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IBC Projection 3.0 (Part 1)

15 Comments Published by Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper August 26th, 2008 in Visual Worship

This is our middle school room at Irving Bible Church.  We just setup environmental projectors in the room and I wanted to show another example of environmental projection; this time, in an even smaller room.  This is our third room to have architectural projection.  Very cool!  Hopefully you can see how it might work for you if you have a similar room. 

With the work lights on.

The walls were dark gray, so instead of paining we just used white curtains.  When not projecting on them, the curtains can look a tad ‘cheap’, but it was the best option we had and they look GREAT when projected on.  The curtain’s natural texture helps them not look like a ’screen’.   

Hanging three projectors would usually mean three pipes, with three separate places where you have to run power and video cable.  Not a big deal, but I wanted to try something different.

Instead, I went to a local plumbing store and picked up a 1.5″ pipe cross, so I could mount all three projectors off of one pipe hanging down from the ceiling.  The other pipes are stock cuts from Home Depot.  Here they are installed:

 I hooked up a Matrox TripleHead2Go to show what can be done with three projectors.

 

 

15 Comments to “IBC Projection 3.0 (Part 1)”  

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  1. 1 DXEndar Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    what kind of white curtains are those ?

    Looks very nice !

  2. 2 Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:41 am

    Straight from IKEA actually; I don’t like how bright stark white they are when not getting projected on, but I’m getting used to it. :-)

  3. 3 Mike Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Are the two outside projectors for the background and then the middle projector used for lyrics, etc?

  4. 4 Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    Sorry I didn’t make that clear. There are 4 projectors total. The three shown in the picture only project imagery and motion; there is a fourth that is closer up that only displays lyrics.

  5. 5 will Aug 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    dude…you’re ridiculous!!! You blew my mind at Superwow two years ago and it is still being blown to bits with all the amazing stuff I see you doing all over the place. great work!

    what is the tape int front of the projector lenses for?

  6. 6 Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper Aug 27th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Will; good to hear from you! And thanks for the kind words…it was so great at SuperWOW to serve with you.

    The tape is the highly techincal and expensive process of how I go about edge-blending the projectors. I used the same complicated setup at SuperWOW. :-)

  7. 7 Andy Pisciotti Aug 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Hey Camreon…met ya at Echo!

    Would the praise band be playing on that small platform?

    I’m wondering if they would be in the midst of the projection being that close. It’s something I’m trying to decide how to deal with at our church. I’ll probably be e-mailing you soon to talk about it.

  8. 8 Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper Aug 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    Hi Andy; good to hear from you!

    Yes, it’s actually bigger than it looks in the pictures, it’s not too bad. And yes, the projection WILL be hitting the band, even though I have the bottom blurred up. We (myself and the middle school staff) decided that that’s ok and the effect of the environmental projection is worth it.

  9. 9 Louis Tagliaboschi Aug 29th, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Camron,

    This is an amazing look. Is there a specific process, and/or graphic that you use when you are edge blending. This is the part of attempting something like this that looks the most troublesome for me. Also, can you tell us a little about the projectors themselves? Matching, lumens and such?

    Thanks…

  10. 10 Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper Aug 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Thanks Louis; shoot me an email if you can and I can better answer your questions.

  11. 11 Kevin Perry Sep 4th, 2008 at 8:13 am

    Very nice look. I enjoy your blog….What projectors do you use for something like this?

  12. 12 Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper Sep 4th, 2008 at 9:14 am

    Thank Kevin; the projectors in these pictures are 2600 ANSI lumen Hitachi’s.

  13. 13 Gary Humble Sep 10th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    What are the plates on the projector lenses that square off your image, where do you get them and are they specific to the projector model?

  14. 14 Kevin Sep 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 am

    Gary: The “plates” look like standard “gaffer” tape to me. It’s available at pro video/film shops. It may remind you of duct tape, but the adhesive is designed to peel off without leaving a residue. It comes in at least two widths and various colors.

    You can check out the different types here… http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=0&shs=gaffer&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=jsp/RootPage.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=submit

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