SVC_Corporate AV: Systems Integration Special Focus_: The Changing Tide of Large-venue Projection

November 13, 2008 | A Penton Media Publication |

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The Changing Tide of Large-venue Projection
By Jessaca Gutierrez

SVC recently sat down to discuss large-venue projection with Dan Meehan, systems integration manager for Panasonic, and Peter Coogan, research producer for Smash Lab on the Discovery Channel. As part of the destruction-instruction family of Discovery Channel shows, Smash Lab features a team of maverick engineers as they take on everyday technology and apply it in new ways. First they analyze the technology to see how it works, and then use their know-how to see how it could be used in a different, larger way. Recent episodes have had engineers testing to see if a bulletproof Kevlar could protect a large airplane from an explosion. Another episode would focus on the use of torpedo technology for a mid-ocean rescue attempt. To pull off these type of shows, the team need an integrated mobile computing system as well as a large-venue HD projector to view and produce the stunts and experiments they performed. more>>

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