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Epson helps create robot sand sculpture at South Florida Fair

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March 22, 2022

With a "Rockin' Robots" theme, this year the South Florida Fair greeted attendees with a robot sand sculpture created through projection mapping from Epson, an LCD projector producer, according to a company press release.

The Electric Dream Machine co-founders, Jasper Mosher and Shelby Wilson, used a collection of Epson 3LCD projectors to map color and detail onto the robot sand sculpture that stood 10 feet high, 40 feet long and 20 feet wide. EDM also mapped a 20-foot by 40-foot mural that stood behind the sand sculpture. EDM worked with South Florida Fair's director of brand management Rita De Mier-Lincoln and expo facility manager Alex Rodriguez on the attraction that was active for 15 days and seen by more than 400,000 visitors.

"Epson's 3-chip 3LCD projection technology has the ability to deliver color with accuracy, saturation and vibrancy. For this project in particular, the versatility Epson offers in its lineup was also huge," Mosher said in the release. "While I loved working with sand as a canvas, it was a complicated structure with lots of nooks and crannies and the adaptable projectors allowed me to achieve vibrant projection from every angle needed."

With design and sound effects by Glennis McClellan and Estevan Padilla of Show Element Lab, the sculpture was carved by Sandtastic. EDM used a lineup of Epson projectors along with Resolume software. Each robot was projected onto from the front, side and around the corners for a 270-degree walkaround experience. The projected elements synchronized with eight different songs and settings.

"Aiming for a new, fun theme every year, robots had been something we've wanted to do for quite some time. Incorporating the projection mapped robots on a sand sculpture added an extra layer of excitement for every guest as they entered the fair," De Mier-Lincoln said in the release. "In previous years we used giant backdrops that resulted in a lot of waste. Switching to sand and Epson projectors not only allowed us to create something spectacular with captivating color and design, but also saved us immensely on costs. We were able to spark the 'oohs and ahs' from guests without wasting material when it's time to close up shop."