2002 ILDA Awards

Presented at the 2002 ILDA Conference in Orlando, Florida
Hosted by Lighting Systems Design Inc., Pangolin Laser Systems & Walt Disney World

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.
 

2002 ARTISTIC AWARDS

ILDA Standard Projector (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

ISP Computer Animation

1st:   "Dolphin", Lightspeed Design Group
2nd:  "BonkCO.rt the Clown", Strictly FX
3rd:   "Golden Gate", Laser Show Design
Honorable Mention:  "New Year's Countdown 2002" Lightspeed Design Group

 ISP Graphic Module

1st:   "Elements", LaserAnimation Sollinger
2nd:  "Cosmic Thing", Audio Visual Imagineering
3rd (tie):  "Zoo Nites", Laser Force
3rd (tie):  "Run Like Hell", Firstlight Laser Productions
Honorable Mention: "Chrysalis", Strictly FX

ISP Graphic and Beam Module

1st:   "Cosmonautica", LOBO electronic
2nd:  "Throbber", Laser Spectacles
3rd:   "Sidewinder", Laser Spectacles

 Beams/Atmospherics

1st:   "Santorini Revisited", Audio Visual Imagineering
2nd:  "RetroSpective", LOBO electronic
3rd:   "Freedom", LOBO electronic

Abstract

1st:   "One More Time", Lightspeed Design Group
2nd:  "Gone", Laser Fantasy International
3rd:   "Toxicity", Laser Fantasy International

Graphic Module

1st:   "7 Wonders", LOBO electronic
2nd:  "Mentopolis", LOBO electronic
3rd:   "Looking for America", Lightspeed Design Group
Honorable Mention:  "Walking in LA", Lightspeed Design Group

Indoor Show

1st:   "SIB 2002 Multimedia", Laser Entertainment
2nd:  "Hyper", HB Laserkomponenten
3rd:   "Infiniti Q45", Giuseppe Zagaria
Honorable Mention:  "Queen Heaven", LOBO electronic

Outdoor Show

1st:   "Sports Games Moscow 2002", Laser System Europe
2nd:  "Indian Summer Festival", Laser Force
3rd:   "Halloween 2001", LOBO electronic

Special Application

1st:   "Seline", Lighting Systems Design Inc.
2nd:  "Scooby-Doo Spooky Roller Coaster", Laservision Macro-Media
3rd:   "Toyota", Laser System Europe

 

2002 TECHNICAL AWARDS

Judges: Hugo Bunk, Steve Heminover, Ante Uglesic

Fenning Award for Technical Achievement

1st:   (not awarded)

2nd: "Projection Zones", Pangolin Laser Systems

The Projection Zones feature of LD2000 software combines the benefits of scanner selection, geometric correction, enhanced laser preview, enhanced scanner safety and additional projector controls into a powerful yet easy to use software feature.

3rd (tie):  "Utopia Software Suite", Xarrin Advanced Technologies and HB Laserkomponenten

This software, especially designed for Pangolin's QM 2000 board,consists of two sections, UTOPIA 3D Animator and UTOPIA Cell Editor. They will expand every Pangolin based system to a powerful laser frame creation environment with strong and professional features. Utopia software works with the Pangolin settings and is also able to load Pangolin color palettes.

3rd (tie): "Dazzler", Pangolin Laser Systems

The Dazzler is a patented, custom lens/reflector assembly which, when combined with standard X-Y scanners and lasers, creates a wide-angle, versatile laser projector ... The Dazzler reduces the need for large beam/effects projectors by allowing graphics, effects and beams to be projected anywhere in a 360 degree area.

Honorable Mention:  "CineLase", Lightspeed Design Group

CineLase software renders digitally sampled laser data (usually from ADAT but it could be any playback source) into a sequence of bitmap frames which are then re-output to video or film with a 'laser look and feel.' The process eliminates the artifacts associated with videotaping or filming laser shows - namely the abnormal flicker due to competing refresh rates, the improper capture of color data (noise and colors bleached to white, etc.), and the lack of perfect blacks - and re-creates the perceived 'liquidity' of laser animation by emulating persistence of vision. This allows us to send videotape to clients which shows our laser work as close as possible to the real look of live laser.