The interest for Visual act 3D System is growing.  During 2010 Visual act has entered into a partnership with Face Off Stunts & Rigging GmbH from Germany. Face Off is offering stunt and rigging services in combination with Visual acts 3D flying system in the German speaking countries of Europe. 

Click on the image to view the Grand Opening of Ferrari World!

 Marc Sieger from Face Off says: 

We have previously worked with systems from other suppliers, but now we have chosen to work with Visual act 3D because of its flexibility and ease of use.

Face Off Stunts & Rigging presents kiting on a roof with Skywalker system powered by Visual Act. Photo from Face Off.

Svenska Stuntgruppen AB (Swedish Stunt team) has also recently purchased a 3D flying system from Visual act. 

The collaboration between Stuntgruppen, Face Off and Visual act has resulted in that the Visual act system was used in the “Grand Opening of Ferrari World” on November 30 in Abu Dhabi. The show was produced by the German production company Battle Royal Productions, and Seth Ericson from Stuntgruppen was the operator. 

Seth from Stuntgruppen says: 

I am impressed by how easy it has been to learn how to operate and program the Visual act 3D system. I first got to know the system a few weeks ago, and I am already comfortable to go on and do shows and events with it. 

Visual act 3D flying system is a state of the art control system for flying performers, decorations or cameras. The system is capable of controlling speeds of over 10 m/s. The system can also be integrated with external systems, for example a Camera Head control system.    

Face Off Stunts & Rigging presents kiting on a roof
with Skywalker system powered by Visual Act >> 

The Grand Opening of Ferrari World in motion! >> 

For information about the Visual Act 3D Control System >>

The Norwegian Theatre Academy (Akademi for Scenekunst, Høgskolen i Østfold) has recently completed construction of a new black box theatre.  The theatre is unique in having a professional system of fly bars distributed over the entire room.  The flying system has all capabilities typically found in more expensive systems such as variable speed and accurate positioning, synchronous motion, and unlimited programming capacity.

Mechanical drawing of the Visual act Touring Desk. Photo by Visual act 2010.

The fly bar system was installed together with a compact version of the Visual act Stage Control System. The stage design allows for up to 34 fly bars. 20 of these fly bars were delivered at the installation in November – December 2010.

The delivery includes 4 electrical cabinets with 5 drives each. Connectors on the cabinets allow for the connection of a backup control or exchange of drives in the event of component failure.

Each fly bar is built as a double pipe with line adjustment situated between the pipes. This allows for maximum stroke with respect to the limited height in the theatre.  A visual act touring desk is connected to a central control computer placed one of the electrical cabinets.

The main contractor for this project was NCC Construction AS

We are looking for a Software Engineer to strengthen our team!

We primarily work with control of moving stage technology, which means controlling servomotors, 3-phase motors, hydraulics and pneumatics. Experience with real time systems and ”Motion Control” is meriting.

The position includes participation in product development, test, installation and support of our Control System and installations. The workplace is in Stockholm, Sweden. Work can include periods of travel to events or installations anywhere in the world as we work in the international entertainment industry.

You should have an engineering degree or similar in software engineering, preferably within real time systems and/or mechatronics. You should have experience with C/C++ and Linux.

It is a plus if you also have other skills and experiences that can be useful in our industry.

You should function well under stress and work well in teams.

Our working language is mostly English, but it is a plus if you speak Swedish, Norwegian or Danish.

If you find this interesting please contact jobs@visualact.se, or call +46-8-522 472 01 for more information.

Visual act AB is one of the leading North European companies within stage automation and control. We have our own Control System and products like our award winning Stage Wagons and 3D fly system. Our customers are theatres, production companies, stunt teams etc mainly in Northern Europe but increasingly also from other parts of the world. During 2010 we worked with Olympic Games in Vancouver, Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, “Sugar” (Some like it Hot) in Stockholm, “Les Miserable” in Warsaw to name a few of our projects. We are based in Stockholm, Sweden.

A new theater is established at Skeppsholmen, Stockholm. Audiorama is the theater where the sound is in focus. The stage is an architectural and acoustic experiment. Here, the spectacular effects are not created by décor or advanced stage technology, but by the wonderful and inspiring experience of sound. 

Installation at Audiorama. Photo by LG Nilsson.

In October and November 2010, Visual act designed and installed a circular truss at the Audiorama. Following the customer’s requirements, Visual act created a flexible system to hang speakers. Each speaker can be hung on a pipe that is attached with couplers. This pipe can easily be adjusted in heights and angles to sound designer’s wishes.

 
The contruction of the set for the Romeo & Julia production and the education of the theatre staff have taken over our facilities.

At this moment, we are realizing set designer Lehna Edwall’s visions in our workshop. The design includes 3-dimensional parts made from wood, steel and fiberglass. Some amazing special effects will also be built into the set.

The education of the Göta Lejon staff is going well and soon they will be experts in our system, whether they want to fly an object or a person.

The premier of the musical is booked til 31 december 2010 at Göta Lejon in Stockholm.

Further technical information about the production will follow…