Apple Industries’ Face Place Scene Machine received an enthusiastic response from visitors to the DEAL Show in Dubai last month.
For its launch in the Middle East market, Scene Machine featured a new custom suite of photo backgrounds that included iconic cityscapes, skyscrapers and vistas from Dubai and the region.
“DEAL is the Middle East’s leading amusement expo and the premier showcase for visitors across the Middle East to learn about and purchase new equipment,” said Apple CEO Allen Weisberg (pictured). “That’s why we are so thrilled by the incredibly strong reception that our new Scene Machine photo booth received at DEAL.”
The new booth was presented at the show on the stand of Apple’s exclusive Middle East distributor Warehouse of Games, one of the largest distributors of amusement and vending equipment in the region.
“The Middle East is a highly family-oriented region,” continued Weisberg. “It’s booming with lavish existing FECs. What’s more, newer and bigger FECs are being built there all the time. From the UAE to Saudi Arabia and well beyond, Scene Machine fits perfectly with the vibrant fun family culture of this part of the world.”
Scene Machine incorporates a technology known as chroma key compositing into the photo strip images. The result allows customers to choose their own fantasy theme, then insert themselves into layered images that suggest a 3D environment. A green screen backdrop is located on the booth’s interior wall behind the customers to enable the chroma key software to replace the blank screen with images chosen by the patron.
“With the Scene Machine, Hollywood digital effects magic comes to the photo booth industry in a fun, exciting way,” said Weisberg.“Big-budget movies use green screen technology to put an actor on another planet or in the middle of a dinosaur-filled jungle,
“Now that same technology is available for photo booth patrons, exclusively through Apple’s Face Place Scene Machine photo booths.”
