RealD Awards AVATAR 3D Motion Holograms to Jim Cameron & Jon Landau for Innovation in 3D @ ShoWest

During Coca-Cola’s Final Night Ceremony at the ShoWest Conference & Exhibition, RealD’s CEO Michael Lewis presented their Innovation in 3D award to Jim Cameron and Jon Landau of Lightstorm Entertainment for AVATAR. The commissioned RabbitHoles holographic awards are the first 3-dimensional imagery ever printed of AVATAR and publicly displayed, created by Weta Digital in collaboration with RabbitHoles Media. The 3D print depicts AVATAR’s Neytiri, crouched in the Pandora jungle, bow drawn, as an ethereal Sprite alights onto the tip of her arrow. As viewers interact with the print, they experience true-3D perspectives on the Sprite’s action, Neytiri’s awestruck expression, and the rich jungle environment as it reveals around her in nearly 180-degrees. Following the ceremony, attendees flowed to the front of the room to shake hands, interact with the AVATAR holograms, and capture photos and videos of the experience (keep an eye out on YouTube!).

Several thousand people were in attendance, including studio executives from 20th Century Fox, Disney/Pixar, Warner Bros, Paramount/Dreamworks, Universal, Sony, as well as independent production houses Summit, Laika, and Legendary. Other ShoWest award winners present included actors Sam Worthington (Avatar / Clash of the Titans / Terminator Salvation), Kathryn Heigel (Knocked Up / 27 Dresses / The Ugly Truth), Amanda Seyfried (MammaMia / Dear John / Letters to Juliet) and Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon of Sex and The City, as well as directors Jay Roach (Meet the Parents / Austin Powers / Borat) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover / Old School / Due Date), and producer Jerry BruckheimerThe Rock). The event also hosted worldwide theatre exhibitors AMC Theatres, Regal, Cinemark, and Rave Motion Pictures among many others, as well as technology and service companies like Deluxe Digital, RealD, Dolby, IMAX, and Technicolor that cater to the movie exhibition industry, and especially to the emergence of the digital 3D movie-going experience.