
Beacons were attached to the hands of 2 performers and their movements affected the output of the LED screen backdrop and the 2 projectors.įor a more detailed description of "V", see our Blog article.īlackTrax tracking data can be brought into TouchDesigner using the BlackTrax CHOP. In Mattia Diomedi's "V" (built with TouchDesigner) BlackTrax was used to seamlessly pair the movements of performers with beautiful visuals.

The BlackTrax Beacon's data can be used to drive visual output such as projection mapping or performance lighting (eg. Blacktrax Player Tracking Full Coverage Of For the sake of redundancy, 12 BlackTrax Sensors were set up around the perimeter to keep a constant eye on the talents, all three of whom were equipped with one Beacon connected to two Stringers (tracking points) each. BlackTrax Beacons ("BTBeacons") are attached to performers or rigid objects, and the BlackTrax system accurately tracks the Beacon's position, rotation, velocity, and acceleration.Įxamples of large-scale performances using BlackTrax include Cirque du Soleil Toruk - The First Flight, The Weekend's Starboy World Tour, and Mattia Diomedi's "V". or a 200 by 400 volume area outdoors, for the opening of Maasvlakte II at APM Terminals in Rotterdam. Jurlights from the Netherlands used BlackTrax to track six 40 shipping containers fitted with LED screens, over a distance of 80,000-sq.-ft. BlackTrax is a vision-based real-time tracking system developed by CAST Software that specializes in large-scale performances. Recently, BlackTrax set its own world record in the biggest distance ever tracked.
