Barco Presents Festival of Lights for 2010 Asian Games

For the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games, held on Haixinsha Island. Guangzhou, China, on November 12, Barco, a leader in visualization and display solutions, presented a festival of lights on the water-stage for the exciting ceremony.
The largest multi-sport event in Asia, the Asian Games (also known as Asiad) are held every four years among Asian athletes. During the 16 days of competition, the Guangzhou Asian Games feature 42 events, the most events ever in Asiad history.
For the opening ceremony’s water theme, the 2,000-sq.-meter main stage was covered by water 10 centimeters deep, and four sailing ships, with eight LED velamena, were set around the stage.
Barco and BeiAo, one of China’s largest event planners and executors, had placed 16 XLM HD30 projectors around the 10,000-person audience area, projecting an array of lights onto the huge water-stage. As the velamena opened under the stunning light, the audience felt as though it was on a huge ship sailing east.
The Barco XLM HD30 projector is the first DLPTM projector with a native, wide-screen aspect ratio, native 2,048 x 1,080 resolution, and light output of 30,000 center lumens. The XLM HD30 projector is ideally suited for ultra wide-screen and HD projections, and its modular design facilitates installation and maintenance at major events. An advanced liquid cooling system ensures the reliability of the HD30 technology.