“Luxor Dream Sequence” by Kleiser and Walczak

  • ©Jeff Kleiser and Diana Walczak


Conference:


Title:


    Luxor Dream Sequence

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • The Trubell Co.

Description:


    This piece utilizes motion capture and ray tracing to depict a dream sequence in one of the attractions at Circus Circus Enterprises’ new hotel, Luxor, in Las Vegas. The dream explores the universal life-force that pervades the universe.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Silicon Graphics Crimson and Indigo, IBM
    POWER Visualization Luxor Dream Sequence
    #133 System

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Wavefront Technologies, Kleiser-Walczak
    proprietary. Frank Vitz Technical Consulting.


Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co. for The Trumbull Co./Circus Circus Enterprise
    Contributors
    Directors: Doug Trumbull, Arish Fyzee, The Trubell Co.
    Animation Directors: Jeff Kleiser, Diana Walczak
    Software/Animation: Frank Vitz, Lisa Reynolds
    Animation: Derry Frost
    Project Producer: Jeffrey A. Diamond
    Line Producer: Michael Van Himbergen
    Modeling: Patsy Frost, Robin Frances, Sarah Jane King, Erika Walczak, Stevan del George, Nicholas Hoppe
    Original Music:!. Baker Rowell
    Design: Robert Taylor, Sonny King

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