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If you're desperate to take your house parties to the next level, this could be the gadget
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for you. Inside this Peli case is the Wicked Lasers Laser Dock
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Introduced on Indiegogo this past September, the Laser Dock is a home laser show system
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which houses a laser projector and music visualiser in one. Simply plug it into your Mac or PC to create your very own light shows in a flash
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Inside the case you'll find the Laser Dock itself, the power supply, a really nice long
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USB lead and a little bag with a set of keys and an interlock, which is a safety cut off device
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Setting up the Laser Dock couldn't be easier. Screw in the interlock at the back, which connects two wires together and if the wire
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in the back was to get disconnected it would stop the projector working
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The laser itself is covered by a metal plate for safety, so once you've slid that down
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simply connect the power and USB cables and insert the key and turn on to the on position
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Then flick on the switch. You'll then need to download some software
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One of them is the Laser Dock app which has over 100 presets to create your own personal light show, where you can select a preset or allow the software to shuffle through them
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You can also use this to set up your image position and colour. It uses the microphone in your computer to visualise graphics to the beat, or you can
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download software such as the Sound Siphon app which you can then use in conjunction
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with the Laser Dock app to sync up your visuals and sound, which reacts a lot quicker than
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when using the microphone. You can also create your own graphics for the lasers to project out, but it's not as
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simple as I would have hoped just yet. As you can see, the lasers are really nice and bright even in daylight, but where they
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really come to life is at night, and if you combine it with a smoke machine, the results
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are pretty outstanding. I didn't think I was going to be as impressed with the Laser Dock as I actually am
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It may be a bit of a niche product, but if you're living the bachelor life and having
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frequent house parties, or if you're a DJ and need something portable enough to take
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from show to show, this is definitely the kit you want. Add to that the ease of set up and the amazing spectacle it emits, the lasers look even better
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in real life. It's surprisingly difficult to capture on camera, and there's certain animations which
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are simply hypnotising. There's only two problems the Laser Dock has at the moment, firstly availability
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It actually can't be shipped to the US at the moment due to the lack of FCC approval
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which will take around another 6 months to obtain. Outside of the US, it doesn't seem to be a problem though
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The second problem is the software. While the Laser Dock app is easy enough to use, I was hoping creating my own graphics
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and animations would be a lot easier. As it's open source though, a lot of people will be able to create some amazing visuals
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Overall, it's an amazing piece of kit, which if you have the need for, you've got to try it out
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Well, that's it for this video. If you'd like more information on Wicked Lasers, I'll make sure to leave a link in the description
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