The A30 server was supplied by A.C. Lighting Inc., ArKaos' exclusive distributor in North America.
York University is one of Canada's leading interdisciplinary research and teaching universities, offering a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level. TEDx is a series of events which began as a conference to bring together people from the worlds of technology, entertainment, design. Since then its scope has become ever broader with events that include a suite of short, carefully prepared talks, demonstrations and performances on a wide range of subjects to foster learning.
TEDxYorkU included two pre-recorded talks from the acclaimed TEDTalk videos series to the University's alumni and members of the public.
The event organisers wanted to engage with the audience and support the talks by using various high definition digital content. A.C. Lighting Inc. specified the ArKaos A30 media server to control the content because of its simple plug and play setup and easy control from the auditorium's house lighting console.
Ian Garrett, assistant professor in the University's Department of Theatre, commented, "Oftentimes making something look simple and elegant is more complicated than an audience needs to know. With TEDxYorkU, being able to use the ArKaos to control everything has evened those odds quite a bit. Using the mapping abilities of ArKaos to control all of our displays and manage the live projections of our multi-camera web feed has been the key to the event's success."
(Jim Evans)
