Good morning everyone! Here’s your news update, which I will try to do monthly from now on.
Behind the scenes there has been a flurry of activity, and we have been testing a considerable number of new features and improvements. I realise I’ve been a bit quiet here but that can happen when I get focussed on coding.
Our event at Lincoln cathedral 2 weeks ago was a huge success, and the new (experimental) timeline system worked flawlessly throughout. 12 x 32W lasers, and 8 x starbursts in a gorgeous 800 year old building.
The Seb Lee crew at Lincoln
We’re now working at full steam on our big New Year’s Eve project in Newcastle, which will be the biggest Liberation project so far. Over 100 lasers and light fixtures will be installed at the Baltic on the Tyne river.
Mockup of the New Year’s Eve show in Newcastle
As you can see from the mockup, graphics will feature heavily in this show, and I’ll be making good use of the new capabilities I’ve been adding including :
- 3D graphics
- Depth sorting and occlusion
- Canvas system allows you to split up graphics across lasers and map onto buildings
- New Patch nodes including trails system, delayed patterns, custom oscillators and much much more
As you may have seen in other topics, the Laser Cube network protocol is still being tested. There are some issues that I need to get to the bottom of before it’s releasable. Implementing network DACs is probably the most complicated and time-consuming part of development, and it needs to be right. But apologies to those waiting for that, I’ll give you an update in the new year.
Once this new year show is over expect a new release with the new features.
Which ones are you most excited about? Let me know!
Seb
yes! I’ve been wondering how I could do that with shapes on top of shapes! Looking forward to it
