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Barco supports Sundance Film Festival

Barco, official projection provider for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, has brought to life several key virtual reality and art installations at the festival’s New Frontier exhibition with its large venue projectors and presentation switchers. The world’s largest independent film festival also used Barco digital cinema projectors in all 23 of its movie theater venues for official screenings.

New Frontier presented the work "Treachery of Sanctuary" by technology artist Chris Milk. A large-scale blended, three-channel video installation, "Treachery of Sanctuary" utilized Barco’s HDX-W20 Flex projectors.

Festival producers utilized Barco F50 projectors in several virtual and augmented reality installations at the Claim Jumper, including The Leviathan Project, Double Conscience, and Inextinguishable Fire.

The Holo-Cinema offered a look at the innovations in immersive entertainment being developed inside ILMxLAB - an advanced media lab and development group that is a collaboration between Lucasfilm Story Group, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound. This new scenic design and experience theater allows participants to step inside story moments, walk around the performing characters, and explore worlds as they portal inside a fully immersive media environment.

New Frontier Gateway featured a 150-seat theater for sponsor presentations, artist clips and panel discussions. Organizers utilized two Barco RLM-W8 projectors with two PDS 3G series presentation switchers. Barco projectors were also used for the Award Ceremony and Closing Night party.

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