InPark Magazine: Video servers are a crucial component in today’s media-based attractions. Whether guests are watching a 4D show on a giant screen or a seasonal exhibit such as SeaWorld’s Sea of Trees, video servers feed carefully choreographed, perfectly timed video images and/or lighting cues to display devices.
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I’m currently in the media section of my stagecraft, which is what drew me to this article. I love reading little introductory, or entry level, articles. The difficulty level for comprehension is relatively low, which make it easy for me to understand, while also still teaching me something. Media is a particularly fascinating field, because like the article mentions the technology in the field has been increasing at an incredible pace. The article says “Servers have come a long way in the past 10 or 12 years, from a box that basically just played back video on demand.” To think that in only that time we have moved from playback to motion tracking projections that redefine entire vantages, and VR helmets that can replace reality. Soon augmented realities will be common places, and haptics will be readily available.
This article was surprisingly very introductory in regards to explaining concepts regarding useful servers and equipment, which was incredibly helpful for me. Similarly this article does a great job of also pointing out the compromise of using particular servers and programs, highlighting numerous ones and identifying their true uses, and then establishing practical thought processes behind choosing the one that is right for you. I am continually shocked at all the incredible things that can be done with media and the ways it has grown and thrived in such a short period of time. “We always assume the client thinks they will use the server one way, but as they learn the software and begin to understand its capabilities, they use that to their advantage to do more.” This statement from the article sums up the ways you need to be progressive with your thinking and how there is so much room for improvement and growth going forward. I truly cannot wait to see what progress will be made in the coming years and how we will progress to using the technology we already have and the technology we have yet to develop in order to create more elaborate, innovative media production.
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