Staying Ahead of the Curve
“ There ’ s a limited number of manufacturers producing tools that can do this , so it ’ s a matter of keeping in touch and keeping track of new features and products ,” shares Wallace about keeping Westbury at the cutting edge of industry innovations . “ Then , it ’ s about figuring out which tools we should be bringing into our workflow and how .”
He does note that while new technologies are consistently hitting the market , there haven ’ t been any significant game changers in recent years in terms of the product the audience gets to see . “ Other than getting into motion tracked / generated video , nothing ’ s really changing with the end results ,” he notes . “ It ’ s more about making it easier to get there . The physics of what we ’ re doing don ’ t change , though the content itself and how you ’ re taking that and manipulating it with a 3D image , that ’ s happening faster and faster .”
Trade events like Integrated Systems Europe ( ISE ) and Info- Comm are good opportunities to keep in touch with manufacturers and developers and get first-hand looks at their current and upcoming products and solutions .
“ There ’ s also a level of experimentation to it ,” Coniglio adds . “ We want to test the capabilities of what the manufacturers are presenting ourselves , so if they ’ re showing something that produces a certain number of lumens , for example , we have to do our due diligence and make sure we can stand behind it before incorporating it into our work .”
Of course , the best way to get good at something is to do it again and again , and over the past decade , Westbury has proven its ability to deliver one-of-a-kind multimedia experiences that continue to evolve in size and scope for a wide range of clients .
“ We ’ re always open to looking at new challenges ,” Coniglio says in closing . “ Our clients are becoming more and more creative , and that opens the door to a lot more ways of doing projection , which is amazing .”
Andrew King is the Editor-in-Chief of Professional Lighting & Production .
Winter Wonderland
Oakes Hotel for the Winter Festival of Lights Niagara Falls , ON
For the past several years , the Oakes Hotel on Fallsview Boulevard in Niagara Falls , ON has been one of the main attractions of the city ’ s annual Winter Festival of Lights . The most recent edition ran from November 2017 through to the end of January 2018 , and featured a 3D projection-mapped spectacle that combined imagery related to the city and community with animated content and a kaleidoscope of colour and texture treatments . Because the attraction is so close to the actual falls , special measures were taken to address the atmospheric issues like mist and ice .
Projection System
• 8 x Christie HD20K-J Projectors
• 8 x Christie ILS 1.8-2.6:1HD Lenses
• 8 x Tempest Cyclone 8200 Outdoor Projector Enclosures
• 4 x Westbury National Custom Outdoor Projection Racks
• 1 x Green Hippo Karst Media Server
• 1 x AMX NX1200 Control Processor
• 1 x AMX NVX Touch Panel Server
• 1 x HP Control PC
• 1 x Middle Atlantic RM-KB Pull Out Keyboard / Trackpad
• 1 x CISCO SG300-20 Ethernet Switch
• 1 x BSS BLU-100 DSP
• 2 x Lab . gruppen E12:2 Amplifiers
• 1 x Middle Atlantic BGR19SA-27 Equipment Rack
• 2 x Community R . 5COAX99 Loudspeakers
• 1 x Community R694Z Loudspeaker
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