CAST's stand design will feature a slot-car racetrack that pit two people against each other in a head-to-head race: both racers will try to beat the realtime speed of BlackTrax. The racetrack itself is projected from above and the entire stand will be bursting with BlackTrax-filled interactivity involving lighting, spatial audio, projections, automated scenery, and giving the audience a fully immersive entertainment experience.
The racetrack will be controlled by a 22" touchscreen mounted on a podium. You control all of the action and BlackTrax will determine the race time of each car, and the winner. Each race winner will be entered into a raffle for prizes, and the fastest racer each day wins a daily grand prize. Every racer will be given a link to a personal YouTube record of just how good you really are.
The CAST Stand will have no live programming. Based on exactly what each racer does, BlackTrax will coordinate lighting, sound, video streaming/projection and camera tracking by delivering streaming precise positional data in realtime.
Several products and technologies will be used for the demonstration. Each racecar will be tracked around the track with a Clay Paky Sharpy, driven by BlackTrax. When the cars reach the final lap, the Sharpys will strobe the winning car, all in realtime. As the cars race along the track, spatial audio follows, all in realtime. As the cars race, BlackTrax delivers the positioning data for the third party spatial audio, lighting, and projected media - where it needs to be - without distracting the rest of the stand.
(Jim Evans)
