Archive for August 26th, 2011

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Internationally renowned artist, architect and designer, Ron Arad, has invited his favourite artists, musicians and friends to create unique works for a 360 degree video projection installation at the Roundhouse, London. Bloomberg are the primary sponsor.

Blitz Communications Ltd has been commissioned to provide the technology to bring Ron’s design concept to fruition. The installation takes the form of a curtain made from 5,600 silicon rods, 8.1m high, creating an 18m diameter 360 degree canvas for film, live performance and audience interaction.

Blitz installed twelve Barco RLM W8 projectors which are mounted on the truss ring above the silicon rod curtain. Each of these projects a portrait image 8.1m high by 5m wide, overlapped to produce a seamless 360 degree display at 13,520 by 1,920 pixels. Media delivery and control is implemented using twelve Dataton WATCHOUT display PCs networked to a Watchout control server. Whilst the artist’s more

New investment enhances facility’s colour grading flexibility

In another demonstration of it’s technology’s increasing acceptance in the world of broadcast and movie post production, projectiondesign®’s cineo32 DLP® has been chosen by Berlin post house Pictorian Das Werk.

Moritz Peters and his team recently completed colour grading for the German movie ‘Vorstadtkrokodile 3’ at their Munich studio using the cineo32, and Peters is full of praise for the projector.

“The cineo32 was designed to offer absolute colour and calibration accuracy, which means the colours we see when we are grading with it are exactly as they are in the original shoot. The results so far have been very impressive and we are looking forward to working with the cineo32 on a number of other prestigious projects in TV, film, and advertising.”

Anders Løkke, projectiondesign’s Marketing Director, adds: “At projectiondesign, our passion for colour accuracy and ensuring more

SpinetiX HMP100™ Hyper Media Player technology will be deployed across “3 Italia” stores thanks to certified distribution partner AV Store

Hundreds of “3 Italia” mobile phone retail stores across Italy to benefit from small form factor, low power consumption and dedicated hardware

In one of the largest and most high-profile installations to date, SpinetiX HMP100™ Hyper Media Player technology will be deployed across “3 Italia” stores thanks to certified distribution partner AV Store. The purpose of this nation-wide installation is to standardise communications with customers and provide them with attractive, informative signage to support mobile sales, promotions and incentives. A pilot store has already successfully been built with hundreds of stores in the pipeline over the next more

Stereoscopic playback, 3D effects, and iPad control are just a few of the sizzling hot new features to be shown for the first time at Integrate

Dataton and their key Australian partner, Interactive Controls will be launching the brand version 5 of WATCHOUT multi-display production and playback system at Integrate 2011.

WATCHOUT version 5 is already making waves in the international audio-visual marketplace where it has already received several industry prizes and accolades, including the prestigious Media Server product category in the Commercial Integrator Awards. Dataton WATCHOUT was also recognized with an award for Best Show Control Product at the Infocomm/Rental and Staging New Product Awards.

Version 5 is packed full of new features – many of them requested by the product’s hundreds of customers all over the world, including ones from Australia and New Zealand.

As a fully scalable, software-based and requiring no proprietary hardware, more

Charlex recently finished up the final two Subway spots in a series of three for Boston agency MMB; a campaign built around healthier fare and a handy gift card.

Following That’s A Lot, Parfait and Notebook were the subject of “quite a bit of back and forth in terms of concept,” reports Charlex Director Ryan Dunn. “The agency was bringing a diverse range of ideas for these spots, and after a few rounds of conceptual brainstorming, we finally landed on two scripts and designs that everyone was happy with.”

Notebook is a back-to-school promo exploring the notebooks and doodles of an unseen high school student. As they daydream of awesome gift cards and tasty Subway sandwiches, hip music and fun animation guide us through. The spot owes much of its look to art director Masayoshi “Masa” Nakamura. “He was perfect for this job more

“VR Solutions is a strategic partner to Thinklogical, helping us to expand into India, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia. Having become experts on our products, VR Solutions has been commissioned to install and set up Thinklogical’s fiber optic KVM/video extension solutions and fiber matrix routers and switches,” adds David Cheever, President, Thinklogical.

Australian launch of dedicated product lines and education come to the fore at Integrate 2011

Banyo, Queensland, Australia – Specialist Australian distributor VR Solutions are bringing several new and award winning innovations to more

Ross Ashton’s, The Projection Studio is once again wowing the crowds with amazing projected visuals onto the walls of Edinburgh Castle making it an even more spectacular backdrop for the 2011 Military Tattoo.

The show action takes place on the Esplanade down below in the centre of the Tattoo’s completely new £16 million state-of-the-art amphitheatre, which is installed for the first time, with new seating tribunes, VIP Boxes, a special projection platform, a large corporate hospitality area and improved site lines all round. more