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Human Analytics – AV’s New Frontier
AV Human Analytics – AV’s New Frontier by Graham Barrett, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Innovation, avt AdMobilize provide processing solutions that can recognise human faces in a camera feed and measure attributes such as age, gender, and mood. This data can be used for everything from targeting and measuring advertising, to getting the most…
Read MoreJPJ Audio on the road with Cher
The Here We Go Again Tour is the seventh solo concert tour by Cher in support of her twenty-sixth studio album Dancing Queen. The Australasian tour was a brand new production. Cher shares the same management as Pink who recently finished. JPJ Audio supplied an audio package and crew for the tour including an L-Acoustics…
Read MoreCreative Projection Mapping
Projection Creative Projection Mapping by Pete Lynn. Pete Lynn leads the TDC Creative Projection Technical Team in the latest advances in projection mapping and design. Pete is Projection Designer and Senior Technical Engineer in the areas of large-scale projection projects with a special interest in creative large format digital projection and media server technology. His…
Read MoreBorderless Projection in the Age of LED
PROJECTION Borderless Projection in the Age of LED by Norbert Schmiedeberg, Managing Director/CEO, ITI-Image Group Traditional projection screens have a black border surrounding the image area. This makes alignment easy, since slight overspill in the projection just fade into the black surround. However viewers are increasingly used to borderless LED displays or narrow bezel LCD…
Read MorePaul Rumble Joins the ULA Group as the New General Manager of Victorian Operations
ULA Group are very excited to welcome Paul Rumble to the family, joining their team as the General Manager of their Victorian office. Cuono Biviano, Managing Director of the ULA Group, comments: “I am thrilled to welcome Paul on board to the ULA Group. Paul’s vast experience and high standing reputation within the lighting and…
Read MoreAustralian Monitor targets pro audio sales with new appointment
Australian Monitor has appointed Mark Condon as National Sales Manager as it looks to strengthen its position in pro audio and commercial AV markets across Australia. Owned by Hills Limited (ASX:HIL), Australian Monitor prides itself in producing installation mixers, mixer amplifiers, amplifiers, speakers, microphones and accessories for the commercial and professional audio markets. It exports…
Read MoreBruce Jackson – Blazed Trails with Elvis
FEATURE Bruce Jackson Amazing Australian blazed trails with Elvis by Julius Grafton. Australian sound and electronics engineer Bruce Jackson was born at the right time to emerge as a leader in lighting and audio electronics during the late 1960s. He was the ‘J’ in Jands, which became the leading entertainment technology manufacturer and distributor in…
Read MoreGolden Features
ROADSKILLS Golden Features Golden Features headed on tour with stunning visuals by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: James Hughes Australian deep house / dance DJ Tom Stell, known professionally as Golden Features, has been a regular on the dance touring circuit since 2014. Currently signed to Warner Bros. Records, he has just released his first album…
Read MoreAntartica – While You Were Sleeping
PROJECTION Antartica – While You Were Sleeping by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Joseph Michael Big Picture Australia & New Zealand and New Zealand artist Joseph Michael translated the scale and awe of Antarctica by using Auckland’s War Memorial Museum as the canvas for a full-scale 360-degree projection of a majestic iceberg. The multi-sensory experience was brought…
Read MoreVideo Projection History – The Talaria
PROJECTION Video Projection History – The Talaria by Simon Byrne. 30 years ago, the brightest video projector available for hire in Australia was the General Electric Talaria. In the late 1980s they cost about $180,000 and produced a massive 1,500 lumens! Yes, a $180,000, 75 kilogram machine produced less light output than your cheapest office…
Read MoreSnow Job – The Projector from the Smithsonian
DUNKS WORLD Snow Job – The Projector from the Smithsonian by Duncan Fry. It’s been a great season for the snowfields this year, so my gf said “Let’s go to the snow for a long weekend. We can stay in the town, and catch the shuttle bus up the mountain. What do you think?” Ah,…
Read MoreRoadies: the book that only Stuart Coupe could write
Reviewed by Julius Grafton. Old school roadies did heaps of drugs, drove drunk and crazy, knew how to fight, and would probably root your brother or sister, right? Well, yes, and the downside was crap money, rip-offs, premature deafness, or lung cancer from excessive venue smoke. Many have killed themselves since. When Stuart Coupe said…
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