Recently, Wynn unveiled its third spectacular show, custom-made for its immersive theatre venue, Illuminarium. The latest show entitled Music in Light brings classic orchestral masterpieces to life in a stunning audiovisual experience. It joins two other impressive shows already at the venue, SPACE: A Journey to the Moon Beyond which premiered in December last year, and WILD: An Immersive Safari Experience launched in March this year. All three shows are currently screening daily.
Illuminarium is equipped with one of the most advanced immersive systems in the world, providing audiences with a multi-sensory, vivid experience. A total of 2.4 billion pixels are transmitted on all four walls and the floor through 4K laser projections. At the same time, more than 2,000 speakers create a virtual world of sound that is not only synchronized with the visuals, but also with the visitor’s position, with beamforming sounds creating a wholly immersive auditory adventure. Meanwhile, Lidar-based movement sensors detect movement and transmit vibrations to specific areas of the floor, and digital scent technology even adds fragrances to the experience.
Illuminarium Experiences was founded in 2019, partnering with media production company RadicalMedia and architecture and design firm Rockwell Group. It has created permanent shows in Las Vegas, Atlanta and Toronto, and now here in Macau at Wynn Palace.
The first show presented in Macau, SPACE: A Journey to the Moon Beyond allows visitors to marvel at the vast expanse of the universe as they fly through a technicolor nebula, kick up dust on the moon, see Saturn’s rings up close, and weave through an asteroid belt. The show also highlights the significant achievements of China’s aerospace industry over the past 30 years.
The second show launched at Wynn Palace, WILD: An Immersive Safari Experience is a 45-minute awe-inspiring safari journey featuring 47 species of exotic animals native to the African continent in eight chapters. Shot on location in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania, the adventure was directed and produced by RadicalMedia, the team behind the award-winning movie Hamilton.
The WILD creative process took two years to bring to fruition and required the expertise of talented filmmakers and technologists to capture the wondrous African natural habitats from sunrise to sunset. With the advanced technical system in the dedicated space, visitors can wander amidst the wildlife, hear the heavy steps of the elephant herds, move amongst graceful giraffes on the grasslands, encounter leopards, and even track the elusive African rhinoceros, all while taking in the majestic landscapes and gazing at the savanna sunrise and the Kenyan star-filled night sky.
The latest presentation, also by RadicalMedia, Music in Light, uses the most innovative and modern digital art techniques to vividly showcase the masterpieces of world-renowned composers such as Mozart, Vivaldi, Brahms, and Strauss. Taking over a year to create, the show features strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and organ keyboards, as well as a borrowed a Stradivarius violin worth US$12 million.
The visual techniques used are a combination of cinematic in-camera effects, lasers, and 2D/3D animation. Audiences are immersed in dynamic images at over 185 million pixels in full 8K, filmed with special lenses called Macro Diopters that create a visual world unique to each piece, and also interacting with the four walls and the floor of Illuminarium.
Hollywood sound engineers have mixed the audio for this show so that it envelops the audience completely through HOLOPLOT, one of the most advanced sound systems in the world, to complete the 360-degree immersive experience. Haptic technology, which creates a sense of touch, further amplifies the sensory experience, accentuating the highs and lows of the musical compositions, giving visitors a unique opportunity to actually feel the music.
At the opening of Music in Light, Mr. Dennis Liu, Creative Director of RadicalMedia commented: “The endless possibilities of Illuminarium allow our team the artistic freedom to run wild in our creations. The immersive experiences can evoke strong emotions that go beyond a 2D screen, fostering deeper connections between users and the content, resulting in memorable and impactful sensory experiences. With Music in Light, you are able to be up close, right next to the instruments and musicians with personified projections of the music telling their stories with symbolic visuals.”
Illuminarium is open between 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. from Tuesday to Sunday featuring three major shows: “SPACE”, “WILD” and “MUSIC IN LIGHT”. “SPACE” first admission is at 1:15 p.m. and last session is at 2:15 p.m.; “WILD” first admission is at 3:30 p.m. with last admission at 5:00 p.m.; “MUSIC IN LIGHT” first admission is at 6:30 p.m. with last admission at 8:00 p.m.