Silvertown Studios is a film studio specialising in Virtual Production (VP). Founded during the pandemic, the original company London Audio Visual undertook a change of course as the events industry was closed, resulting in a need to diversify. Being left with LED technology and unable to use it, the team…
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Proto display joins Amazon Web Services innovation studio
A Proto Epic display has been installed at an Amazon Web Services Builder Studio in Manhattan, in New York City. The lifesize holographic display forms part of the studio's generative AI and immersive technology demonstrations. The 750 sq metre AWS Builder Studio on 5th Avenue includes a showroom, collaboration space…
Engage Works relaunches innovation lounge with VP studio
Engage Works has relaunched the Flux Innovation Lounge and added a virtual broadcasting studio for hybrid events. As a result of a restructure necessitated by Covid, the creative technology agency recently relocated to a new facility in London's Greenwich Design District. The Flux 2.0 lounge – an update of the…
First Australian feature film shot entirely in VP is released
The first Australian feature film to be entirely shot using virtual production has premiered. The in-car and certain outdoor scenes for Mercy Road were shot using the LED volume stage at the purpose-built TDC Studios in Sydney. TDC supplied and engineered the bespoke virtual set with kit including ROE Black Pearl…
Pope’s address delivered to gathering of 1.5 million people
The highlight of the 37th World Youth Day 2023 held in Lisbon last month, was a speech by Pope Francis at the Vigil, when an estimated 1.5 million people gathered at the city’s Parque Tejo. Broadcast for the event was handled by Optocore partner Auditiv, which was responsible for capturing, amplifying…
Inside a luxury bookmaker’s new flagship Mayfair store
TVC Technology Solutions has fitted out an upmarket betting shop in an upmarket district of central London. Star Sports Betting – which attracts high-net-worth customers from all around the world – tasked the AV integrator with making its new flagship store in Mayfair stand out from its rivals. TVC installed…
PaintScaping’s super-sized projects rely on AJA converters
The creative technologists at Los Angeles-based PaintScaping know how to grab an audience’s attention with large-scale visuals. Their projects include 3D projection mapping the Hollywood sign for Black Entertainment Television, and a Delta IV Heavy rocket on its Cape Canaveral launchpad. To bring these super-sized projects to life, the PaintScaping…
Midwich to distribute Crestron Flex across UK and Ireland
Midwich has signed a distribution deal with Crestron. The agreement covers Crestron’s unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) range, Crestron Flex, within the UK and Ireland. Crestron Flex comprises easy-to-use videoconferencing systems for multiple applications, enabling a dispersed workforce to come together for effective collaboration. The range integrates with Microsoft Teams,…
Mont Saint-Michel lit by 17,000 sq metre projection mapping
A sound and light show celebrating the millennium of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, in France, was powered by nine Modulo Pi media servers. Solstice du Millénaire, designed by creative studio Les Ateliers BK, combined video projection, sound, 18 beams of light and 400 drones. AV technical provider VLS faced the challenge of…
Samsung’s The Wall displays achievements at US university
Samsung Electronics America's The Wall has been installed at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. The Wall’s microLED technology provides a vibrant visual canvas for showcasing student accomplishments and the university's learning environment. The Newhouse School comprises three buildings on the 290-hecatre campus of the university, which is based…