The PLASA Innovation Award-winning BlackTrax will be shown with a display whereby the entire CAST booth will serve as a stage to show the full capabilities of the system. BlackTrax is a hardware motion tracking system for streaming positional data for people and objects in realtime. BlackTrax is designed to work either on a standalone basis, for the coordination of lighting, sound or other position-sensitive moving objects, or with CAST's game-changing BlackBox system of multi-directional high-speed control coordination.
To fully demonstrate the communications power of BlackBox, CAST has invited entertainment motion control systems manufacturer Niscon and Hoist UK to bring a 3D performer flying system to the stand.
The patented BlackTrax system works using a proprietary very small IR LED beacon that is placed on the moving object(s). Movement is captured by cameras. BlackTrax delivers streaming highly accurate tracking information for what we like to call Six Degrees of Freedom - X, Y, and Z coordinates, plus inertial data for yaw, pitch and roll. BlackTrax monitors the velocity of the object(s) in motion, as well as giving important spatial relationships between objects and people in a 3D space.
Also on display will be the latest in plotting and previsualization software, wysiwyg R26, an overhauled and much stronger foundation with some impressive innovation. wysiwyg R26 is really virtually real, and this is a fact! R26 has been designed to give the user a better experience on many planes - with a heavy emphasis on reports and presentation, says the company.
Finally, CAST will be demonstrating its just released Vivien2011 - a comprehensive event planning software tool for the entire spectrum of special event and meetings professionals.
(Jim Evans)
