Key Projects
Wellington High Performance Aquatics
Thanks to the support of the New Zealand Community Trust, WHPA’s has this amazing new video coaching tool designed by Mike Lovell and his team at VideoPro. We gave Mike the brief and he came up with something very special. The 42” LCD screen along with a video camera, laptop and delayed playback software are all housed in a secure unit on wheels for easy transportation between the pool and dry gym. The coach opens the lid of the unit, presses a button and up comes the screen and camera ready to capture the diving session. The video camera runs throughout the session on a time delay of the coach's choice. This gives the coach time to speak to the diver about their dive, the diver can then see themselves on the screen take on board what the coach has said and prepare to make adjustments next time round. The feedback from the coaches and divers has been very positive.
New Zealand Transport Agency
VideoPro NZ Ltd are the integrators of the Video Wall solution for the new TOC.
The Video Wall installed in the control room is the single largest installation of its kind in Australasia and uses revolutionary video wall image processing technology, a first in New Zealand, to achieve the most advanced installation of it’s kind in the region.
The Video Wall solution is made up of two main technologies; the video wall image processing hard and software called PixelNet manufactured by Jupiter Systems and the Video wall displays, Margay II manufactured by Planar. Both manufacturers are US based and are global leaders in control and command environments where guaranteed 24/7 operation is required.
PixelNet - PixelNet is a revolutionary new way to capture, distribute, control and display digital and analog video sources. Based on technology previously used for data communication networks, PixelNet adopts Gigabit Ethernet and Ethernet switches for use with high resolution, real-time video. Using packet-switching technology any information source can be shown on any display, as a window on a single display, or as a window spanning multiple display devices in a display wall. Any source can be shown at any size on any display or array of displays.
PixelNet is all about scalability. The same component parts can scale from a single input distributed to a single output to literally hundreds of inputs and outputs. Outputs can be defined as a single display or logically grouped together to create one or more display walls. All of this power and flexibility is managed by Jupiter’s PixelNet Domain Control software, which provides an intuitive, object-oriented, drag-and-drop interface to control and manage multiple inputs, outputs and display walls. Applications that would traditionally require many separate vendors and a heterogeneous solution can be addressed with a single system of interconnected PixelNet nodes controlled through the PixelNet Domain Control software.
Margay II – The newly developed Planar Margay II is a 50” full high definition rear projection cube manufactured specifically for control room video wall environments. The Margay II’s remarkable engineering means that between adjoining cubes there is only 0.7mm gap, giving virtually seamless images spanning multiple displays.
The video wall is made up of 36 displays arranged in wall, 12 units wide by 3 units high, at the front of the new TOC control room, making the video wall images 13.2m wide x 1.86m high and taking up 24.8 sqm. To assist with the viewing of the entire video wall from any location in the room the video wall is curved, with each column of screens set at 1 degree increments from the next.
“The Video Wall solution for NZTA has been our most challenging and satisfying project to date. Being able to be involved in such a high profile one of a kind project and be the first integrators of this technology in New Zealand is a real honour for Videopro. The project wasn’t without its challenges, the main of which being the tight project delivery deadlines, applying a constant pressure on development and progress of the integration and installation. We’re proud of the finished video wall solution leaving NZTA with a control room that will lead the way and set the standard for traffic management suites globally” Jake Male, System Integration, Videopro NZ Ltd.
Chorus, Wellington Airport
VideoPro provided and installed 12 Orion MPDP seamless plasma panels at Wellington Airport for Chorus. The 4 x 3 panel display is run by an Onelan MTB5005 content management solution. The Onelan unit turns the panels on/off, schedules and runs content, tells the MPDP to display the image across 12 panels, and can be updated remotely across a network.
The perfect interactive solution for one of New Zealand's most walked by walls!
Les Mills, Christchurch
VideoPro recently designed and installed a high-performance audio visual system for the new Les Mills gym in Christchurch. We designed a separate video and audio solution for each environment within the gym, of which all is operable from a simple centralised control.
The RPM room was a particular challenge, as the solution needed to allow the instructor to control lighting, temperature, fans, music and microphone from a spin bike, while taking a class. To meet these requirements, we specified an AMX processor with a 12-button touch panel and detailed software program. VideoPro also installed a Sony video wall in the Cardio Cinema and a smaller video wall on the main gym floor. Other products incorporated in the fit-out include JBL speakers and subwoofers, Crown amplifiers, BSS processors and Shure wireless microphones.
Sky City Casino, Auckland
VideoPro were approached by Sky City Casino’s in Auckland, to come up with some innovative idea’s to increase brand visibility, Jack Pot and special announcement signage around the Casino.
The first of these idea’s to be implemented is the new Orion MPDP Video Wall at the Theatre end entrance of the Auckland Casino. The screens simply look stunning, running a 1600 x 1200 DVI feed. The signal is transmitted from the signage player across single UTP cable, using Obonok HD Transmitting and receiving devices.
The colour reproduction is again simply stunning, and the effect on visitors is obvious… they just stand and stare, which is exactly what we wanted to achieve!
In these days of Media overload and when standard screens have become background wall paper… talk to us about designing a truly eye catching solution specific to your needs!