![]() It also allows the creation of an heterogenic network of display devices from different manufacturers, which can all be controlled from one computer. The main benefit of this approach is that it eliminates the complexity of networking and control issues, thereby reducing the need for technical knowledge of the user. This means that “intelligence” is added to LED devices, enabling them to talk directly to the server or console, without the user's input. Kling-Net automatically configures and connects display devices to a computer, media server or console. Together with Art-Net, it is one of the most commonly used lighting control and Remote Device Management (RDM) protocols. It aims to provide video professionals the ability to distribute real-time video data to LED strips, LED panels and other remote devices over ethernet. In 2011, ArKaos introduced the Kling-Net protocol, used for lighting control and Remote Device Management (RDM). The application is available in two versions: ArKaos VJ MIDI, conceived as a live video performance instrument, often used in conjunction with a MIDI keyboard, and ArKaos VJ DMX (a "media server software"), which can be controlled with a DMX console ( DMX512 is a communication standard used for stage lighting devices). It’s not just projection mapping on buildings as a cool gimmick any more.ArKaos is an application for live visual performance, conceived as a visual sampler for video loops that can be triggered from the computer, or through a hardware interface. Live visuals increasingly means adapting to spaces, using multiple outputs and multiple projectors, tailoring your visuals to irregular surfaces and integrating them with environments. It’s projection, but it’s also dealing with LED walls. And flexible output isn’t just something expected of high-end shows and media servers: it’s something that increasingly is becoming something the lowly, laptop-in-a-backpack VJ does, too. It’s making your visual imagination look as good as possible when others see it.Īll of this means it’s great news to see ArKaos, a long-time name in live visual and VJ software, move toward integrating mapping with their software. ![]() I got to spend some quality time with ArKaos at Pro Light + Sound, the companion event to Musikmesse, last week in Frankfurt. We talk to ArKaos at top in our own video below, here’s what their booth looked like with this software set up: (I got to discuss details of this technology in California in January with ArKaos at NAMM, but it wasn’t ready to show yet.) They showed us the new video mapping technology, available in public for the first time. You’ve seen this kind of mapping convenience in software before, of course. ![]() The popular MadMapper tool, for one, offers similar features for taking live visual output and mapping it to three-dimensional surfaces. MadMapper works with any Syphon-compatible Mac application, too, whereas – for now, at least – ArKaos is only talking integration with their software.īut just as MadMapper’s approach has some advantages, ArKaos is bringing something new to the table. For one, Windows users aren’t left in the dark. ArKaos tells CDM that they’re using DirectX 9 extensions for high-performance routing between applications on non-fruit-related platforms. (Syphon is Mac-only, and uses OpenGL.)ĪrKaos is also promising that by the end of the year, this functionality will be integrated directly with their software – not requiring, as MadMapper does, running a separate app. I also like ArKaos’ approach to output and masking: it’s a whole lot easier to see which surface is which and on which output, so multiple projectors (or LED walls) become convenient. ![]() Once integrated in something like GrandVJ, that could be even better.ĭesigned for people on the run who need to setup mapping projects in very short times, the application can deform and project individual layers on the shapes of a mapped stage, allowing to easily make visuals flow around complex shapes in just a few clicks. MediaMaster 3.0 users needs the Pro license to have access to the Video Mapper We release the mapper running with MediaMaster, the Video Mapper is V1.0 and MediaMaster is V 3.0 beta These are planned dates, not set-in-stone ship dates, but it gives you a good idea of what to expect: Right now, this is all an extension to MediaMaster, but if you can’t afford that high-end media server solution, it’s coming to GrandVJ, too.ĪrKaos gives CDM the scoop on their planned timetable and release schedule. GrandVJ will cost 649 euros with Video Mapper (Pro), the upgrade for the mapper will cost 349 euros We release the Video Mapper running with GrandVJ 2.0 beta ARKAOS GRANDVJ V1.0 PRO We release MediaMaster 3.0 final that can load mapping files and does not need the Video Mapper once the mapping is created.
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