Pangolin Laser Systems Wins Big at the 2020 ILDA Awards

	Pangolin won in several categories at ILDA.

The International Laser Display Association (ILDA) held its annual awards ceremony this year and took a new approach to the conference, hosting their first ever "online" event (due to travel restrictions resulting from COVID-19). The ILDA Awards are considered by many as the "Oscars" of the laser display industry and help recognize the outstanding work and creativity achieved in the field.

Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc. participated in the yearly awards event held by ILDA and won big across several competitive categories including first place finishes in both Technical Achievement Awards, and Artistic Design and Programming.

Pangolin BeamBrush | 1st Place in the "Fenning Award for Technical Achievement

Pangolin's "BeamBrush" technology was awarded the 1st place Fenning Award for Technical Achievement, given its vast benefits to the laser and lighting design industries as a whole.

BeamBrush is a brand-new hardware and software system, that is available inside of a new line of lasers from Pangolin and KVANT. BeamBrush allows lighting designers to control the divergence (size) of a laser beam in real time. This improves laser projectors and laser shows in their entirety, across three main areas, the company says.

First, using BeamBrush Lasers, designers can go from a razor sharp "classic" laser look, all the way to a wash effect that is more traditionally created using a moving head light, in real time. Thus, BeamBrush lasers give designers an immensely versatile tool, that can create a much wider range of effects when compared to any other lighting fixture on the market presently.

Second, BeamBrush vastly improves the safety of audience scanning laser displays, so designers can finally use a laser, like a normal moving head fixture.

Third, BeamBrush allows visual artists to "paint" with laser light. With BeamBrush Lasers, a projected image (graphic, text, logo, animation, abstract, etc.) can be colored-in with laser light. Historically lasers could only trace the outlines of such content. With BeamBrush, that space can filled in.

A detailed technical overview of BeamBrush and in-depth look at the technology can be found in Pangolin's official video here: www.beambrush.com.

BeamBrush Lasers were also used to help facilitate the creative awards Pangolin won, including the 1st place Aquarius Laser Show, 1st place Tunnels Defocused Laser Show, and the 3rd place Transitional Energy Laser Show. An overview of each show is further noted below. In addition, Pangolin partners Mike Dunn, Pieterjan Ruysch, and Dream Laser all also won awards, using BeamBrush technology.

Aquarius Laser Show | 1st Place in the "Beams/Atmospherics Show for Multiple-Scanner Projectors" Category

Aquarius is a super high impact laser show designed for all viewers, providing a wide range of laser effects, looks, colors, and feelings accompanied by a fantastic musical piece by Xan Griffin. The beauty of this show is its appeal to a wide audience of people. Those who are new to laser shows will become emersed with the high impact effects and excitement the show brings. And experienced laser and lighting designers will respect the small details that went into the programming. You can see a full video overview of Aquarius, here: https://youtu.be/41O9CZcO64A

Tunnels Defocused Laser Show | 1st Place in the "Beams/Atmospherics Show with Outboard Effects" Category

Tunnels Defocused is a single beam laser show, demonstrating Pangolin's BeamBrush technology with a single laser scanner.

The laser show was created by Pangolin's creative director Lyra Letourneau. In a recent interview, she was quoted saying, "To use the new Beam Brush system in such a way as to trick the brain and compel someone to not look away was very exciting for me. As an artist, it's going to be hard to create laser shows now, without the use of BeamBrush technology."

You can see a full video recap of this show here: https://youtu.be/N92Musi5Lj0

Transitional Energy Laser Show | 3rd Place in the "Beams/Atmospherics Show for Multiple-Scanner Projectors" Category

This was one of the first laser beam shows ever created using Beam Brush technology, once again by Pangolin's Letourneau. You can see a full recap of this show here: https://youtu.be/xopyEFEORvc

BeamBrush Lasers will be Available in early 2021, for the global marketplace. With systems ranging in power ranging from 3Watt lasers all the way up to 34W.

In addition to awards won by Pangolin, over 80% of the awards granted from ILDA this year, were won by companies, artists, and designers, using Pangolin Laser Software, Control Hardware, and Laser Systems. Pangolin would like to extend sincere Congratulations to all of their industry partners, who won in this year's awards and showcased the power of our industry as a whole.