Europalco relies on Christie technology to promote a 360º screen

Los proyectores 3DLP de Christie, junto con su servidor Pandoras Box y procesador Spyder X80 componen la tecnología que Europalco ha utilizado para ‘dar vida’ a espectacular pantalla de 360º y formato circular.

Diseñado por las empresas de eventos Global Challenge y Europalco, el último evento corporativo de Deloitte in Portugal, celebrated in the Pabellón Carlos Lopes from Lisbon, contó con una puesta en escena espectacular, para la cual se utilizaron soluciones integrales de Christie para dinamizar una gran pantalla de 86×6 metros, en formato circular, en torno a la cual se dispuso el escenario y las mesas.

“La idea era crear un escenario inmersivo para todos los invitados al evento, denominado como The dream circle por el cliente”, explains Valter Barra, técnico de vídeo de Europalco, empresa responsable del equipamiento AV, sound system, cameras and lighting, including lasers.

To feed this big screen, Europalco used eight 3DLP projectors the Christie, each with a power of 30.000 lumens and resolution 4K, who hung themselves from a truss inner circular at a shooting distance of 20 metros.

“We chose these video projectors for their power,” adds Barra.. Also for its reliability and definition, ideal for this type of projections where people are very close to the screen. And the truth is that they behaved as we are used to., no errors and excellent performance, offering nothing less than a total of 240.000 lumens”.

The Europalco expert points out that the biggest challenge was the short time to put together the setup and adjust everything before testing, "but Christie Twist, Built-in proprietary software to perform warping y blending in projection matrices, “It made it enormously easier for us”.

To move video content, Europalco used a Christie server Pandoras Box, “which gave us a great experience to control the show working with a very high resolution projection (30.976×2.160p) and with a large number of exits, as well as excellent processing”, Barra points out..

Europalco also used a Christie multi-screen processor Spyder X80 to manage multiple signals, including projectors, cameras for PiP Live, Pandoras Box server, the teleprompter for presenters and speakers, along with four computers for presentations, videos and notes.

“Spyder X80 is a video processor that does not fail and that gives us all the confidence we need in an event like this, always with fantastic performance - Barra assures -. This processor offers twenty-four inputs and sixteen outputs, unmatched processing power 80 megapixels and 4K resolution at 60Hz”.

Through the contents projected on the screen, guests were involved in a journey of intergalactic spaceships that took them through various aquatic settings, forest and urban, until you reach the interior of a space station, where the awards ceremony took place.

“The truth is that it was a unique audiovisual experience after the pandemic, that took us on an incredible journey and made us feel unparalleled experiences -explains Gonçalo Oliveira, event manager at Global Challenge-. The contents were created in 360º and the result exceeded our expectations. And we were able to position our client at the forefront of technology”.