Attacks from Mars

We love Burning Man “mutant vehicles” as an art form, creating compelling experiences for riders so that the journey of traversing around the playa is as much fun as getting anywhere. This year, we are converting our bus into a giant, roaming pinball machine.  The goal is for our riders to experience being the ball, activating sound and lighting as they bounce around the playspace!  This is very consistent with this years’ Burning Man theme, carnival of mirrors, creating the illusion of immersion in the game, where the wall dividing the observer from observed disappears, and the player becomes the played.…

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Skykomish Bridge Project

We had a great opportunity to do an interactive lighting project on the Skykomish bridge, to help light it up for the holidays.   Skykomish is a small mountain town 16 miles West of Stevens Pass on Highway 2. As people drive over the bridge, their cars are detected with a sonic range finder and the lights chase along with them. The goal is to both excite people to drive over the bridge, and to notify the town that someone is driving in. For the lights, we used outdoor LED lights with color controllers.  We used a sonic range finder…

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