ER Productions supplied LOCOG – the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games – with a list of laser requirements for all three ceremonies, totalling more than 790 watts of laser power, and also provided a health and safety officer.
Around 900-million people around the world watched the London 2012 opening show, which featured a large-scale lighting projection around the main stage during the ‘neural network’ explosion scene, which celebrated Briton Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the World Wide Web.
Yellow and white sparkling lasers shot out from the centre of the stage, tracking across an enormous video screen into the audience. To carry this out, ER Productions used eight Excellent 21 OPSL systems rigged to the stadium roof, which was controlled by a wireless solution owing to tight security regulations.