Christie showcases applications, experiences and innovations for location-based entertainment at Asian Attractions Expo 2016

SHANGHAI – (June 14, 2016) – Christie®, a leader in creating and delivering the world’s best visual and audio experiences, is showcasing a range of innovative digital applications and experiences that are ideal for location-based entertainment at the Asian Attractions Expo 2016, taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, June 14-16.

At booth no. 1182, visitors can learn more about how unique forms of visual technologies are designed and deployed by entertainment designers, operators and owners to create the most exciting experiences of the future. They can also interact with digital specialists from Christie 360, a highly specialized team dedicated to creating high-impact experiential media and interactive multiplatform applications suited for location-based entertainment venues such as theme parks, museums and tourist attractions.



“Christie has evolved from its roots as a pure engineering and product-driven organization to one that delivers large-scale visual experiences. We possess the technology and expertise to help industry partners and clients define digital media strategies and deliver next-generation installations that deliver superior ROI,” said Denys Lavigne, Senior Director, Global Christie 360. “From 3D mapping on art, interactive architectural media and VR applications, we look forward to demonstrating how Christie’s visual technologies, combined with creativity and innovation, can lead to new trends that enhance the visitor experience at large-scale venues.”

Since its inception, Christie 360 has worked on projects around the world and pushed the boundaries in how branded digital media can be used in different type of environments. These include a spectacular projection mapping on glass art in collaboration with renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly for Barneys New York, a large gesture interactive video wall for Gateway Cascades Casino in Canada, and an immersive corridor & experiential hub for cinema operator Cinemaxx in Indonesia.

“Christie has the capability and solutions to deliver powerful visual experiences. Our avant-garde showcase developed by Christie 360 at this year’s Asian Attractions Expo is a case in point,” commented Jason Pei, Deputy General Manager, Christie China. “From smaller-scale events and environments to large venues, shows and attractions, our reliable end-to-end solutions and services are well placed to ignite visitors’ senses, assist entertainment destinations to draw repeat visitors and entice new guests.”

Lin Yu, Vice President, Christie Asia Pacific, added, “Our participation in the Asian Attractions Expo is both timely and essential, given that major theme park openings and rising investment will continue to drive the market over the next five years and annual attendance is anticipated to reach 540 million in 2019. With our strong R&D culture and a history of innovation, we are well-positioned to leverage on the rapid growth of this industry by constantly pushing the boundaries of visual technologies to help our partners create and deliver the world’s best shared experiences.”

Christie MicroTiles​ making an impact at the Show

Over at Falcon’s Treehouse’s and the Themed Entertainment Association’s (TEA) booths at No. 1414 and No. 2176 respectively, Christie is featuring an array of its award-winning Christie® MicroTiles® – the ultimate digital canvas for delivering amazing image quality, and vibrant, true-to-life colors in almost any shape and size. Arranged in a 50-unit configuration at Falcon’s Treehouse’s booth, and a four tall and six wide array at the TEA booth, Christie MicroTiles display a variety of highly engaging content that captivate visitors and turn heads.

Renowned for their ability to maintain color depth, high contrast and high brightness at 3200K color temperature, Christie MicroTiles deliver ultra-high resolution images and lifelike colors in a variety of entertainment applications.

Organized by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), the annual Asian Attractions Expo is the region’s premier global conference and trade show for the attractions industry. An estimated 7,000 industry professionals from 65 countries are expected to take part in the event, with a trade show floor showcasing products and services from more than 300 companies across all sectors in the attractions realm.

About Christie

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. is a global visual and audio technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world’s most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognized as one of the most innovative visual technology companies in the world. From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centers to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images. Visit www.christiedigital.com.

New Christie Mystique Suite of Tools for large-scale Experiences Previewed at InfoComm 2016

INFOCOMM/LAS VEGAS, NV. –​ (June 7, 2016) To address the increasing demand for world-class large-scale audience experiences in major entertainment venues worldwide, Christie® will be previewing the new Christie Mystique​™ suite of tools, including software, hardware and services at InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 8 – 10.


Supporting the design, installation, and operation of sports venues and other Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) venues and attractions, Mystique will augment Christie’s award-winning line of projectors, visual displays and services by providin​g system design, pre-visualization tools, including Virtual Reality technology and 3D printed scale model systems, camera-based alignment tools and system-level monitoring.

“Christie is first in the industry to offer a full suite of services, software and hardware solutions for the design, deployment and maintenance of complex visual systems. As such, Christie Mystique demonstrates the company’s wealth of technical capabilities and industry-leading services to ensure an extraordinary experience th​roughout its entire lifecycle,” said Curtis Mutter, solutions manager, Christie. “Mystique solves specific challenges that our partners encounter when fulfilling multi-screen, multi-projector blended systems. With the Mystique suite of solutions, our partners can continue to confidently work with Christie for all of their LBE needs from idea to reality.”

Christie Mystique consists of the following:

Mystique Design

• Simulates and validates system designs to meet quality standards of today’s leading attractions and venues, as part of the planning process during which Christie works closely with integrators and customers.
• Offers unique ways of creating a virtual environment to “test” content both in Virtual Reality and through physical scale model representations of the system, providing a real sense of what the system would look like without the time, hassle and expense of physically setting up a mock-up of the venue or attraction.
• Allows for a more collaborative process, which can include the creation of a scaled projection system for our partners to use as a sales tool.

Mystique Install

• Provides tools and fulfillment services to help bring venues or attractions from design to reality.
• Provides a host of existing camera-based warp and blend tools that are ideal for aligning everything from simple stacked projection deployments, to multi-projector domes, to complex 3D objects – solving some of the biggest challenges in the deployment of a complex visual system.
• Can help define the playback channels to ensure that content providers correctly render the highest quality content for their production with minimal warping required.

Mystique Operate

• Helps customers maintain “Day 1” quality across all facets of their display systems.
• Provides purpose-built tools that help meet the specific operational requirements of the different environments such as theme park dark rides, sports stadiums and arenas by monitoring “system-level” metrics that can’t typically be monitored by individual projector monitoring tools.
• Integrates easy-to-use re-alignment tools that work in conjunction with Mystique Install to allow technicians to easily maintain system alignment.
• Allows for additional Christie software and hardware tools to be leveraged, to create customized show control systems.​​​

Christie Mystique Design and Install will be rolling out in the fall of 2016, with Mystique Operate planned for the first half of 2017.

“Christie Mystique is the culmination of Christie’s leadership in large-scale visual experiences,” said Jennifer Smith, executive vice president, Global Market Solutions, Christie. “It’s a combination of design and auto-calibration software, system-level hardware and services that make it easier for our customers to move from the ‘art of the possible’ to reality.”


About Christie®

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. is a global visual and audio technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world’s most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognized as one of the most innovative visual technology companies in the world. From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centers to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images. Visit www.christiedigital.com.


“Christie” is a trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., registered in the United States of America and certain other countries.

Christie Celebrates Ten Years of Environmental Initiatives

Environmental programs includes major projects to reduce waste, energy consumption

CYPRESS, Calif. – (April 22, 2016) – Christie®, a leader in creating and sharing the world's best visual and audio experiences, is proudly celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Environmental Management System (EMS). The system, based on ISO 14001, focuses on building and continually improving Christie’s environmental performance.


The EMS encompasses numerous environmental programs including waste reduction, recycling, water and electricity reduction, facility and operational improvements, with a significant net CO2 reduction.

Chairman, president and CEO Jack Kline said, “We’ve introduced numerous programs to reduce our carbon footprint. These initiatives are an investment in the future and, what is unquestionable, is the ultimate impact on the environment. I want Christie to set an example for other companies; we take this seriously and don’t intend on slowing down.”

Initiatives include the installation of 2,190 solar panel modules on the Ushio (Christie’s parent company) and Christie office buildings in Cypress, California. The panels produce 833,000 kWh annually, reducing CO2 emissions by 814,807 pounds and power consumption by up to 28 percent. Christie MicroTiles® installations in the lobbies of Ushio and Christie (Camden Drive) display the amount of energy that the solar panels produce in real-time.

At Christie’s manufacturing headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario, a 35,000 square foot warehouse was converted to office space using environmentally conscious techniques aligned with LEED Gold. The space includes daylight harvesting, energy conserving lighting with high-efficiency HVAC automation, sound masking and carefully selected interior materials. Overall, environmental related projects in Christie’s Kitchener facility resulted in a 47 percent decrease in natural gas consumption and a 27 percent decrease in water consumption between 2004 and 2015. The facility also boasted a 60 percent waste diversion improvement over the 10-year period.


In Cypress, Christie renovated its Network Operation Center (NOC) with refurbished data center equipment, including computer room cooling units and battery backup and flooring from renewable resources, which also helps maintain a low-static environment.

Employee engagement with Christie’s environmental programs has been and continues to be a critical success factor. “There is always a tendency to believe that the efforts of individuals are insignificant, but working together with everyone engaged creates a meaningful result,” says CEO Jack Kline.

In 2014, Christie employees initiated a project to reduce the amount of LDPE#4 foam sent out as waste. Staff worked with the primary packaging supplier to pick-up foam used in raw material packaging from Christie for processing back into a raw material form. This allowed Christie to be among the first manufacturing companies in the region to remove this product from its waste stream.

“When it comes to the environment, we only have one planet and it’s up to all of us to take care of it,” says Kline. “Ten years ago, when we started our environmental management program, we took this very seriously; we wanted all of our employees to be a part of it. To do so, we had to create a vision, and that was to constantly improve what we’re doing to preserve the environment.”

Find out more about Christie’s environmental initiatives.


About Christie®

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. is a global visual and audio technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world’s most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognized as one of the most innovative visual technology companies in the world. From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centers to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images. Visit www.christiedigital.com.


“Christie” is a trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., registered in the United States of America and certain other countries. DLP® is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments.

Christie India Celebrates Opening of New Expanded Facility in Bangalore

BANGALORE, India – (August 17, 2015) – Christie®, a global visual technology company, is pleased to announce the opening of its expanded facility in India, which was officially inaugurated at an event attended by customers and business partners in the country, as well as senior members of the Christie management team on August 14.

The reception area of Christie India's new facility

Located in the International Technology Park in Bangalore, a major IT hub in India’s Silicon Valley, the new premises will provide a superior level of service and support to Christie’s clients and partners in India, which clearly reflects Christie’s ongoing commitment to the Indian market, which has seen tremendous growth and potential in recent years.

The reception area of Christie India’s new facility
Occupying over 13,500 square feet, Christie India’s new home is three times larger than its former premises situated within the same industrial park. It hosts a vast area devoted to warehousing, a conference room with full AV facilities, “Inspire, Create, Experience” (I.C.E) showrooms for displaying Christie’s latest technologies and staging live demos, a full-fledged service center, as well as a clean room for performing cleaning and repairs of light engines for cinema projectors. This makes Christie India the first office in the Asia Pacific region to be equipped with a clean room facility.

Among the products on display in the I.C.E showrooms are the Christie® MicroTiles®, Christie® Entero™ HB 67-inch display cubes, Christie Phoenix video wall controllers, Christie FHD552-X HD LCD panels, Christie QuadHD84 LCD panel, and the Christie HD14K-M 3DLP® projectors driven by the Christie Spyder X20 video processor. In addition, Christie’s state-of-the-art digital cinema projectors, crafted and built for entertainment environments, will be available for demonstrations. The showcased products will be refreshed on a regular basis so that customers can experience the latest and most up-to-date visual solutions.

Rajesh Patkar, Deputy General Manager of Christie
India (left) showing guests around the I.C.E. showrooms

“I would like to congratulate Christie India on the official opening of its new and bigger facility. India is one of our key markets in Asia and the new office will help to expand our presence and deepen our synergistic relationships with our local partners and customers in India,” said Lin Yu, vice president, Christie Asia Pacific. “We have seen significant growth in the Indian market and there’s continued strong potential for our full spectrum of comprehensive visual solutions. As a leader with more than 85 years of experience in the visual industry, we are definitely well-prepared to support the growth in the Indian market.”

Projection mapping demonstration in the I.C.E
showroom using two Christie HD14K-M projectors

Michael Bosworth, general manager, Christie India, added, “The opening of our new facility marks a new milestone for Christie in India. It represents our continued and sustained efforts in staying ahead of the competition and constantly meeting the needs of all our customers and partners who have supported us over the years. With the bigger and better facilities for sales, servicing and warehousing, I’m confident that we can provide better response and assistance to all our customers on technical, sales and related issues in a shorter turnaround time.”

Christie has had a strong presence in the Indian market for more than 10 years. Working with its established partner network, Christie India has accomplished a number of firsts in the visual solutions industry. It is the first company to offer 20,000-lumen high-brightness projectors for sale in India, and the first and only company to date to accomplish fixed-installed video mapping projects in the country.

Among its list of widely-acclaimed projects include the Old Fort and Guru Tegh Bahadur Memorial Park in Delhi, the brilliant projection mapping performance on the facades of Jodphur’s renowned Umaid Bhawan Palace, and the deployment of close to 200 Christie Roadster Series projectors for last year’s general elections, which was the largest deployment of Christie projectors for a single event in India to date. Today, Christie India is the leading player in high brightness rental staging market in India.


About Christie®

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. is a global visual and audio technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world’s most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognized as one of the most innovative visual technology companies in the world. From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centers to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images. Visit www.christiedigital.com. 


“Christie” is a trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., registered in the United States of America and certain other countries. DLP® is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments


For more information contact:
CHAN Tsung Yi
Public Relations Manager
Asia Pacific  
Phone: + 65 6877 8793  
Email: tsungyi.chan@christiedigital.com