1998 ILDA Awards

Judges: Alexander Bresinsky, Steven Hubbard, Howard Ungerleider

ILDA Standard Projector (ISP) Beam Module
1st: "Mount Everest", Audio Visual Imagineering
2nd: "Rock It", FFP Laser Systems
3rd: "Nightmare", FFP Laser Systems
Honorable Mention: "MC303 Beams", Laser Spectacles

ISP Graphic Animation
1st (tie): "Dog and Pig", Audio Visual Imagineering
1st (tie): "Metamorphosis", Lightspeed Design Group

ISP Graphic Module
1st: "My Way", Strictly FX
2nd: "Dark and Long", Laseronics Northwest
3rd: "Money", FirstLight Laser Productions

ISP Graphic and Beam Module
1st: "Godzilla", Audio Visual Imagineering
Honorable Mention: "Diana", Audio Visual Imagineering

Beams/Atmospherics
1st: "Living Lines III", tarm SLL Technik
2nd: "LOBOmania", LOBO electronic

Abstract
1st: "Sunshower", Audio Visual Imagineering
2nd: (not awarded)
3rd: "The Woof", LaserAnimation Sollinger

Graphic Module
1st: "BP Convention", CoCoTec Showlaser
2nd: "Yamaha", ABC LaserEvents
3rd (tie): "Konica Cebit 98", CoCoTec Showlaser
3rd (tie): "Enso-1", ABC LaserEvents
Honorable Mention: "Just One Day", LaserAnimation Sollinger

Indoor Show
1st: "Living Lines II", tarm SLL Technik
2nd: "Tunnel of Love", ABC LaserEvents
3rd: "Is There Life on Mercury?", LOBO electronic

Outdoor Show
1st: "Hemispheric", LOBO electronic
2nd: "Natale Sotto La Madonnina", Laser Entertainment

Multimedia
1st: "Convention Sanofi: 'Aprovel' presentation", Laser Entertainment
2nd: "One Ocean", Lightspeed Design Group
3rd (tie): "Javelin Thrower", LOBO electronic
3rd (tie): "Enso-2", ABC LaserEvents

Special Application
Honorable Mention: "A day of a caterpillar", LOBO electronic

Fenning Award for Technical Achievement

(Note: In 1998, the ILDA technology award was renamed in honor of the late Fred Fenning, who pioneered many laser display developments during his 21-year career in the laser field.)

1st: "Showtime", Pangolin Laser Systems

Developed by William R. Benner, Jr. and Patrick Murphy, Showtime was the first all-in-one laser program that allowed complete shows to be created, edited and performed on a single computer. Showtime lets laserists synchronize frames and animations with the computer's internal CD player and with other sources such as SMPTE time code. It gives users a timeline for sequencing a show, offers video-like frame transitions, and can trigger external devices.

2nd: "Catweazle LC Galvanometer Scanner", MediaLas Laserproducts

Scanners are the heart of any laser projector, and the new scanners by MediaLas were designed to combine linearity, speed and reliability at a low price. The Catweazle performs at the ILDA 30K speed at a 10 degree deflection angle, and has a maximum 40 degrees of deflection.

3rd: "Lacon-5 Laser Control Unit", LOBO electronic

The Lacon-5 features a hybrid multiprocessor engine can control up to 12 laser projectors, light systems, and other peripherals. LOBO's optical data link connects all devices, with one fiber capable of controlling up to four laser projectors. A safety monitoring system enables each attached device to react to malfunctions.

Honorable Mention: "DMX-Nova", Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte

DMX-Nova is an interface between laser projectors and the DMX-512 protocol that is standard for theatrical lighting controllers. The device allows operators to use DMX commands to control a laser projector as if it were a theatrical light.