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IN DISCUSSION
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DATAPATH: IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The company looks back on some landmark creative digital display and command and control centre projects from around the world.
Datapath has come a long way since its formation in 1982 when it set out developing low-cost colour graphics terminals for mini-computers. Today, the company is a leader in control technologies for creative multi-display video walls, small- to medium-scale video walls in business environments, and command and control rooms of any scale. Datapath remains an expert in capture and graphics technology, offering a comprehensive range of capture cards to suit a variety of video modes and complementary graphics cards for multi-screen solutions. The company’s products are distributed across five continents to customers in more than 100 countries, covering industries such as, national security, emergency services, utilities, medical, retail, and events and experiences, to list but a few. Reliable command and control applications can be executed with Datapath’s latest solution, Aetria. Bringing system design, management, and operation of control rooms into a single, central interface, Aetria is fully integrated with Datapath’s VSN range of video wall controllers, video capture and graphics cards, and KVM products. Creative solutions comprise the company’s multi-display technologies from its popular x-Series of video processors.
Datapath helps illuminate Melody Maker Cancun hotel
Datapath helped the Melody Maker hotel in Cancun create a more immersive, more spectacular, and more memorable experience for guests attending its events. Melody Maker took the decision to utilise the hotel’s exterior, transforming it into a giant 7,000 sq m canvas, creating one of the world’s biggest permanent 3D mapping displays. Datapath delivered this by using four next-generation Fx4 display wall controllers and positioned projectors strategically outside the hotel. The installation at the hotel is amongst the largest of its kind in the world and has helped Melody Maker stand-out from its competitors.
96 Datapath processors power 360 immersive 4k videowall
A total of 96 Datapath processors power displays in a 360° immersive 4K video wall – the centrepiece of the Sir John Monash Australian National Centre in northern France. The centre, designed to cater for 110,000 visitors a year, uses stunning immersive visuals to convey Australia’s story of their significant role on
the Western Front during the 1914-1918 conflict. The result is a stunning visual spectacle which delivers a powerful message of sacrifice and bravery and one that is fitting for such a venue.
Stella use of Datapath Fx4 video wall controllers at flagship stores
Luxury fashion house Stella McCartney is using 83 Datapath Fx4 video wall controllers to drive its flagship stores’ video walls around the globe. The 11 flagship stores, including Manhattan’s Soho, London’s Mayfair, and Milan, drive the mosaic displays to promote its latest collection – as well as delivering all-important environmental messaging to customers and passers-by.
360 ° projection cinema experience at the National Space Centre
Four Datapath Fx4 display controllers with 13 new laser projector units were used to upgrade a projection system for the UK’s National Space Centre’s 360° planetarium dome. The Datapath Fx4 is a multi-faceted standalone display controller that supports a choice of inputs, high bandwidth loop-through as well as four genlocked outputs in either DisplayPort or HDMI.
Left: Datapath helps illuminate Melody Maker Cancun hotel.
Above: The company’s products are used at Sir John Monash Australian National Centre, National Space Centre, and Stella McCartney flagship stores.
Above: The video wall solution at Shimizu Corporation’s SCC in central Tokyo.
Left: Datapath solutions in Colombia and the USA.
Launching a space operation centre control room
A world-renowned spaceport in South-eastern USA required a new control room-based video wall to meet new government requirements. A Datapath VSN1182 wall controller was selected along with multiple Datapath Image graphics cards to support an LCD video wall. The Spaceport now has a control room visualisation experience that is far superior and more secure than what was previously used.
Delivering a mission-critical collaboration in Colombia
Datapath’s VSN range is used to power a unique three video-wall system in a control room for the National Police of Colombia headquarters, offering versatility, rock-solid reliability, crisp audio, and vivid images displayed from multiple sources. Datapath’s technology offers robust flexibility all while giving the client the required performance, scalability, and redundancy they needed.
New smart control centre in Tokyo skyscraper
The Shimizu Corporation, widely regarded as one of the top five contractors in Japan, required the design and installation of a large video wall solution for their multipurpose Smart Control Center (SCC) in central Tokyo. The video wall is used for a variety of purposes: monitoring the construction site of the skyscraper via multiple camera sources; displaying construction design and progress and documents as well as conducting video conferences and presentations. Shimizu adopted a Datapath VSN1182 video wall controller, running WallControl 10 Professional management software to power content.
