Dancing with the Stars

Season 18 /​ Week 5 — “Let It Go”

Augmented Reality | Projection Mapping | Screens Design

For this par­tic­u­lar per­for­mance, DWTS want­ed to chal­lenge the bound­aries of broad­cast tele­vi­sion by intro­duc­ing aug­ment­ed real­i­ty. Aug­ment­ed Real­i­ty is an engag­ing expe­ri­ence that allows view­ers at home to see an entire­ly dif­fer­ent world dig­i­tal­ly appear. This ver­sion of Aug­ment­ed Real­i­ty involved real-time com­posit­ing in cam­era, cater­ing to the live final per­for­mance. Since this dance piece cen­tered around the famous Frozen song, ‘Let It Go’, we chan­neled iri­des­cent, icy cre­ations in the back­drop screen, over­head dance floor pro­jec­tion and Aug­ment­ed Real­i­ty ani­ma­tions. As the music inten­si­fies, Elsa’s illu­mi­nat­ed cas­tle of shim­mer­ing grandeur emerges from the ground, all inten­tion­al­ly mapped to the lay­out of the entire space.