The cauldron lighting sequence was the climax of the three-hour opening ceremony, titled Enlightenment and described by the London 2012 chairman Lord Coe as "more thoughtful" than the riotous explosion of ideas in Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony.
Megan May Daalder is a young artist in Los Angeles who is responsible for the Mirrorbox, a hands-on piece that uses two-way mirrors and a lighting sequence to allow two participants to momentarily blend their faces together in a genuinely arresting illusion.
Those patterns can then be wired into control hardware, with the type of control box depending on how much wiring the user can tolerate snaking through the house and yard and how fast the animations should run (some lighting sequences involve changes every half-second, which requires more sophisticated hardware).
The director Susan V. Booth's often-fussy staging mixes in a variety of video images and elaborate lighting sequences, not to mention words projected on the set that comment knowingly on the action.
As objects move off screen, the lighting sequences can simulate the sensation of movement or peripheral action.
To complete a triumvirate of triangular forms is a series of xylophone triangles placed at the front, which audiences can interact with, generating music and lighting sequences in a futuristic green and blue hue.
The project, designed to upgrade safety, added lanes and altered the traffic light sequence to give each leg of the intersection its own green light and protected turn arrows.
He programmed its approximately hourlong computer-controlled LED light sequence while observing the space over seven mornings and seven nights in August.
Featuring a number of close-cropped shots of shiny wet lipstick and kitsch dance moves performed on personalised Mrs Carter roller skates, the song's first half is a nod to the 1970s, while an ultraviolet light sequence is reminiscent of a highly sexualised trip to Quasar.
Instead of projecting laser lines or spots, it projects patterns of a structured light sequence (called Gray Code or Phase Shift sequence) for topometric data acquisition.
The ORBneXt connects to a phone and its Wi-Fi network by resting on top of the device, and then, using a blinking-light sequence similar to the one used by Quirky's smart devices, can be programmed through its app to monitor information like weather, sports scores, stocks, and more.
