For a very long time, people could not have imagined a circus without horses, elephants, monkeys, and lions. However, Circus Roncalli has recently shunned tradition, swapping flesh and blood for holograms. The shows, however, remain just as spectacular.
Circus Roncalli has been entertaining crowds with animal shows since 1976 but has now decided to change things up in an attempt to fight against animal cruelty in the industry.
While its shows still feature tusks and tails, fiery circles and acrobats, not one of the animals are real, which marks a world’s first. Roncalli wanted to create 3D holographic pictures from projectors while filling the arena measuring 32 meters (105 feet) wide and five meters (16 feet) deep with 360° visibility for the entire audience.
Roncalli’s agency TAG/TRAUM in cooperation with Bluebox partnered with Optoma, and 11 ZU850 laser projectors were installed for a mesmerizing holographic experience.
As Birger Wunderlich at Bluebox said, “We have been using Optoma projectors for six years and have consistently had a very positive experience in price, reliability, and performance. We needed a high contrast projector with great colors for the 3D effect and the ZU850’s 2,000,000:1 contrast is perfect for this project.”
The bold move comes amid increasing global concerns about show animals living much of their lives under terrible conditions in captivity.
Activists have accused many circuses of starving, beating, and keeping their animals in unsanitary conditions while they perform for large crowds according to extremely tight schedules.
In the United Kingdom, for instance, legislation is before the government which would ban traveling circuses from using wild animals from 2020.
More info: roncalli.de
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