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ILDA Annual Awards
for
Outstanding Laser Displays
Members
of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA) honored
the best and brightest in their industry with awards for outstanding
technological and artistic achievement during the association's
annual conference Nov. 24-26 in Orlando, Fla.
Companies
from America, Australia, Belgium, Germany and Italy received
the industry's equivalent of Hollywood's "Oscars" for
shows that included huge outdoor festivals, corporate productions,
theme park installations and special events. LOBO electronic
of Aalen, Germany, took the most awards of any company, garnering
seven awards, including first place for its "Cosmonautica"
beam and graphics show and another first place for its "Seven
Wonders" graphics-only show.
Lightspeed
Design Group of Bellevue, Wash., USA, challenged LOBO with a
total of five awards, including a first place for its "One
More Time" abstract show and another first place in the
ISP computer animation category.
Other shows that received awards
included a huge outdoor production by Belgium's Laser System
Europe for the Moscow 2002 Sports Games, a thrilling laser-lit
roller-coaster ride by Australia's Laservision Macro-Media, and
a computer-generated virtual laser host created by Lighting Systems
Design, Inc. of Orlando.
ILDA's
Fenning Awards for technical achievement honored advancements
in projection equipment, projection software and capturing laser
shows on videotape. Winners included:
--Pangolin
Laser Systems' Projection Zone software feature that combines
scanner selection, geometric correction, enhanced laser preview,
scanner safety and other projector controls;
--Utopia
Software Suite by Xarrin Advanced Technologies and HB Laserkomponenten,
a laser display software package designed to give Pangolin QM2000
users more tools to create sophisticated laser frames and animations;
--Pangolin's
Dazzler, a lens/reflector device that makes it possible to project
laser beams and graphics in a 360-degree pattern without the
need for new scanner hardware or software; and
--Lightspeed
Design Group's CineLase technology that transfers lasers shows
to videotape without sacrificing the unique look and feel of
laser light;
Projection
Zones took 2nd place, while Utopia Software and Dazzler tied
for 3rd place. CineLase received Honorable Mention.The judging
panel did not award a first place.
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2002 Winners, Artistic
Displays
ISP Beam Module
1st: Kiato, LaserAnimation Sollinger
2nd: Moby Dick, Strictly FX
3rd: The Snowman Beam Part, Laserlight Showdesign
ISP Cel Animation
1st: Nadia, Laseronics Design Interstellar
2nd: Prickly Pear Jam, Laser Force
3rd: Hippo Sports, Audio Visual Imagineering (AVI)
ISP Computer Animation
1st: Dolphin, Lightspeed Design Group
2nd: BonkCO.rt the Clown, Strictly FX
3rd: Golden Gate, Lasershow Design
HM: New Years Countdown 2002, Lightspeed Design Group
ISP Graphic Module
1st: Elements, LaserAnimation Sollinger
2nd: Cosmic Thing, AVI
3rd (Tie): Zoo Nites, Laser Force
3rd (Tie): Run Like Hell, Firstlight Laser Productions
HM: Chrysalis, Strictly FX
ISP Graphic and Beam Module
1st: Cosmonautica, LOBO electronic GmbH
2nd: Throbber , Laser Spectacles
3rd: Sidewinder, Laser Spectacles
Beams/Atmospherics
1st: Santorini Revisited, AVI
2nd: RetroSpective, LOBO electronic GmbH
3rd: Freedom, LOBO electronic GmbH
Abstract
1st: One More Time, Lightspeed Design Group
2nd: Gone, Laser Fantasy
3rd: Toxicity, Laser Fantasy
Graphic Module
1st: 7 Wonders, LOBO electronic GmbH
2nd: Mentoplis, LOBO electronic GmbH
3rd: Looking for America, Lightspeed Design Group
HM: Walking in LA, Lightspeed Design Group
Indoor Show
1st: SIB 2002 Multimedia, Laser Entertainment
2nd: Hyper, HB Laserkomponenten
3rd: Infiniti Q45, Giuseppe Zagaria
HM: Queen Heaven, LOBO electronic GmbH
Outdoor Show
1st: Sports Games Moscow 2002, Laser System Europe
2nd: Indian Summer Festival, Laser Force
3rd: Halloween 2001, LOBO electronic GmbH
Special Application
1st: Seline, Lighting Systems Design
2nd: Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster, Laservision Macro Media
3rd: Toyota, Laser System Europe
2002 Fenning Awards
for Technical Achievement
2nd: Projection Zones, Pangolin
Laser Systems
3rd (Tie): Utopoia Software Suite, Xarrin Advanced Technologies,
HB Laserkomponenten
3rd (Tie): Dazzler, Pangolin Laser Systems
Honorable Mention: CineLase, Lightspeed Design Group
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Alberto
Kellner and Patrick Awouters enjoy the Awards Banquet
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Bill
Benner of Pangolin Laser Systems . Pangolin won two
Fenning Awards.
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Greg Makov of Lighting Systems
Design, Inc, which co-hosted the conference and
produced the Awards and Lase-Off shows.
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Adela
Kriland and Brian Bohan.
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