Cast's BlackTrax tracking solution is being used to light up the performers of the the Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai arena show.
The software technology uses an infra-red sensor and a LED beacon attached to a performer giving positional information for X, Y, and Z coordinates.
At each venue, BlackTrax is being used as a way of calibrating the moving lighting to track performers on the stage area.
Show lighting designer, Nol van Genuchten said: “With BlackTrax, I had a lot more freedom to create and place highlights on performers within the imagery and doing so in a way that I couldn’t have done with a traditional follow spot.”
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