NUI meets Opera

I've never seen an Opera in my life - the opportunity just never presented itself - but I might fly to N.Y. just to see Metropolitan Opera's production of The Damnation of Faust. Why? Because it uses a huge interactive screen as a background.

The screen, which measures 60ft wide and 40ft tall relies on inferred emitters and cameras to track the movement of the singers. As singers move to certain locations the images on the huge screen change providing a digital set that looks - from the pictures - to be really beautiful. The giant screen not only reacts to the location and movement of performers, but also the music itself. No two performance will ever be the same because the interactions between the screen and the preformance is generated dynamically. Thanks to Pocket Lint for the story.