April 19, 2024

Phish Live at Sphere: Moment Factory Harnesses Sphere’s Next-Generation Technologies to Reimagine Concert Experience

A four-night concert series takes real-time content to new heights

LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / April 19, 2024 / Award-winning multimedia studio Moment Factory is proud to announce its latest collaboration with Phish: a groundbreaking four-night concert series at Sphere in Las Vegas. Running from April 18 to 21, the shows mark a bold step forward in live concert experiences, taking advantage of the venue's next-generation technologies to showcase immersive multimedia content generated from an innovative fusion of real-time and pre-rendered visuals. Only the second band to perform at Sphere, Phish ventures into new territory with its improvisational style, leading concert-goers on a mind-bending multisensory journey.

**Phish Live at Sphere**
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Moment Factory played a central role in the co-creative direction of the four shows, collaborating closely with Show Director Abigail Rosen Holmes. The studio's involvement extended to set design, video design, and production, as well as contributing to lighting concepts in collaboration with the band's longtime lighting designer, Chris Kuroda.

Moment Factory takes a future-forward approach to real-time generative video content, bringing unique visuals to the world's highest-resolution LED screen each night. Combining scenographic elements, 360° live performance capture, technologies including Unreal and Notch, pre-rendered imagery, and visuals generated with the assistance of AI, Moment Factory uses a number of tools and techniques never before seen at Sphere.

"Phish Live at Sphere is an incredibly audacious project that we are thrilled to have worked on. We feel extremely privileged to have legendary bands like Phish entrusting us with creating immersive universes around their music and identity, enabling them to connect with fans in completely new ways. Moment Factory got its start VJing in the late 90s, and we are particularly proud, nearly 25 years later, to have maintained this initial passion. We are now pushing it to an unprecedented level, creating the longest-ever real-time content show on the world's most immersive canvas at Sphere," says Daniel Jean, Producer for Shows, Moment Factory.

Powered by the venue's 21st-century technologies, each show in the four-night series is set apart by a curated setlist, Phish's signature improvisation, and a customized orchestration of music, visuals, and lighting.

Rising to this creative and technical challenge, the team worked closely with a trusted network of collaborators, including Disguise, whose innovative platform powered Moment Factory's extensive hours of pre-rendered and real-time visual content on a sprawling 16K x 16K resolution canvas. Fuse Technical Group served as the technical integrator for the video system, managing the incorporation of Moment Factory's content onto servers and providing supplementary servers for real-time content delivery. Moment Factory also enlisted Fly Studio, Myreze, and Sila Sveta for screen content production; Troublemakers for audio design during Phish's stage entrance; and Picnic Dinner Studios and Totem Studio for 2D animations during the intermission.

Phish Live at Sphere marks the Montreal-based studio's seventh and most ambitious collaboration with the prolific rock band. Their long-term creative partnership includes previous concerts at Madison Square Garden and the MGM Grand.

This latest undertaking highlights Moment Factory's expertise in hijacking technologies to create innovative entertainment - artificial intelligence serving as a prime example. Integrating AI seamlessly into workflows and customizing the technology to meet production demands supports the studio's commitment to innovation, collaboration, and pushing creative boundaries. Moment Factory embraces AI as a tool for pioneering new aesthetics, modes of engagement, and experiences that blend digital and physical worlds.

About Moment Factory

Moment Factory is a multimedia studio with a full range of production expertise under one roof. Our team combines specializations in video, lighting, architecture, sound and special effects to create remarkable experiences. Headquartered in Montreal, the studio also has other addresses in Tokyo, Paris, New York City, and Singapore. Since its inception in 2001, Moment Factory has created more than 550 unique projects worldwide, including the Lumina Night Walks and Aura Series, as well as The Messi Experience. Its productions span the globe and include such clients as Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Madonna, Microsoft, Disney, Universal Studios, Sony, Boston Museum of Science, Cipriani, and Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The studio explores innovative storytelling and creative uses of technology to craft immersive multimedia worlds that enhance the vital link between artist and audience.

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April 19, 2024

Phish Live at Sphere: Moment Factory Harnesses Sphere’s Next-Generation Technologies to Reimagine Concert Experience

A four-night concert series takes real-time content to new heights

About Moment Factory

momentfactory.com

To download photos and videos: PRESS KIT

Contact Information

Maïté Godin
Chargée aux relations publiques
media@momentfactory.com
1-514-814-6967

SOURCE: Moment Factory

View the original press release on newswire.com.

April 19, 2024

Phish Live at Sphere: Moment Factory Harnesses Sphere’s Next-Generation Technologies to Reimagine Concert Experience

A four-night concert series takes real-time content to new heights

About Moment Factory

momentfactory.com

To download photos and videos: PRESS KIT

Contact Information

Maïté Godin
Chargée aux relations publiques
media@momentfactory.com
1-514-814-6967

SOURCE: Moment Factory

View the original press release on newswire.com.

April 19, 2024

Vietnamese youth pledge to join hands in climate change response

New York: A representative of Vietnam has affirmed the youth's commitment to joining hands in climate change response, while attending a plenary session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum in New York on April 17. Addressing the event, Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF), said climate change is a global issue with increasing impact that requires better awareness and joint action by the whole world to resolve, and the youth have a crucial role to play in this regard to help with sustainable development in the future. He stressed that at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in 2021, Vietnam made a commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. With its role, the HCYU and the VYF always view promoting and mobilising the enormous force of the youth, whose strengths are wisdom, creativity, and enthusiasm, as a focal and strategic task in both short and long terms. The two organisations have worked to improve awareness among the public, including young people, through communication campaigns and training courses, especially the Green Sunday model. Youth clubs, teams, and networks for environmental protection and climate change response have been established from grassroots to central levels. Environmental protection models, ideas, and facilities have also been built and applied such as the 'flood resistant house' model. Young people have also actively engaged in the planting of 1 billion trees during 2021 - 2025, according to the official. Luong stated that the Vietnamese youth are strongly committed to join hands in taking drastic, concrete, and effective action to protect the environment and respond to climate change. He also called for cooperation and mutual assistance among organisations and individuals to together build a world of sustainable development in the future. In his opening remarks at the forum, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the en ergy and conviction of young people are widespread and have become more vital than ever. He appealed to young people to be on the frontlines for bold climate actions, deliver solutions, and create a world of peace and prosperity for all. The ECOSOC Youth Forum, taking place from April 14 to 22, provides a global platform for dialogue between UN member states and young leaders from across the globe to search solutions to the challenges affecting youth welfare. It also gathers young people to share recommendations and innovative ideas in regional-focused discussions and in preparation for the Summit of the Future, to be held under the auspices of the General Assembly this September./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

April 19, 2024

Ministry enhances public awareness of creativity and innovation

Hanoi: The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) held an event in Hanoi on April 19 to respond to the World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21), aiming to enhance public awareness of the role of creativity and innovation in socio-economic development and calling for organisations and individuals to join hands in promoting innovation activities. Through the event, the start of a series of creative and innovation encouragement activities, the ministry also aims to promote the development of the national innovation system with close links between the public sector, manufacturers, investors, and research, education and training facilities. Addressing the event, MoST Minister Huynh Thanh Dat noted that Vietnam has continuously climbed up the Global Innovation Index (GII) from the 59th position in 2016 to the 46th position in 2023. Vietnam has always maintained the second position in the group of lower middle-income countries and is one of the seven middle-income countries that have achieved the most pr ogress in innovation over the past decade, he said. The launch of the Provincial Innovation Index (PII) in 2023 have provided the grounds and evidence on strengths, weaknesses, potential and necessary conditions for the country to promote socio-economic development based on science, technology and innovation of each locality, said the minister. However, Minister Dat said that Vietnam needs to continue improving its creativity and innovation capacity more strongly to increase labour productivity and product quality, protect the environment and strengthen sustainable development. He called for stronger guidance from the Party, Government and National Assembly, stronger cooperation from ministries, sectors, localities as well as the deeper engagement of research institutes, businesses and the whole society in scientific research, technological development and innovation activities. Meanwhile, UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis said that innovation can help speed up the realisation of sustaina ble development goals (SDGs) and the UN 2030 Agenda. She cited the National Report of Vietnam in 2023, which showed that Vietnam had achieved five out of 17 SDGs. She advised Vietnam to speed up this process through innovation and creativity, inspiring activities to promote green technologies and solutions, thus contributing to reducing carbon emissions as well as enhancing environmental sustainability, improving people's lives, and bringing economic opportunities. Tamesis held that Vietnam can achieve its goal of becoming a high-income developed country by 2045. The UN hopes to accompany and support Vietnam during this journey, she stated. On this occasion, the MoST launched a number of activities in response to the World Creativity and Innovation Day, including a National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day 2024 (Techfest 2024), the start of PII 2024, and innovation and startup activities for women. Following the event, a conference on creativity and innovation was held, discussing creativity and innovation situation in businesses in Vietnam, policies and orientations for developing the national innovative startup ecosystem, industry-level innovation measurement tools, and innovation activities and startups./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

April 19, 2024

Amended Land Law – breath of fresh air blown into real estate market: lawyer

Sydney: The amended Land Law, approved by the National Assembly in January 2024, is expected to exert impacts on the business activities of overseas Vietnamese (OVs), including those in Australia., said a lawyer. Lawyer Do Gia Thang, a founder of Nguyen Do Lawyers, an Australian and Vietnamese law firm based in Melbourne city, pointed to differences between the present law and its revised version, scheduled to be put in place from January 1, 2025, with no distinction between individuals at home and Vietnamese residing abroad in the right to land access. The amended law allows people of Vietnamese origin living in foreign countries to buy houses in Vietnam, he added. Thang, who is also Secretary General of the Vietnamese Business Association in Australia (VBAA), said in the past, OVs only owned houses in their homeland through relatives, which not only affected State management efficiency and but also posed risks to OVs in case of disputes over land use right. Therefore, such legislative changes will facil itate OVs' real estate investment, he said, noting that they also demonstrate the Vietnamese Party's consistent policy of considering OVs an integral part of the nation. Thang forecast that the revised law will help attract remittances to the domestic real estate market, and create investment opportunities for OVs, calling the amended Land Law as a breath of fresh air blown into the national economy. The lawyer suggested the Government and relevant agencies to soon issue decrees and documents guiding the implementation of the new document, review procedures for renewing Vietnamese passports and certificates of Vietnamese origin for overseas Vietnamese, and step up the communications work to popularise the law./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

April 19, 2024

Overseas Vietnamese in Russia commemorate Hung Kings

Moscow: Overseas Vietnamese in Russia on April 18 held a ceremony in Moscow to mark the death anniversary of Hung Kings, the legendary nation founders. The event held at the Hanoi - Moscow multifunctional complex Incentra in the Russian capital saw the participation of representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, agencies, associations, and Vietnamese people who are living, working and studying in Moscow. The participants solemnly offered incense and traditional offerings to Hung Kings. Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese People Association in Russia Tran Phu Thuan affirmed that Hung King's Commemoration Day, which falls on the tenth day of the third lunar month or April 18 this year, is a celebration of great importance among Vietnamese citizens, particularly those living abroad as they can together express gratitude to the ancestors and consolidate the national solidarity. The worship of the Hung Kings, closely related to the Vietnamese people's tradition of ancestor worship, was recognised as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2012./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

April 19, 2024

VNA marks 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory with various activities

Hanoi: The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) hosted an array of activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024). On April 19, the agency officially launched a special news website on the event at http://dienbienphu.vnanet.vn with products displayed in various forms, from text to television, infographic, megastory and podcast, and in the three languages of Vietnamese, French and English. The website is expected to give readers as well as domestic and foreign press agencies insights into the Dien Bien Phu Victory, with the highlight being 70 black-and-white and colour photos selected from tens of thousands of file images taken by VNA journalists. Of them, 32 black-and-white photos depict the entire Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1953-1954, and the remainders capture the present Dien Bien Phu which has been given a facelift thanks to the Party and State's attention. In her remarks at the launching ceremony, VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang highlighted efforts by VNA journa lists during the fierce battle 70 years ago, who stood side by side with the frontline forces, on each road or in each trench in the battlefield. Carrying forward the tradition, present VNA journalists are working to overcome many difficulties and challenges to fulfill their roles and missions in the digital era, she stressed. Through the news website, VNA hopes to spread this source of valuable information to the public and promote the spirit of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, Trang said. The same day, the VNA war veterans' association held a talk focusing on the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory./. Source: Vietnam News Agency