Amber Long
January 27, 2021
Toronto, ON. CANADA, January 27, 2021 – Starting in December 2020, Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies students at Nottingham Trent University, UK are learning up-to-the-moment skills in design and emerging technologies as part of a new partnership with CAST. Augmenting state-of-the-art facilities at Confetti, CAST is providing students an enhanced learning environment with training on BlackTrax (Real-Time Tracking) […]
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January 20, 2021
With 90 million records sold, Andrea Bocelli is one of the most popular artists of all time, and it was an honour to have Bocelli and Igor Mitoraj’s sculptural works as the protagonists of a special evening in Noto to promote Sicilian Unesco sites. wysiwyg was also honoured to be there to help light this […]
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January 6, 2021
Most 15-year olds we all know are asking for new video games for Christmas and playing video games in their free time. But Campbell Shaw is not your ordinary 15-year-old. At a very young age, he became obsessed with lighting because it allows one to create a world of magic with lighting and tell stories. […]
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November 9, 2020
09 November 2020 LONDON – Claypaky and CAST Group of Companies are very excited to present the WACKIT Contest a virtual lighting design competition based on a concept by Lighting Designer Durham Marenghi and his partner Jennie. Whilst planning this event of course we had no idea that England would enter a second lock down […]
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October 27, 2020
City College Plymouth in the UK has been using wysiwyg as part of their curriculum since 2012. We spoke to Nolan Pearce, Subject Leader, Live events Production and asked him how wysiwyg has been received and some of the benefits having wyg in the classroom. This is his glowing response. “I believe we first installed WYSIWYG […]
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October 14, 2020
Toronto, ON. CANADA, October 14, 2020 – CAST Group of Companies, Inc. is thrilled to welcome Evolve Technology to their roster of BlackTrax dealers. BlackTrax is a new offering for Evolve that allows them to provide full turnkey tracking solutions on xR stages, projection mapping, and virtual lighting. With plans to expand their training courses […]
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September 16, 2020
CAST believes it is important for students to develop an array of specialized skills throughout their education to make them ready for “the real world’ of lighting and design. Looking for inspiring stories to share, we came across Pedro Marcé Socias from Spain. A quick read of his LinkedIn profile doesn’t seem to do Pedro […]
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Toronto, ON. CANADA, September 7, 2020 – As part of their commitment to education, CAST Group of Companies Inc. is pleased to announce a FREE version of wysiwyg Design is now available to all students and teachers, enrolled on a full or part-time lighting design course at a university, college, post-secondary vocational or poly-technical school. […]
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A message from Dino Mazza, VP, Product: On behalf of the CAST team, I hope that this message finds you well and that you and your families and friends are keeping safe. Thankfully, I am happy to share that everyone at CAST is doing well. These uncertain times have changed how we all live and […]
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July 23, 2020
Atlanta-based MEPTIK is a creative agency specialized in custom design for live environments. The name started as an inside joke, combining “mep” and “triptych”. MEPTIK’s co-founders are Nick Rivero and Sarah Linebaugh. Both come from live event backgrounds and eventually came together with the common goal of pushing creativity and technology in the live event […]
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