Isabelle Domens, April 2023 What if you carry a circus performance, in 3D, in your phone and watch it anywhere? It is possible with augmented reality, a technology that superimposes virtual content on the real world, using a simple phone. LAB7 built a prototype based on mocap data recorded from two acrobats, in an act that was choreographed especially to be seen in augmented reality. These recordings of circus movements and apparatus were then integrated into Unity to create a…
Isabelle Domens, Spring 2023 As part of their spring 2023 session, a group of five graduating software engineering students and one graduating computer engineering student at Polytechnique Montreal took on a prototyping project for…
Isabelle Domens, May 2023 We gave a tour of our creation center to two groups of professionals and investors and presented some of the projects underway at Les 7 Doigts, including LAB7. We shared…
Isabelle Domens, May 2023 Done in collaboration with our research partner CRITAC, our fifth laboratory was dedicated to evaluating and comparing different motion capture systems, and assess their performance on a selection of circus…
On March 20th, En Piste organized its Digital Workshop in our studios: two days dedicated to the integration of technological arts in circus creation. Circus artists and creators participated in interactive and participatory workshops…
We were pleased to host Panasonic in our studios for their Demo Days. Over these two days, local and international professionals got a sneak peak of their latest equipment. LAB7 and Supply and Demand,…
December 2022 In December 2022, The 7 Fingers, in partnership with Shocap Entertainment, presented in Montreal Carry Me Home, the first cross-reality live circus show. LAB7 invited a few members of the audience to enjoy…
November 17-18, 2022 The first professional event in Montreal dedicated to connecting performing arts and creative technologies, the LAB7 Forum took place on November 17 and 18, 2022. Panels, presentations of case studies, and…
October 2022 The fourth LAB7 lab focused on markerless motion capture, explored through a series of tests conducted with LAB7’s research partners, the National Circus School of Montreal’s Centre for Circus Arts Research, Innovation…
Dance All Over, an installation inspired by the work of painter Jean-Paul Riopelle, was also presented by LAB7 at MTL Connect. In the interactive piece, movements are transformed in real time into a virtual artwork…
