Laser Safety Basics

Laser Safety Basics
What comes to mind when you hear, “laser safety?” If you think of complex rules and red tape, you gotta think again. Here's a helpful guide.

Mercury Featured in PLSN Magazine: "The New Rules of Laser Control"

Mercury Featured in PLSN Magazine: "The New Rules of Laser Control"
Mercury wasn’t created for laser people. It was created to give lighting professionals an unfair advantage by letting them easily and quickly add lasers to their rigs, all while using the lighting console they know and love. Check out what else PLSN had to say and read the full article!

How Mercury Laser Control Gives Lighting Designers an Unfair Advantage

How Mercury Laser Control Gives Lighting Designers an Unfair Advantage
How Mercury Laser Control Gives Lighting Designers an Unfair Advantage   Picture this: You're a touring lighting designer who, during your travels, has seen lasers used at some of the concerts you've worked. You haven't used lasers firsthand before, as you had only seen them controlled with a separate software setup by a dedicated "laser guy". You figure that's because getting...

What to Know Before Adding Lasers to Your Lighting Rig

What to Know Before Adding Lasers to Your Lighting Rig
With professional laser control and programming easier than ever, lighting designers and live event producers can add lasers to lighting rigs and use them to them enhance any array of traditional moving-head fixtures. So if your team is set on adding the allure of laser light to your next event, tour or...

5 Things You Need for a Safe and Compliant Laser Show

5 Things You Need for a Safe and Compliant Laser Show
You've booked the gig. You've spec'd your gear. You may have even pre-programmed your show. But have you taken laser safety into consideration? Read on to see the five things you must have for your laser show to be compliant. Properly labeled projectors Take a look at your laser projectors....

What is Mercury Laser Control?

What is Mercury Laser Control?
What is Mercury Laser Control? Lasers for lighting designers Launched in 2017, Mercury is our control system built from the ground up for direct control from lighting consoles. As moving lights and intelligent fixtures have developed, many people viewed lasers as either cheap effects or large, expensive, and required extensive...