Multi-Projector Fog Environment
The Octagon: Eight Projections, One Shared Volume
The Octagon
Eight projectors. One shared volume. Eight synchronized projections converge inside a fog-filled octagonal environment, building layered imagery that shifts as you circle the structure or step inside it.
Challenge
Converge eight projections into one atmospheric medium without the layers collapsing into noise. Every projector, playback channel and fog condition has to stay synchronized, and the imagery has to resolve from every angle, including from the middle of the volume.
Solution
Eight synchronized projectors surround a specially built octagonal structure and aim into a shared fog volume. Playback, projection geometry and fog conditions operate as one synchronized system, so layered forms hold together whether the audience walks the perimeter or stands inside the intersecting light.
Outcome
Our most surrounding work so far: a chamber of intersecting light where the image is everywhere you look, and where you can walk in and stand inside it. Shown at festivals and events across North America.
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Contributions
- Designed and built the octagonal projection structure
- Synchronized eight projectors into one shared fog volume
- Tuned projection geometry so layered imagery reads from every angle
- Run playback, fog and light as a single show-control system
- Shaped the walk-in flow so audiences can enter the volume safely
