Oracle Laser was contracted by Jupiters casino to install a waterscreen system for their 3D laser animation sequence followed by the "dancing in the rain" performance. When Jupiters contacted us they had one demand, "we need a waterscreen that will move into place within 30 seconds, startup in 5 seconds, run for 15 minutes with absolutely no spray (for safety for dancers) then dissapear completely, water and all within 45 seconds.

So we worked hard to design a system that would meet their demands and finally we created a 4 tonne holding tank design understage, a suspended trough or catchment system with winch controlled wings for catching spray and a fast recirculating system that can empty in under 30 seconds. We achieved their demands and even in faster time. The catchment system was flown into the above stage cavity, flown down into place in 15 seconds, a hatch in the stage floor allowed the catchment output pipe to direct the cought water down understage into the holding tanks, as the pumps recirculated the water back up into the waterscreen system. Once the screen was shut off, the water emptied from the catchment in 20 seconds, a custom designed valve meant any stray water in the catchment would not leak onto stage as it flies back up into the roof cavity.

In addition to the demands of the waterscreen installation, we had to create a 3 dimentional animation for the laser to project onto the waterscreen. This meant the audience would wear 3D glasses while the animation told a story that jumped out at them with colourful effects. The show was programmed in 3D studio max and exported to our laser software system. The show was syncronised with SYMPTE timecode.

The result was a amazing behind the scenes construction and operation that was a huge crowd pleaser. The complete system ran 5 times weekly for a 12 month period without any glitches whatsoever.