The Synergy interface also allowed immersive layering of shape effects and busking control straight from the desk, significantly cutting down the team’s programming time without limiting their creativity. This allowed the team to seamlessly interchange between using video content and traditional lighting cues to control the butterflies and create their scenes. Synergy gives you the standard workflow of lighting programming with the flexibility to bring in video into the mix at any time. At night, they twinkle and change colour in perfect synchronisation with the music, moving and traditional lighting fixtures surrounding the tree and video and static image content within the butterfly canvas designed by The Imagination House. The unique design, built by Life Formations, stands over 50 feet tall and is covered with 650 custom RGB LED butterflies, each with pixel mapped wing quadrants. In June 2019, Wildwood Grove opened with the mesmerizing tree as the centerpiece. Weigl worked closely with Avolites, providing clear and concise feedback without the pressure of a live performance setting. Using beta software on projects can be risky and requires a huge amount of support however, it is the perfect opportunity to accelerate development. Weigl worked directly with engineers at Avolites and the team at Group One in US (the exclusive distributor of Avolites in the US) to start integrating Synergy into their Wildwood Grove project at Dollywood. Their workflow also often relied heavily on traditional ‘busking’ approaches, which was what brought them to Avolites in the first place.Īlthough Synergy was still at its beta stage when it was introduced to Blasko, he decided to give it a shot in his upcoming projects and as product developers themselves, Weigl knew what they were getting into. Weigl’s installations recently have relied more and more on lighting and video at their core and the team had been searching to find the most efficient way to generate DMX streams built partially from traditional lighting cues and partially from video. As the two began discussing the ins and outs of the software in more depth, Blasko was intrigued to see how it could work for the unique applications Weigl was being challenged with from their customers and partners. Mike Blasko, President of Weigl, met Stephen Baird-Smith, sales manager of Avolites, who was demonstrating Synergy on the stand – the groundbreaking feature set of Avolites’ Titan and Ai V12 software that integrates lighting and video control together. This shifted at the NAMM show in 2018 when things got a bit more interesting. The story of their collaboration with Avolites starts back in the mid 2000’s where Weigl used Avolites’ DMX Pearl and Azure consoles to create single universe ‘single pass’ moving light profiles for their animatronics shows. Weigl designs and manufactures a range of fascinating software and hardware products for permanent theme park and interactive experience installations. All involved were able to bring this to life using pioneering lighting and video technologies. It was designed & built by LifeFormations with creative from The Imagination House. The centrepiece of this new land is majestic and unlike any other tree in the world. We loved to talk with you about your projects and tell you some insights on control and synchronization of media, lighting, motion controls and more, all uniquely designed for themed entertainment.Avolites and Weigl were proud to recently partner on The Wildwood Tree, a unique installation located within Wildwood Grove at Dollywood. Thank you very much for visiting our booth #3-C21. Web configurable targeting and scoring system featuring real-time interactiong through ProCommander® and Pro I/O™ Series. The Pro VP™ is an embedded stand-alone video player solution available in three different versions.Ĭustomize Your Interactive Targeting System The ProCommander® AX is the most advanced micro-sized animation controller ever created, fitting nearly anywhere your attraction requires.
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