ENNOVATION
OCTOBER 2020
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Eos Gets Augment3d with the Release of Eos v3.0
ETC officially released the Eos v3.0 software, bringing powerful threedimensional programming and augmented-reality control to the Eos platform. This update marks the official integration of the muchanticipated Augment3d toolkit into Eos. With Augment3d, users can program moving fixtures with unprecedented speed and ease, visualize their cues in an imported model of their space, and even position lights with a flick of an augmented-reality smartphone “focus wand.” Over 5,000 beta users tested the software in recent months, and their feedback has helped to build one of the most exciting new Eos feature sets yet. The new software runs natively on all the latest Eos Family hardware and can be used with the ETCnomad software on Mac and PC. Educators, students, and those wishing to learn the software can download the latest ETCnomad software for free and make use of the Augment3d programming space to create virtual design projects in offline mode. ETC has also created a virtual light lab show file to help students use Augment3d to learn about lighting. If the educational potential of Augment3d seems perfectly timed for the current distance-learning moment, the long-term professional applications for Augment3d are even more powerful. Augment3d supports over 50 different 3D file extensions for importing venue or set models, and you can easily import your fixture plot using a Vectorworks plugin. Even without a pre-existing plot or model, you can use the Fixture Position Estimation tool to quickly reverse-engineer the spatial coordinates of your moving fixtures from as few as four focus palettes. Loading into a new touring venue has never been easier.
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Once you have your virtual rig, Augment3d offers a host of new tools to make focus and cueing a breeze. You can position the beam of a moving or static fixture with a click or a touch. Turn on stick-beam visualization to drag your beams into place using Focus Handles and then maintain their spacing as you move multiple selected fixtures together. You can even focus from the perspective of the fixture to get an electrician’s-eye view. A new “Staging Mode” provides a busking-friendly alternative to “Live” and “Blind,” allowing you to preview and edit your looks before recording or playing them. A new “Staging Mode” keycap for your console is available on the ETC website. ETC’s iRFR and aRFR focus remote apps also now boast an exciting new augmented-reality “Wand” function. After scanning an AR target placed in your space, you’ll be able to view and to select your lights using the
