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HUMAN + TECHNOLOGY + SHOW

Presentation

An amazing sandbox where technological innovation meets human performance.  

Based at The 7 Fingers Creation and Production Center, LAB7 offers motion capture technologies, a video game engine and stage integrators.  

We explore how to adapt cutting-edge technologies to the physical realities and limitations of live performance, in partnership with CRITAC and other research institutions and programs. 

LAB7 contributes to transform the performing arts traditional stage into new, hybrid spaces: immersive scenography, interactive experiences, augmented, virtual or mixed reality. 

Dedicated to prototyping and applied research, LAB7 offers a collaborative approach to develop new artistic languages and to experiment with innovative creative processes. 

The labs

LAB 1 - Augmented reality and hybrid creative work

This first lab is essentially an opportunity to start using LAB7's equipment in real conditions and to validate the complete workflow of capture, modeling, real-time projection, and recording.  

LAB 2 - From quantum physics to pictoral art, sets made from movements

This second lab hosts two projects exploring non-figurative visual representations based on different types of motion capture.

LAB 3 - Extreme acrobatics and stage costumes

This third lab is an opportunity to push the limits of our Optitrack system, with the capture of extreme trampoline-wall movements. We are also exploring another technical challenge: motion capture in live performance conditions, notably using stage costumes. 

LAB4: Towards markerless motion capture

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 and Knowledge Transfer (CRITAC), and Polytechnique Montréal.

LAB 5 – Motion capture technology overview

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 disciplines. 

News

LAB7 sparks international curiosity and interest!

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.

A circus act in your pocket

 What if you carry a circus performance, in 3D, in your phone and watch it anywhere?

Polytechnique students prototype a new creation tool for LAB7

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 LAB7.

Panasonic - Demo Days at the 7 Fingers

We were pleased to host Panasonic in our studios for their Demo Days, two days where professionals could discover their latest equipment.

Equipments

Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, LAB7 has an inventory that can be used for a variety of purposes, from small-scale experiments to more advanced  productions. With multimedia creation processes in mind our equipment inventory includes : Disguise's xR technology video server, Optitrack's real-time motion capture system, GrandMA, Unreal Engine, Notch, video projectors, gray projection screens and floor tiles, sound and lighting equipment.


Along with the Lab7 team, the equipment can be used in our different studios according to the desired configuration, with spaces ranging from 1,350 sq. ft. to 4,104 sq. ft..
 

Technical data

Team

Samuel Tétreault
Artistic Director
Alexandre Téodoresco
Vice-President - Strategic Development and Innovation
David Poulin
Creative Director
Isabelle Domens
Project Manager
Olivier Goulet
Multimedia Creative Advisor
Raphaël Dupont
Multimedia Creation Advisor
Rémi Lapointe
Technical Advisor
Ulysse St-Jean
Management Advisor

Partners

This project is realized thanks to the financial support of Quebec and is part of the implementation of a measure of the Digital Cultural Plan of Quebec

Governmental Support

Our activities are made possible through the financial support of Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions. 

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