Robe DigitalSpots for AUSA Convention

The booth concept was designed by Scecon's president and lead designer Brian Scott, and principle technical designer Stephen Clarke developed the special 'touch presentation' system that was used. The theme of the booth - for the US Army Chief of Staff - was to educate the Army's leadership about the role and use of social media as an effective communication tool.

Clarke specified 2 Robe DigitalSpot 7000 DTs (overlaid) for the project. The floating screen was a quarter inch thick tough interactive rear projection unit, suspended between four 12 inch pieces of clear plate glass in a metal stand.

Robe DigitalSpots were chosen for the application because of their "Superior features as an intelligent lighting and projection instrument," explains Clarke. They required a projector that could be easily mounted and trimmed to an extreme elevation angle, and with the warping facilities to correct the significant keystoning of the image. This enabled them to conceal the units in the ceiling of the stand, out of sight to viewers, creating a futuristic display to WOW the audience.

The content was a live video capture from a PC, input to the DigitalSpot via its VGA/DVI capture card - another reason unique to Robe that prompted Clarke's choice of fixture.

This was the first show on which Scecon's has used DigitalSpots, and follows extensive research and several months of testing by Clarke.

The DigitalSpots were programmed using a grandMA lighting console by Jeff Holt and Will Johnson with Atmosphere Lighting in Washington, DC.

Clarke will definitely be using DigitalSpots again. "It's not just a light anymore. From a video engineering stand point, the DT7000 has proved that it can go  beyond the traditional motion light applications. The DT7000 helps meet the creative video demand solutions of the entertainment and presentation industries".