Knowledge
The technology behind the experience, explained.
What we run into on projects, written up so it is useful to you before you ever talk to us. Explainers, cost guides and the trade-offs that actually matter.
Show control & automation
What is show control?
Show control is the layer that makes light, sound, video and machinery work as one system, rather than as five devices that happen to share a room. Here is what it is, how it works and when you need it.
ExplainerDMX, Art-Net, OSC and sACN explained
Four names that turn up in every quote and that nobody ever explains. What they are, where they come from, and when you pick which.
ExplainerShow control versus building automation
They look alike: both drive lights and devices from one system. But they are designed for opposite things, and you only notice when something goes wrong.
Escape rooms
Escape room technology
Puzzle logic, one-press resets and a game master screen you can explain to a stand-in in two minutes. This is how the technology under an escape room works, and where it usually goes wrong.
CostBuilding an escape room: what does the technology cost?
Plenty gets written about sets and theming. About the part that makes the room actually work, almost nothing. This is what the technology under an escape room costs, and why that part decides your operation.
ExplainerThe reset in one press
There is a quarter of an hour between two groups. What happens in it decides how many sessions you can sell per day, and whether your staff survive the evening.
ExplainerWhat belongs on a game master screen?
The screen your game master stares at all evening. What belongs on it, what really does not, and why you have to be able to explain it to a stand-in in two minutes.
Immersive & interactive
Having an immersive room built
A room where the visitor is the trigger, where no operator sits behind a desk, and where the story continues even when something fails. This is what that takes technically.
ExplainerThe visitor as the trigger
No operator pressing start, but a room that notices someone walked in. Which sensors exist, what they do and do not know, and how to stop one stray reading from wrecking the experience.
GuideHaving an interactive installation made
From an idea on a moodboard to an installation that still does its job every day three years from now. This is the process, and these are the questions you want answered up front.
Cost & working together
What does a show control system cost?
An honest answer with ranges instead of false precision. What a control system costs, where the money actually goes, and why the software rarely matters in the budget.
ExplainerNo black box
The installation runs, the invoice is paid, and then it turns out you hold nothing. Why that happens, what it costs you, and what to ask before you sign.
Tell us your story
A question this does not answer?
Send a sketch, a floor plan or just a story. You get an honest answer within two working days.