CAST THINKS WAY OUTSIDE THE (BLACK)BOX

TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 8, 2008 - CAST Software, creator of wysiwyg, announces the world Beta debut of "BlackBox" (Patent Pending, final name TBA) during PLASA08. BlackBox will unite, indeed revolutionize, the entire industry for large and small scale productions alike - lighting, media, sound, motion, cameras, staging, performers - touching every component of a production.

BlackBox is built with special hardware and proprietary software to be an all-in-one, bi-directional high-speed communications nerve centre which enables all control devices to instruct or receive instructions from each other. Live, realtime input in all forms is received by the BlackBox, which acts as the brains - running an ultra high-speed hybrid version of wysiwyg that works with a special new wysiwyg file version (that CAST is working on now). BlackBox receives and converts live positional data about any or many moving objects, selected or deselected for tracking as required from one or several sources, applies its brain power and speed to establish the exact 3D positions of those objects, then computes instructions in XYZ, yar, pitch and roll terms, and then shoots out moving positional information to whatever control devices need it. So moving lights, set pieces, cameras etc. are synchronized and tracking the action of those moving objects - all in live realtime, all in true 3D.

In a total production world, why do lighting consoles, media servers, audio, moving objects and all other pieces of the show work independently? With BlackBox, these players can interact and cue off one another, or even warn one another of potential conflicts, increasing the precision, flexibility and safety of every production.

As seen in Lighting and Sound America (September 2008)

Bottom line: This is one debut you can't afford to miss. Come and see us at PLASA08 which runs September 7-10 at Earls Court in London. CAST will debut BlackBox in Stand H83. For more information about PLASA, visit www.plasashow.com.