The world’s largest water-based theatre production, located in Macau (China), has implemented in its core several disguise technologies such as the OmniCal system and a combination of 4x4pro’s and gx 1 servers.

This allows City of Dreams entertainment complex’s “The House of Dancing Water” to be an astonish and technological spectacle during its 85-minutes program. Different projector positions, zoom and focus values are deployed for multiple screens, including flat stage surfaces, floating fabric, uneven curtains and water fountains. The Las Vegas show-maker Franco Dragone counts with 100 international artist, 160 technicians, production staff and scuba divers for this project.

Why choose disguise? David Eversfield, representative of the equipment provider and disguise partner OpticShock, explained the decision: “The hardware provides a solid, industry-proven platform with a clear growth path for the future, combined with software that’s powerful and flexible enough to deal with a demanding timeline composited show. The support teams available internationally and locally are knowledgeable and sensitive to production environments, all while the growing user community provides a rich pool of future crew for the show.”

David also clarified how using disguise OmniCal made the difference to this world-renowned production. “Working in a 270-degree theatre, the OmniCal system allowed us to align the video projection to the space in a way similar to how sound engineers tune the audio to the venue. By generating 3D point clouds of the actual space, our image alignment and soft edge blends are easier to calculate, sticking the projection onto the surfaces.”

David added, “Two challenging surfaces in the production were hanging drapes with deep fullness. With OmniCal, we were able to model these with simple curved primitive in disguise, and then deform to fit the curtain, creating the desired effect from the original Dragone production.”