The world’s most accurate, fastest and reliable automated tracking solution.
Track anything – whether it’s people, objects, vehicles, or animals.
Create a dynamic visual experience with automated follow spots that trail or highlight a subject as they dance, perform, or speak.
Tracks the audio source’s position, movement, and rotation, sending this data to spatial audio systems to accurately place the sound in a 3D space.
Connect BlackTrax with media servers to create custom media and projection mapping that interacts with and projects onto moving objects for a truly immersive experience.
Using the CONVRG software add-on, you can seamlessly bring automated PTZ cameras into the dynamic world of real-time tracking.
Use your preferred media engine to create interactive Extended Reality. Render virtual objects in real time from the camera’s view to produce realistic landscapes and surreal effects.
Fly RC drones into the air, with projection mapping.
The ability to talk to and control lasers and create stunning laser effects.
BlackTrax takes workers out of precarious situations, decreasing the number of accidents and injuries on the job.
The open source Tracking Protocol (RTTrP) makes it easy to create custom integration with other automated systems.
Fixed locations or part of a full-scale touring production.
Small theaters, arenas,
parks, indoor or outdoor events.
Flexible, mobile, adaptable and
scalable.
BlackTrax can capture and pass positional 3D (X,Y,Z) and 6D rotation (yaw, pitch, roll) data to automation controllers.
BlackTrax is a vision-based system that connects to different third-party applications, such as lighting consoles, media servers, immersive audio systems, game engines, and any other third party that accepts the RTTrPL or RTTrPM open source protocol.
BTSensors use a proprietary motion capture driver. Use it to surround the tracking space to capture the motion of the Beacons.
Versa x22, x41, and x120 outdoor motion capture cameras are now fully compatible with BlackTrax.
These active light sources send unique infrared light pulses to the BTSensor.
Now with live battery status, performer names, and stringer verification indicators for ultimate control. Plus, Quick Connect stringer ports make setup a breeze, and USB-C charging keeps you powered between shows.
BlackTrax‘s classic LED Beacons are placed on a performer, moving object or scenery, sending the positional data based on the location of an LED in the 3D space.
The BT Beacon can manage up to 3 stringers with LEDs (tracking points) that can be tracked individually or in a group. Each LED pulses at a specific rate with its own unique ID. Track up to 85 beacons or 255 tracking points simultaneously.
Smaller and stringer-free, Mini Beacons suit all unscripted, impromptu production needs, including those of larger productions.
Mini Beacons are the perfect answer for interactive showcases, where you want to easily ‘tag’ someone for an interactive display area or include and immerse audiences, hassle-free.
Mini Beacons are always powered on and have a battery life of approximately eight hours, pulsing at 100Hz, the same as the classic BTBeacon.
Ready to adapt to any live situation. Compact and wired, Mini-Beacon Waves are always powered on and have a battery life of approximately 8 hours. Powered by the QC Stringers.
The Mini Beacon Wave provides a solution for customers who need a discreet placement option for the mini beacon. The MB Wave can be kept in a pocket with a thin stringer cable extending to a visible point on the body. For example, a keynote speaker can place the beacon in their blazer or shirt pocket and pass the stringer to their collar, lapel, or through a shirt button.
This product is preferred by some users over the traditional Mini Beacon (MB) due to its combination of a traditional beacon approach with a stringer, using the smaller Mini Beacon as the battery source.
Improved tracking accuracy to keep performers reliably in focus. Easily sewn onto costumes for a discreet and secure attachment. Better diffusion compared to standard SMA Stringers.
Stay in control with live battery status, ID names, and diagnostics—all at a glance. Now featuring live reprogramming of Beacon IDs directly from the dock (no server needed!) and USB-C charging for faster turnaround between shows.
Tracking Area
Tracking Type
Sensors
Unique IDs
Outputs
Fixtures
900 sq/m
6D
8
20
1
Unlimited
Tracking Area
Tracking Type
Sensors
Unique IDs
Outputs
Fixtures
1200 sq/m
6D
12
40
3
Unlimited
Tracking Area
Tracking Type
Sensors
Unique IDs
Outputs
Fixtures
54,000 sq/m
6D
50+
255
6
Unlimited
BlackTrax is an advanced tracking software solution designed to empower creative professionals in live events, virtual production, and interactive installations. It seamlessly integrates with lighting, audio, video, and automation systems, enabling dynamic control of moving elements across diverse production environments. Whether it’s enhancing stage performances, immersive experiences, or complex media setups, BlackTrax optimizes workflows for reliable, cutting-edge results.
Designed for objects whose shape does not change. Can also track their rotation.
Cast Images onto mapped surfaces.
Track & records actor’s positions while shooting a scene.
See CONVRG
Automates fixtures with the beam diameter locked to size.
Triggers offset tracking to put the focus on your selective subject.
Creates pre-timed delays while following the target.
Learns to ignore a person's body movement to remove fixture shakes.
Detects when lights hit a pan stop, automating a douse & flip.
Offers several prediction options to improve fixture tracking speed.
Understands the Z coordinate (height) & learns the data about a subject's stride, jog, or run.
255 Tracking Points
X, Y, Z, real-time
positional data, yaw, pitch, roll rotation data.
Triggers lighting consoles to send output to simulate lighting cues.
Any lighting fixture
Through combining both BlackTrax and CONVRG into one cohesive software architecture, we’re not only
continuing our mission to set new standards for Real-Time Tracking technology, but we’re ensuring
accessing this level of precision and efficiency is within reach. Whether in the grandeur of large stadiums or
the intimacy of small TV studios, our commitment is to provide productions with technology that flawlessly captures moments.
CAST Software is the proud maker of BlackTrax and WYSIWYG – setting the standard for real-time tracking, event planning, lighting design, and previsualization.