its media presentation rooms and main stadium LED displays at FC Porto, Dragão Stadium with Calibre LEDView720 and LEDView730 4K scalers. Eduardo Costa, General Technical Manager at TAC said: “We use Calibre to adapt input resolution to the main stadium LED Screens during live games or for digital signage at corporate events. The scalers have multiple output for local monitoring of live output feeds.”
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Barco, a global leader in visualization technology, will reveal its latest innovations in visualization and audio designed to power advanced simulation and training applications at I/ITSEC 2016. Visitors can see Barco’s new solutions in action at the world’s largest modeling, simulation, and training conference from November 28-December 2 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
MONTREAL– LUMINEX GigaCore 14R PoE switches and GigaCore 12 managed Gigabit Ethernet switches are often the talk on gigs where equipment is supplied by Project SSSHH Inc., Toronto, Ontario. Project SSSHH provides the entertainment industry with sales, rentals, service and design for lighting, rigging and safety. With backgrounds in theater, corporate production and rock ’n roll, partners Andrew Read, Ken Wiebe and Jeff Archbold have expanded into support of feature films and television.
CHICAGO, IL, – United Center, home of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NHL’s Blackhawks, underwent a revamp during the summer months of 2016. They featured a permanently installed sports projection system. The United Center is fully equipped to project stunning imagery onto both the ice rink and the basketball court. Veteran creative designer for both Bulls and Blackhawks in-game shows, Quince Imaging was again selected to offer a robust solution, extending projection capabilities far beyond that of the existing system.
WEST MIDLANDS, U.K. — Production specialists CPL (Central Presentations Ltd) added a d3 4×4 media server to its visual arsenal and held a two-day on-site training course at the company’s headquarters in the west Midlands, UK, for CPL’s staff and key freelancers. Core members of CPL’s video division and the company’s regular freelance designers, programmers and video technicians took part.
ORLANDO, FL – Christie’s Mystique Install software, which promises to simplify the process of creating large-scale visual experiences, will be demonstrated at the IAAPA Attractions Expo 2016 from Nov. 15-18 in Orlando, FL. Christie Mystique is a suite of software, hardware, and services.
TAIPEI, Taiwan- For a three-month showcase starting Dec. 7, 2016 in Taipei City, Avatar: Discover Pandora touring exhibition is based around the science and technology of the creatures and environments of James Cameron’s hit film. Zanim8tion provided the playback and programming using AV Stumpfl®’s Wings Vioso software suite. The project was fully supported by distribution partner, VIOSO.
WOODBURY, NY, — For outside broadcast (OB) and mobile production companies, the ultimate quality of their projects starts with the cameras they use. With a goal of cost-effectively producing first-class results for a diverse international clientele, television service provider FlipTV Mobile is using six SK-HD1300 cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) to provide pristine video acquisition with exceptional price/performance value.
WAYNE, NJ – As part of the company’s overall initiative to increase awareness of its Cine-Style zooms among Cinematographers, Camera Operators and Camera Assistant, the Optical Devices Division of Fujifilm, Fujinon, has embarked on a series of hands-on, educational seminars. The most recent took place in New York at Abel Cine on Nov. 1, and the next one is set for Sony DMPC in Los Angeles on Dec. 1.
WARSAW, Poland – Panattoni Europe, a company that develops warehouse space for clients, celebrated the end of its business year with a gala at Warsaw’s Tor Sluzewiec racetrack, which featured 3D video mapping. VES was tasked with turning the historic, 1939-era Tor Sluzewiec interior into a warehouse full of moving, steampunk-style cogwheels. Invitees were surrounded by projections on the ceiling and every wall of the building; the dynamic visuals were integrated with a surround sound audio track.