Follow-Me Launches Track-iT at Prolight+Sound

Follow-Me BV announces the launch of what it terms the next generation hardware for auto tracking: Follow-Me Track-iT, at Prolight+Sound at Hall 12.1 Stand C40. The company's systems for remote followspot and performer tracking enable customers, with the addition of Follow-Me Track-iT, to use both manual and auto tracking simultaneously, autonomously, and as redundancy within one system.

When Follow-Me Track-iT is added to the Follow-Me 3D system, any manufacturer's moving light can be used, with no limit to the number of fixtures that can be run through the system. Stable beams are generated on the performer through smart motion filtering algorithms and prediction, the company says.

The product allows operators to switch seamlessly between manual and auto tracking. Manual and auto tracking methods can be used autonomously, simultaneously, and as redundancy. Through the Follow-Me system's camera users have a live video feed of the performance. For multiple performers, just add more tags. To extend the performance area, simply add more anchors. The performance area can be increased in size with no real limit to the trackable performance area.

The product is also billed as offering accurate positioning information. Scaling up with or from a Follow-Me 3D SIX system, Follow-Me Track-iT becomes a powerful auto tracking follow-spot system, with access to all the features and functions within the Follow-Me 3D SIX for controlling lighting fixtures.

Also on the stand is the latest release of Follow-Me 3D. A masking feature prevents fixture beams from hitting specific objects in the performance area. Users can also map objects in the 3D view using the new calibration point group functionality and mask objects such as video walls and curtains. Users can move and rotate groups of calibration points over 3D mesh, controlling them through mappings in Follow-Me 3D or the lighting desk of choice. Follow-Me 3D can be used in the lighting infrastructure via Art-Net, sACN, or both at the same time. Users can also install Follow-Me 3D on their MacBooks and edit their show files offline.