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Conrad Jupiters Casino
Gold Coast, Australia
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Oracle Attractions was commissioned to supply and install a laser for the INNUEVRE show, staged eight times per week in the Showroom theatre of the Conrad Jupiter’s Casino on the Gold Coast of Australia. Commencing in October 98,

The concept was a 3-minute high impact laser effects display within the hazed darkened environment.



The show takes advantage of the full color capabilities of the Oracle Septor laser system and always Wows! the crowd during show time. With the room smoked out using haze machines and fans, the laser projects from the rear of the stage and sweeps giant multi-colored fans of light through the audience. There is no seat in the house that does not become immersed in laser light during the performance. The three-minute segment explores various modes like fast chopping lines to smooth moving circles with rainbows running around them. The laser can be hard and fast or slow and gentle as the music accentuates the experience.

Oracle Director Paul Mazlin and artist Warren Liang produced the creative in a week of midnight to dawn programming sessions two weeks prior the opening.


The system was designed to be fault tolerant considering the demanding performance schedule. The show utilizes two Spectra Physics 168 mixed gas white light lasers in a custom built Oracle Septor dual scan laser system. Each laser has its own complete optical and electronic sub systems including separate power supplies, control boards, crystal and driver and scanners. There are also two cable runs from the computer in case of a cable fault. The program was written to use both heads, each creating different effects to create a bright, full color show, however, should one head fail a special backup show file was created so the normal two head show could be run on Head 1 or Head 2 depending which system is down. It is fairly rare that problems occur but when they do, the show can continue as normal while Oracle technicians fix the problem.



The equipment is installed at the rear of the stage on a specially constructed platform. This gives the laser the maximum throw and scan angle through the room. Jupiter's Casino is located in a geographical area where electrical storms and power surges are frequent, therefore it was decided to install special surge handling equipment on the incoming three-phase power. A separate power unit was fitted for each laser so that if one tripped the other would still operate. These units can be seen in the installation photos as the blue boxes on the wall with the three phase lights.





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