Indie Band Love in the Circus Explores Now-Inexpensive 3D Imaging at CES

By Alex Pham – via Billboard

Forget holograms. The Los Angeles based band used projection imaging to create a live stage that evokes a Cirque du Soleil-esque setting, wrapping custom animations around a physical stage set.

The technique, called 3D projection mapping, has been used by electronic dance musicians, including Amon Tobin during his “ISAM” tour last summer, to turn the live stage into a psychedelic, futuristic metropolis. It involves using computer graphics to create a three-dimensional map of the stage environment, much like in a computer game. The designer then makes computer graphics textures and animations for the stage, treating stage surfaces like polygons in a video game.

Read the full story at Billboard.biz, and watch a video of their live performance below.