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Lasers
Light the New Millennium
The laser industry
had perhaps the busiest night in it’s history on Dec. 31,
1999, as crowds around the world celebrated the coming of a new
millennium. The following rundown is by no means complete—it’s
a short list of some innovative laser performances from around
the world.
Berlin
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The Brandendburg Gate
was the site of Germany’s official Millennium party. LOBO
electronic was faced with the daunting task of creating a laser
display centered on the gate without physically touching the
historic structure or restricting public access. Their solution
was an ingenious 220 sq. meter water screen positioned in front
of the famous monument. |
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3D
lasers light Germany's Brandenburg Gate. |
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When combined with ten
high-capacity fog generators, created dramatic three-dimensional
laser effects. During the projection of the show the water screen
itself was almost invisible, said LOBO’s Alex Hennig, and
images seemed to float in the air with the Brandenburg Gate acting
as an impressive backdrop.
To make sure that cold weather didn’t spoil the party, the
60,000 liters of water used by the screen were heated at all
times. When not in use, the 50 cm high water basin supplying
the screen was small enough to be completely hidden from visitors.
http://www.lobo.de
London
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Prime Minister Tony Blair,
standing on the Victorian Embankment of the Thames river, trigged
a 3-watt YAG laser that shot across the water on to the huge
British Airways London Eye ferris wheel. The new ferris wheel
answered back with a show of it’s own using an impressive
50-watt YAG laser. |
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Lasers
cross the Thames and streak across the sky. |
Shafts of laser light cascaded through the wheel and off into
the night sky over London. After the three-minute choreographed
show,Laser Grafix continued lighting up the wheel with laser
light until a massive fireworks show at midnight. The show not
only celebrated the new millennium, but marked the official opening
of the London Eye, said to be the world’s largest ferris
wheel: up to 20 people can stand in each of the wheel’s
32 “pods,” which take 30 minutes to complete a single
rotation.
Munich
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The Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra and Laserland invited audiences to enjoy an acoustic-visual
vision of the future on the eve of the new millennium.Using orchestral
works that lent themselves to “light choreography”
musicians and laserists worked to harmonize the two media and
achieve an effect greater than the sum of its parts. |
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Sound
and light combine at Munich concert hall. |
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In choreographing the laser elements, Laserland’s Ralph
Douw was careful to avoid dazzling effects or straining the eyes
of the audience. Instead, the aim was to form a “unity”
that gave the audience “space for their own individual associations.”
The theme for the evening was “Man Between Earth and Cosmos,”
and the musical pieces included Milhaud’s “Creation
of the World,” Scriabin’s “Poem of Ecstay,”
Wagner’s “Valkyrie” and Strauss’s “Thus
Spake Zarathustra.” http://www.laserland.de
Orlando
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The theme of Walt Disney
World’s Pleasure Island is “New Year’s Eve Every
Night,” so on the “real” New Year’s Eve at
the turn of the millennium something special had to be done.
AVI Imagineering with Lasers answered the challenge by creating
a new medium: a huge balloon that projects laser images onto
its own surface. |
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AVI
puts a laser projector inside its Omnistar balloon. |
The balloon floated above the crowd and displayed a constantly
changing stream of full-color laser animations. Called Omnistar,
the balloon incorporates AVI’s patented Omniscan technology
that projects 360 degrees of laser images. The Omnicscan projector
resides inside the balloon itself, offering to-bottom image coverage
of balloons up to 30 ft. in diameter.
http://www.av-imagineering.com
Los Angeles:
The
Real Millennium Bug
By
Ivan Dryer, Laser Images, Inc.
It bugs me every
time I'm reminded of it. It was supposed to be the Millennium
Bonus. The Millennium Celebration was going to be this once-in-a-lifetime
Big Deal where every civic body would spend millions for a huge
extravaganza, and because it was "The Millennium,"
with all outdoors to do it in, laser display companies would
have offers out their ears and could name their own price--scarcity
inflates fees-- because there would be only so much equipment
and so many operators available. That was the theory.
That
theory was not operative in our neighborhood, and, I suspect,
in some others as well. First, there were the Meetings, full
of grandiose promise and the sweet scent of Big Budgets to show
off L.A. to the world. Five independent sites plus the Hollywood
sign. Enough for everybody. It was going to be great!
Then
came the hopeful RFPs, followed by more Meetings that completely
disregarded the parameters of the RFPs. Next was the Producer
Shuffle, which saw three different regimes come and go in the
span of a few months (could this have meant indecision or political
infighting at the Top?).
After
that was the Budget Waffle--"We know it's late, and you've
got to commit people and hardware right away, but we won't get
an answer until Tuesday" (Why is it always Tuesday?). Then
Harsh Reality set in at last: "The Budgets are tight! Take
them or leave them."
Finally,
there were the Cutbacks and Cancellations that, for example,
saw our downtown L.A. gig go from three YAGs and one Argon to
one YAG and one Argon to one YAG (this in the last 30 days).
Not to mention other entire events canceled here and abroad--but
then many of you probably know about that.
Through
John Tilp's good offices we did manage to get FAA approval to
put beams in the air, including our tetrahedral pyramid (more
like an obelisk). Which was terrific the night before when the
air was calm and full of fog and smog. But, after months of drought
it rained on New Year's Eve, off and on right up until showtime.
Meanwhile, they decided to change the street light coverings,
which bumped our two bounce mirrors out of alignment. They couldn't
be reset in the rain, which also cleared the air so nicely of
all those pesky particulates (so much for the pyramid).
Our
techs, Edgar Sida and Ed Burzycki, managed to keep the equipment
dry and operable, so we did our fans, arrays and chases up over
Grand Ave. toward the mountains (between the squadrons of police
helicopters). And the crowd of about 3,000 (one-tenth capacity)
seemed to like it.
The
L.A. Times photographer was there both nights taking shot after
shot, and we figured we had a chance at the front page--along
with the disappointing display that ended up being our City's
Millennial postcard: the Hollywood sign lighting ceremony, during
which we were asked to cool the laser so our audience could fully
appreciate the sign's "majesty" on the big video screen.
Well,
our site did make the front page, right under that magnificent
show in Paris. There it was--the crowd enraptured by the video-projected
Hollywood sign, unsullied by lasers or other intruding effects.
What a spectacle!
I hope
to never encounter another Millennium as long as I live. (Don't
breathe a word of 2001...). http://www.laserium.com
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Multimedia
Show Lights Up ILDA Awards
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ILDA 1999
Awards multimedia show combined lasers with a full compliment
of high-tech entertainment lights.
All photos by Andreu Ibanez, dBmusic-aild. |
Each year, it gets
better and better. The ILDA Awards Banquet, highlighting the
work of the best laser displays around the world, is a major
production in itself—a production that gets more sophisticated
every year.In Orlando, the performance bar was raised to a high
level (For more Awards Banquet photos, see '99 Conference). Members were treated to opening and closing
multimedia pieces that featured a full compliment of
entertainment technology,
including pyrotechnics, intelligent lighting, theatrical lighting,
a fiber-optic curtain, surround sound audio mixes and more lasers
than you could keep track of. Even the introduction of Steve
Heminover, master of ceremonies, was done with an explosive flourish:
a blast of flame leaped from the darkened stage to reveal Heminover
(wearing what looked like a devilish grin) stepping out of the
flames and into the spotlight.
Planning for the Orlando
show began a year earlier in Amsterdam, after Melissa Chisholm,
the chief producer of the 1999 Awards Banquet, saw Tim Walsh’s
opening piece for the 1998 Awards. “We wanted to take the
next step, to add even more polish,” said Chisholm. “I
really wanted to ‘wow’ people.” Meeting the high
standard set by the previous year’s show would prove to
be a challenge, although it was made easier by the wealth of
resources available in Orlando.
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The meeting was sponsored
by Lighting Systems Design Inc.(LSDI), where Chisholm is a principal
member, and the Walt Disney World Co. LSDI’s inventory of
laser hardware, combined with Disney’s technicians, artists
and non-laser lighting gear, proved a combination that will be
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The Disney staff
responsible for producing the Tapestry of Nations and IllumiNations
2000 spectacles at Epcot had volunteered to create a special
ILDA event at Epcot, but logistical problems ruled it out.So
the Epcot crew, lead by Rob DiAddezio, came to the Contemporary
Resort Hotel, headquarters for the ILDA Conference.
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“I looked to the
Epcot staff for stage lighting, intelligent lights, pyro—you
name it. It was an ideal scenario,” said Chisholm. ILDA
Board Member Tony Zmorenski, safety officer for Walt Disney World,
acted as co-producer. Among other tasks, he coordinated the schedules
of the Epcot staffers, who worked on the ILDA show in addition
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The opening multimedia
show (a prelude to the presentation of the ILDA Awards) featured
lasers designed and programmed by DiAddezio, who also was responsible
for the opening and closing soundtracks.The opening soundtrack
included a favorite sound bite from the movie Time Bandits, with
the Evil One giving his version of Genesis: “I would have
started with lasers, eight o’clock, Day One.”
The closing piece, which
featured laser design and programming by Epcot’s David Gaskins,
offered an abstract look at what lies in store for laser technology.
As originally envisioned
by Chisholm, both pieces featured a tightly orchestrated mix
of lasers, theatrical lights, intelligent lights and pyrotechnics.
"We had planned from the beginning that certain aspects
of
the show would play up certain elements, such as the pyro or
the lasers or the stage lights,” said DiAddezio. |
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“But several times
all the elements came together and we worked to make sure that
the colors and brightness of all the lighting sources complemented
each other. We wanted all the different elements to play off
each other.”
The diverse elements
of the show were also united by an elegant fiber-optic curtain,
which added a lustrous background to the ballroom stage. The
curtain was one of only two items on the stage that were not
donated by members, the other being a pair of large ILDA signs
that featured small cutouts where shafts of laser beams shot
out over the audience (ILDA plans to use the signs at future
events).
On stage, two Micro
YAGs were used for beams, while behind the curtain, a new 10-watt
Coherent Viper YAG was used with a beam table for additional
atmospheric effects. Full-color graphics and even more aerial
beams were created with a trio of Coherent PureLight lasers.
The hardware was assembled the night before for the Lase-Off,
an open presentation of any members’ work that required
the crew to interface seven different laser control systems.
With the Lase-Off completed, the crew was left with only one
day for rehearsals and safety checks.
“We ran through
it several times the day of the show, particularly with Steve
and the fire inspectors to make sure the pyro effects were okay.
We didn’t want to make any artistic changes on site—that
was our goal because we knew we wouldn’t have the time,”
said Chisholm.
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ILDA's
Fenning Awards
The
1999 Fenning Awards for technical achievement honored three diverse
accomplishments that illustrate the broad range of technologies
employed by today’s laser display companies. The awards
honored a major breakthrough in laser technology, a new system
for controlling laser and multimedia shows, and an innovative
system for taking off-the-shelf video cameras and converting
their images into a live laser display.
The
Fenning Awards premiered in 1998, when ILDA renamed its award
honoring new technologies and products to commemorate the late
Fred Fenning, who pioneered laser display technology and standards
during his 21-year career in the laser field.
1st Place: Lee Laser's Big Red Yag
At the ILDA Conference in Orlando, the 1999 First Place Fenning
Award went to Lee Laser, Inc. for their development of a 10-watt
red YAG laser. Lee Laser, based in Orlando, has a history of
producing YAG lasers that generate extremely high levels of power
at the 532 nm green wavelength. A high-powered red-wavelength
YAG for commercial uses, however, had yet to be developed. At
the urging of many people in the laser display industry (particularly
Greg Makhov of Lighting Systems Design, Inc) Lee investigated
the possibility of producing a high-powered 660 nm red YAG.
Most
laser display applications currently use krypton ion lasers to
produce the color red, but Lee wanted to produce far more power
than the typical ion laser and do so with all the advantages
of a solid-state laser. Lee achieved this frequency by doubling
the much weaker 1320 nm fundamental wavelength of the Nd:YAG
crystal. The first public demonstration of the 10-Watt Red YAG
Model 8100MQR/L was in April 1999 at an Orlando theme park. The
model was formally introduced at the CLEO ’99 conference
in Baltimore. Lee Laser: (+1) 407-812-4611; www.leelaser.com
2nd
Place: Modula C-5 by LOBO
The
second place Fenning Award went to Aalen, Germany’s LOBO
electronic for the Modula-C5 control and playback unit. The Modula-C5
is described by LOBO as the next generation media for the laser
display industry. Just as the video industry is replacing magnetic
tape with digital media, LOBO predicts that laser controllers
will shift away from multitrack tape decks to purely digital
playback mediums. Using a magneto-optical disk, the Modula-C5
can control up to two laser projectors for animations and beam
shows with over 16 million color combinations and 32 remote mirror
positions per projector. CD-quality sound is stored on the same
disk that contains the laser playback data.
The unit is more than just a drop in replacement for a multitrack
ADAT tape machine, as it incorporates features that allow the
user to tailor shows for specific venues and rapidly access show
data stored anywhere on the disk. Adjustable projection areas,
for example, make it possible to position the overall “frame”
of the show. Adjustable beam settings for external mirror effects
can be used to target a range of different positions, allowing
users to fine-tune shows on site.
The Modula-C5 serves as the controller for LOBO’s new Modula-5
product line of laser projection systems geared for discotheques,
cinemas and point-of-sale applications. With the addition of
expansion modules for DMX, MIDI and SMPTE output, the unit can
be integrated into multimedia environments and can be used to
control a wide range of peripheral devices. LOBO: (+49) 7361-9687-30
www.lobo.de
3rd
Place: MediaLas Video Tracing System
MediaLas
Laserproducts of Hechingen, Germany, received the Third Place
Fenning Award for its Realtime Video Tracing System, called VST-1.
The system gives laserists the power to capture live data from
a video camera and project an outline image of the video scene
in realtime. In demonstrations at ILDA, Dirk Baur showed users
the ease with which he could point a camera at a person’s
hand—or even their face—and instantly produce a live
laser projection of the image. The software, included with the
new Pangolin Lasershow Designer 2000 system, runs on a desktop
PC and is compatible with consumer video cameras.
VST-1
works by tracing, in realtime, an outline image of the camera’s
bitmap data as the image is received by the computer via an inexpensive
television tuner card. The system can also produce a rasterized,
TV-like image from the video signal. All video data is converted
in realtime, allowing the laser display to track the video image.
The laser data canbe stored in ILDA format for additional processing.
The software dynamically uses intelligent algorithms to enhance
and smooth the image, making it possible to trace logos and letters.
With a Pentium 450 processor, MediaLas says it’s possible
to project laser images at more
than 15 frames per second. MediaLas: (+49) 7471-91661; www.showlaser.com
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The
ATW Product and Technology Showcase
Where
can you go to learn about virtually everything that’s cutting
edge in laser display technology? The answer is ILDA Advanced
Technology Workshop (ATW), a one-day session at the ILDA Conference
that brings together professionals from a variety of disciplines
to discuss new products and technologies.
The 1999 ATW in Orlando, organized by ILDA Technical Committee
Chair William Benner, Jr., featured thirteen presentations spread
over two three-hour sessions. What follows is a brief summary
of the presentations—please contact the companies directly
for more details.
Scanners
Cambridge
Technology: Model 6210 Scanner
The ATW opened with Cambridge Technology’s Phil Barrows
presenting his company’s new model 6210 scanner, a high-performance
scanner that offers numerous improvements over the company’s
6800 model. Barrows documented the new model’s performance
gains, smaller size and lower cost.
(+1) 617-441-0600; www.camtech.com
MediaLas
Laserproducts: MicroAmp Driver
Dirk Baur of MediaLas presented the new MicroAmp miniature driver
for use with Cambridge Technology 6800 and 6210 scanners. Baur
also showed the Catweazle ISP, a compact fiber head projector
with ILDA standard connector tuned to 30K, and the Catwealze
LCB, a 3-axis scan engine with mechanical blanking. (+49) 7471-91661;
www.showlaser.com
Pangolin
Laser Systems: TrueK Scanning
Patrick Murphy presented Pangolin’s TrueK scanning system,
which allows faster scanning on Cambridge 6800 and 6210 scanner
models. Pangolin guarantees ILDA 50K performance and, depending
on the unit’s condition, can often boost speeds to the 60K
level. (+1) 407-299-2088; www.pangolin.com
Projectors and
Components
Laserpromotions
B.V.: Optical Modules
Ton Timmermans discussed the Optical Modules projector system,
a new method of using opto-mechanical components to assemble
laser projectors. Timmermans showed a videotape demonstrating
the ease of constructing a complex laser projection system using
“plug-and-play” optical modules. (+31) (71) 531-5561;
www.laserpro.nl
Creative
Laser Production: Poly-20-Sector Gratings
Peter Mayer presented a new multi-effect grating that incorporates
20 different diffraction effects on a single substrate. The gratings
are arranged in sectors for easy access by laser projection systems.
The special grating layout also features several improved patterns
with higher efficiency and interesting new effects. (+49) 89-470-5611;
www.laserspectacles.com
Logic
Systems: Power Supply
Logic System’s latest laser power supply design boasts an
extremely compact design for powering Spectra Physics 171-type
lasers. Craig Nelson presented the new product, which measures
only 10.5 x 17 x 22 inches and weights 85 lbs. Nelson said a
similar supply will be available for Coherent lasers in the future.
Nelson
also showed Logic Systems' new GW DMX1602 decoder card
The board enables users to decode DMX512 protocol signals and
derive 16 individual digital and 2 analog outputs. A related
card, the new GW-RLY16 Relay interface card, has 16 individual
relays with isolated contacts that can plug directly into the
GW DMX1602 and control any device within its allowable specs.
The GW-RLY16 can also be used as a stand alone relay interface
card.
(+1) 916-452-5661; www.lsione.com/news.htm
Laser Display
Playback and Control Systems
LOBO
electronic GmbH: Modula-C5
Alex Hennig presented the Modula-C5, a digitally-based modular
laser controller for up to two independent laser projectors.
Unlike tape-based systems, the Modula-C5 stores laser animations
and beam patterns on a magneto-optical disk. The playback unit
also allows users to easily adjust the laser projection area
and beam targeting positions to accommodate the needs of individual
venues. LOBO sees the compact unit, which boasts full random
access to all laser show data, as a universal playback platform
for fixed and mobile laser displays. (+49) 7361-9687-30; www.lobo.de
Laservision
Macro-Media Pty Ltd: Sinodial Series
ILDA welcomed Laservision to the company’s first ATW presentation.
John Eustace discussed the Sinodial Series of laser playback
systems, a suite of data capture, storage, realtime performance
and show control modules. The series is designed to encode and
integrate previously incompatible presentation media control
systems, allowing the Sinodial Series to control all aspects
of complex, large-scale multimedia productions. (+61) 29-658-1000;
www.laservision.com.au
Software
MediaLas
Laserproducts: VST Realtime Tracing
Dirk Baur presented the VST Realtime Tracing System. The system
traces vector outlines of live images captured by the camera
and displays them in real time using a Pangolin QM 2000 or QM32
board. It can also produce a rasterized laser image. VST is compatible
with standard video cameras and can store frames in ILDA format
for later editing. (+49) 7471-91661; www.showlaser.com
Pangolin
Laser Systems:
Lasershow Designer 2000, QM2000 board
Patrick Murphy unveiled the newest Pangolin software, Lasershow
Designer 2000 and the companion QM2000 board. Capable of outputting
130,000 pps, the QM2000 is about ten times more powerful that
Pangolin’s QM32. New software features are also offered,
including software geometric correction and feathered line endings.
The QM2000 is already being used with Lightspeed Design’s
laser-over-video display and with the MediaLas VST realtime video
display. The new Pangolin system includes the MediaLas VST at
no additional cost and a raster laser piece, Linea created by
Laser Show Designs to demonstrate the system’s raster movie
capabilities.
(+1) 407-299-2088; www.pangolin.com
LaserAnimation
GmbH: Lasergraph DSP Compact
Michael Sollinger and Peter Jakubek introduced the Lasergraph
DSP Compact, a fully integrated Lasergraph DSP packaged in a
small 19-inch rack-mount enclosure. The Lasergraph DSP has two
applications: as a stand-alone unit without the need of any additional
devices for playback and live control of one projector; or as
a component of a larger network for programming (or additional
control purposes) with PCs or Lasergraph DSP workstations. (+49)
(30) 780-96-30; www.laseranimation.com
LDS
Light Design GmbH: LasCoNetwork
ILDA welcomed another first-time ATW presenter, Marcus Schemider
of LDS Light Design. He discussed the various aspects of the
LasCoNetwork, including hardware, master-slave concepts, data
transmission, network setup, price/performance issues and software
features. (+49) 40-853-743-03; www.lightdesign.de
Dirk
Apitz: Csoft Technical Presentation
The final ATW speaker, and another first-time presenter, was
Dirk Apitz. He discussed the CSOft performance network, an approach
that combines all media types needed for shows (especially laser
shows) into one network-based solution. He also reviewed the
concept of an all new digital projector connected to a host through
a standard IP-based network. Apitz concluded with a short in-depth
technical discussion of selected features. (+49) 721-9850083;
dirkapitz@inka.de
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Orlando
'99: The Trade Show
If
you want to learn first-hand about the latest products in the
world of laser displays, the best place to be is ILDA’s
annual trade show. The 1999 trade exhibit featured nearly two-dozen
companies that brought samples of virtually every hardware and
software component that goes into today’s laser displays.
Each company’s phone number and Internet address is included
in the list of exhibitors.
ILDA '99 Trade
Show Exhibitors
Affinity
Industries, Inc.:
Manufactures complete line of CFC-free chillers and heat exchangers
for industrial, scientific and entertainment laser applications.
(+1) 603-539-3600; dford@affii.com
B & W Tek: Manufactures diode-pumped solid-state semiconductor
lasers (blue/green/red/infrared), laser optics, laser and nonlinear
crystals, laser drivers and scanner subsystems. (+1) 302-368-7824;
www.bwtek.com
Cambridge Technology, Inc: Manufactures high-performance
closed-loop galvanometers and supporting products.(+1) 617-441-0600;
www.camtech.com
Coherent Laser Group: Comprehensive product line in argon,
krypton and mixed-gas lasers for laser displays.
(+1) 408-764-4000; www.cohr.com
Creative
Laser Production:
Manufactures high-end diffraction gratings and fiberoptics components
and systems.
(+49) 89-4705611; CreativeLaser@compuserve.com
HW
Lasertechnik:
Manufacturers the Compact Multi-Effect Laser Projector that combines
scanning, beam effects and lumia in single enclosure.(+49) 2041-181500;
www.hw-laser.de
Intelite-Inc: Dedicated distributor of diode lasers and
accessories, including diode laser modules, optical fibers and
electro-optics. (+1) 775-267-5959; www.intelite.com
K-O Concepts Inc: Designs and manufactures extremely compact,
lightweight cooling modules that feature standard 19 inch rack-mounting.
(+1) 497-296-7788; www.k-oconcepts.com
Laser Institute of America: The Laser Institute of America
is a professional membership society dedicated to fostering lasers,
laser applications and safety worldwide. Serving the industrial,
medical, research and military communities, LIA offers technical
information and networking opportunities to laser users from
around the globe.
(+1) 407-1553; www.LaserInstitute.org.
Laser Power Corporation: Manufactures compact diode-pumped
solid-state lasers for display applications, including 0.4 watts
blue (457 nm), 2.5 watts green (532 nm) and 0.5 watts red (656
nm).
(+1) 619-755-0700; www.laserpower.com
LaserAnimation Sollinger GmbH; Manufactures the Lasergraph
DSP workstation for creating and playing back high-performance
laser displays, and the Lasegraph DSP Compact, a fully integrated
Lasergraph DSP packaged in a small 19 inch rack-mount enclosure.
(+49) 30-780-9630; www.laseranimation.com
Laserpromotions BV: Produces laser presentations and manufactures
laser projection systems, including its new line of modular optics
that allow components to be easily inserted into the beam path.
(+31) 71-531-5561; www.laserpro.nl
Lee Laser: Manufactures 100-watt solid-state 532 nm green
laser and 10-watt 660 nm solid-state red YAG laser.
(+1) 407-812-4611; www.leelaser.com
Lighting Systems Design, Inc.: Manufactures Turbo Track
scan amps, Universal Geometric Corrector and the Excalibur and
Cascade projectors. Provides laser safety consulting, show programming
and show production services.
(+1) 407-299-9504; www.lsdi.com
Logic
Systems, Inc.: Power Supply
Sharing a both with New Method Lasers, Logic Systems' latest
laser power supply design boasts an extremely compact design
for powering Spectra Physics 171-type lasers. The new product
measures only 10.5 x 17 x 22 inches and weights 85 lbs. A similar
supply will be available for Coherent lasers in the future. A
contest was held during the conference to name the new power
supply, with the winner being "Plasma Drive 171."
(+1) 916-452-5661 craig@lsione.com
MDG Fog Generators Ltd.: Manufactures a complete product line
of fog generators, including a unique hazing system designed
to enhance laser beams.
(+1) 514-272-6040; www.mdgfog.com
MediaLas Laserproducts GmbH: Manufactures Catweazle scanners
and other laser display equipment, including its new MicroAmp
scan drivers.
(+49) 7471-91661; www.showlaser.com
MVM Electronics, Inc.: Manufactures PCAOMs and related
products, including modulators, tunable filters and laser power
stabilizers.(+1) 407-752-8010; mshah1@aol.com
NEOS Technologies: Manufactures acousto-optic components
used in the entertainment industry for color modulation and scanning,
including PCAOMs, Q-Switches, AOMs and AO scanners.
(+1) 407-676-9020; www.neostech.com
New Method Lasers: Manufactures Full Auto laser controllers
as well as projectors and beam table components. Distributor
of NEOS PCAOMs and Cambridge galvos.
(+1) 727-545-0376; www.laser-light-show.com
Pangolin Laser Systems: Manufactures real-time 3D graphics
software, including the new Lasershow Designer 2000 and the high-performance
QM2000 board. The new software includes the MediaLas VST system
for real-time laser output from video input.
(+1) 407-299-2088; www.pangolin.com
Ron Matthews Specialized Machining Ltd.: Produces a complete
line of high-quality optical projector components including a
modular projector system.
(+1) 905-669-9210; rmeng@pathcom.com
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