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Dancer in front of red screens with motion-capture silhouettes, Digital Twin
Another Kind Of Blue · International tour

Digital Twin

For Digital Twin we built a 16-node computing cluster that processes live motion capture from the stage in real time, so audiences experience the show from inside the simulation while it is happening.

Client
Another Kind Of Blue
Choreography
David Middendorp
Scope
Design · Build · Operate
System
16-node cluster
Input
Live motion capture
Output
Real-time VR
Hardware
smls. Giardini

The system

01 Capture Dancers on stage Motion-capture suits stream every movement as data.
02 Compute 16-node cluster smls. hardware renders the virtual stage in real time.
03 Experience Audience in VR Viewers watch the live show from inside the simulation.

The project is part of a collaboration spanning more than five years with choreographer David Middendorp and Another Kind Of Blue, covering custom integrated systems, generative graphics, projection mapping and immersive VR across national and international tours.

smls. Giardini, 16-node cluster for Digital Twin VR
smls. Giardini, 16-node cluster for Digital Twin VR
Two dancers in motion-capture suits in front of a projected digital environment

Photo: Kim Vos

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