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Morgan has completed construction
on its fi rst Unicoaster.
Exhibited at the IAAPA Expo in Las
Sysco provides AV
Vegas, US, the ride features eight
rotating arms, all of which can ac-
system for new
commodate two people at a time. Darwin Centre
One main aspect of the Unicoaster UK based system integrator Sysco
is the rider’s ability to be able to con- has completed an audio-visual and
trol the spin they experience, both in IT installation at the newly-opened
a forwards and backwards direction, Darwin Centre at London’s Natural
allowing passengers to provide them- History Museum (see p40).
selves with a different ride each time. Included within the £78m
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(US$126.6m, 89.5m) extension is
chance morgan Sysco’s 12m-wide Climate Change
Wall, a glass wall of high resolution
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screens displaying fi lms and graph- sysco
ics, which visitors can interact with,
thanks to motion sensor technology. work, with visuals delivered by a
Throughout the centre, audio range of NEC LCD displays and Pa-
commentary and sound effects nasonic and Mitsubishi projectors.
are transmitted from a range of HD This is housed on a mixture of Macs,
sources via a BSS Soundweb net- PCs and DVS Blade video servers.
Christie’s new digital SCS introduces
cinema projector the Cannonball
Digital cinema projection technolo- SCS Interactive has unveiled its lat-
gies company Christie has debuted est product, the Cannonball, which
the Christie CP2220 projector at the is able to project the rider up to 23ft
ShowEast convention in Florida, USA. (7m) into a swimming pool.
Part of the Christie Solaria™ range, Exhibited at IAAPA, the ride is
the projector features Texas Instru- based on the idea of a water can-
ments’ DLP Cinema technology as non enabling riders to experience a
well as an optional integrated 2K/4K sensation similar to riding a wave.
media block. The technology is Once the rider is seated in the
designed to work with all external correct position, the attendant hits
cinema servers, with the 4K projector the start button, sending the rider
displaying at 4096 x 2160 pixels. fl ying into the air on a wave of water.
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Cannonballs of differing heights can
christie scs interactive also be installed on a single site.
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