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The Wizard of Oz at Sphere in Las Vegas Will Use Google’s AI to Create an Immersive Experience

Generative AI will expand scenes and enhance characters

Google and Sphere Entertainment, the immersive entertainment venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, announced a partnership to develop The Wizard of Oz at Sphere using generative AI (gen AI), according to a press release.

 

The companies say the collaboration will involve engineering work, as well as “thousands of creators, coders, VFX artists, and more,” to present the immersive experience which opens in Las Vegas on August 28, 2025. >>>

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Rigging Control Consoles

J.R. Clancy expands their rigging control console series to address the entire range of performance venues.

The family of SceneControl® 5000 controllers now has a console for performance spaces of every size, from the most complex performing arts center, sporting complex, and Broadway show to the high school, church, and college stage. The addition is the SceneControl® 5200 console, which provides programming capability for an unlimited number of cues, including the ability to >>>

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Brain Controlled Flight

Simulating brain-controlled flying at the Institute for Flight System Dynamics

Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely thinking commands. Scientists of the Technische Universität München and the TU Berlin have now demonstrated the feasibility of flying via brain control – with astonishing accuracy. The pilot wears a white cap with myriad attached cables. His gaze is concentrated on the runway ahead of him. All of a sudden the control stick starts to move. >>>

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LightWave 11.5 3D Software Used in Video Games

Rogue State turns to LightWave 11.5 3D software to conquer CG dragons for Dracano.

Most of the CG dragons in Dracano are six to eight feet tall with a massive wingspan and sharp teeth. The dragons have soft flesh covering their bodies and wings that move in relation to the rigid skeletal structure underneath. Soft hanging flesh can even jiggle as the creature moves for greater realism. In LightWave 11.5, Genoma works in conjunction with another new feature, Soft Body Bullet Dynamics to produce this effect. >>>

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