TDC technologically renews and focuses on nature the Vivid Sydney festival

For twenty-three days, the specialist Technical Direction Company (TDC) Sample in editing 2023 of the Australian Festival the novelties in projection equipment, with the models ship UDM-W30; the TwLite towers where they are installed and the automated LiveView remote monitoring system.

Vivid Sydney (in English Sydney) is Australia's largest festival celebrating creativity, Innovation and technology, and transform this important city into a kaleidoscope of color and events for twenty-three nights.

In his Thirteenth edition, that started the past 26 of May and will be extended until next time 17 June, Vivid Sydney brings together fascinating shows from the world's brightest light artists, Live musical performances, Debates with opinion leaders and innovative experiences of gastronomic creatives.

As a technological company in the development of the festival in recent years, since TDC (Technical Direction Company) "It would be easy to offer the same projection technology every year for Vivid Sydney., but it is part of our DNA constantly explore the latest technologies to refine and optimize the offer of video solutions".

That's why, The team of project managers, Creative Technologists, TDC designers and engineers has participated in the Projection redesign to provide more pixels, brightness, efficiency and, from a technical point of view, A better outcome for More than twenty installations of Vivid Sydney 2023.

Such installations take the form of projection design, mapping and lighting on Australia's largest museum ship, on HMAS Vampire for Harbour Life, at the Sydney Opera House Lighting of the Sails: Life Enlivened and in a immersive experience at Vivid House to display four stunning artworks about the Australia's natural world.

"Vivid Sydney is Australia's largest festival celebrating creativity, technology and innovation, And this year it does so with the beauty and diversity of our natural world," explains its director., Gill Minervini-. Collaborating with innovative partners like TDC is essential to bring the festival to life and create a truly unforgettable experience for attendees.".

Regarding the technical advances made in the edition 2023 of Vivid Sydney, Michael Hassett, founder and CEO of TDC, He points out that "every year we evolve our technological offer and, in this edition, Our project teams are very excited to achieve a World premiere in laser projection. The technology of ship has outstanding features, as high brightness, Low-latency processing and robust design; In addition, has the only projection system that meets our color uniformity requirements, reduced energy consumption and return on investment".

As this manager adds, “We always provide manufacturers with some operational and processing suggestions to improve implementation, which this year included low costs and monitoring through our platform TDC LiveView to manage equipment from a central location. We are delighted to have that feedback direct included in UDM-4K30 that visitors to Vivid Sydney will be the first to see in action anywhere”.

Outdoor projection boxes TwLite

With a new TDC design, the TwLite projection towers host the equipment outdoors; can be deployed quickly; Have improved airflow for projector efficiency and life, and are more robust and waterproof than the previous ones.

"We are excited about the efficiency that TwLite towers provide during installation. in situ. Built with sustainability in mind, Towers can be reused, which is very important", Says Toby Waley, Head of Operations at TDC.

All facilities are controlled from a central point so that the projection towers do not interrupt the public observation points.. The design of all systems was taken into account during the recent festival Live Enlivened (Candle lighting) at the Sydney Opera House, which now has 4K laser projectors to bring the work of Dr. John Olsen and Curiious.

the New refrigerators of projectors increase efficiency and light output, while improving efficiency with fiber optic outputs from custom media servers.

For installation Inside Out, at Customs House, All laser projectors have been upgraded from Barco UDM-W22 to UDM-W30 model, A compact and lightweight system 30K, WUXGA resolution and 29.000 Lumens, to increase light output and performance. Completely redesigned, There is no longer a centralized projection tower and each projector is redundant.

Record laser projection

In total, TDC has deployed 150 of the most modern laser projectors for Vivid Sydney 2023, The largest installation of its kind ever assembled in the Southern Hemisphere. These equipment with laser technology emit more light than conventional lamp-based, offer superior fidelity, Sharper contrast and consume much less power.

These projectors offer unprecedented levels of illumination at the festival to produce billion pixels every night, more than twice as much as in 2022. At the same time, Power consumption is 150 kilowatt hours (Kwh) lower than last year. "TDC is able to offer a increase in 25% in projection coverage for Vivid Sydney 2023, while emitting less carbon waste than in 2022".

On view with TDC LiveView

In keeping with this year's theme of Vivid Sydney, Focused on nature, TDC has deployed its Automated LiveView remote monitoring system, that controls thousands of computers to solve problems and limit staff movements.

Operators and engineers work from a control center and TDC LiveView provides all the data of each installation, So that if any technical problem arises, specialized personnel are sent to solve it immediately..

"TDC LiveView is an automated solution that will monitor during the festival the thousands of equipment used at Vivid Sydney throughout our facilities," he explains. Drew Ferors, Director of Technical Services and Training of the Company-. Thanks to this system we can Collect real-time data, such as the temperature of all equipment that is outdoors in projection enclosures, along with information about the performance of each".

All TDC projector enclosures are air-conditioned to improve equipment performance, and Vivid Sydney facilities are monitored by camera systems that also send information about their status and performance to this company's LiveView application.

In its thirteenth edition, Vivid Sydney transforms the port city to the next 17 of June in a luminous fusion of creativity, Innovation and technology, with more than three hundred events and activities around the light, music, ideas and, for the first time, the food.

Project data and achievements

To fully understand the scope of the project and the shift towards best practices in video solutions and design, TDC has provided the following data and achievements of the festival:

• Every night more than 3,5 million lumens of projected light.
• Unprecedented levels of projection produce a total of 1.000 million pixels every night. In contrast, TDC achieved 230.000.000 of pixels in 2022.
• An increase in projection coverage of more than 25% with less energy consumed than in 2022.
• 150 kilowatt hours (Kwh) less than in 2022 (An average Australian household, of four people, consumes approximately 1,8 Kwh).
• TDC has recently installed a clean energy solar system of 100 kW at its Sydney headquarters, in Alexandria.
• On the eve of Vivid Sydney, TDC has received the world's first delivery of thirty newly developed laser projectors from Barco that are operational at the festival.
• Live View 24/7 is TDC's remote control system that monitors thousands of equipment and environmental factors in more than twenty facilities. Monitoring everything remotely ensures staff only have to respond to issues in real time, limiting travel.
• Destination NSW, the New South Wales Government's tourism and major events agency, is the owner, manager and producer of Vivid Sydney.

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