Area15 uses Holoplot X1 to take visitors through time and space

In one of the most emblematic spaces of Area 15, The Portal, the system has been installed Holoplot X1, Composed of two sets of two MD96 and two MD80-S audio modules, located on the left and right, at a height of 7,6 metros, at one end of the room.

Area 15 is a district of immersive entertainment, nearly Las Vegas Strip, and one of its most emblematic places is The Portal, a multi-purpose venue that offers experiences for the whole family, with attractions and virtual reality, live performances, DJ and restaurant area.

“Our motto is Area15 does not exist because you can create your own story”, explica Mark Stutzman, Area15 CTO. “It can be whatever you want it to be.”.

The system has been installed in this space Holoplot X1, consisting of two sets of two MD96 audio modules, finished with two MD80-S, located on the left and right, at a height of 7,6 meters at one end of the room. This ensures that the space can meet the creative goal of the Area15 team.: be transformative. Technically, There are no limits to the infinite possibilities of this space and, for production director JD Bouck, That's the beauty of working there..

The Portal, that acts as a sandbox for any experience imaginable, is a huge gray concrete cube that allows a projection map of 360 degrees on walls and floor. The visuals were always impressive, But Bouck realized that the original sound system could never keep up., due to acoustics similar to that of a giant fish tank, with smooth and highly reflective walls.

“The Portal was one of the biggest concerns we had. It is a completely blank canvas of 2.133,6 square meters. Thanks to the projectors Panasonic, we can create visual landscapes and have a great narrative for the eyes, but the audio image could never complement them”. (More information at DAV)

In the exploration phase of a new sound system, Bouck and his team began to run into problems.

“It's not built like any other real place I've been to. There's nothing to soften it, neither balcony nor mezzanine, hard surfaces only. Therefore, There was never a product that met all the requirements. It was the reflective surfaces that we were trying to address with the Holoplot system. The 3D Audio-Beamforming technology It allowed us to focus so we could eliminate reflections from the walls and ensure that the people in the back of the room received the same audio image as those in the front. All this without having to run a lot of delays or have a lot of speakers in front of the projection surfaces”.

The Holoplot team supported Bouck throughout the entire process, from system planning to room calculations and commissioning and final adjustment.

"Finally, we managed to install X1 in the venue and the first night we just wanted to turn it on and see what would happen, even before having adjusted it”, comments Bouck . “Immediately, It was like a weight had been lifted off our shoulders.. Matrix Arrays sounded like a huge distributed system, like everyone has their own little sound system, whether he was standing against the wall or in the middle of the room. It didn't matter where they were, Your audio experience was not affected in any position”.