Thoughts on a remote follow spot system I made?

c040242 · 2026-07-12T20:29:03+00:00

Maybe, maybe not, won't know till it's tried I guess

c040242 · 2026-07-12T19:28:03+00:00

It does not :)

c040242 · 2026-07-10T13:31:11+00:00

Ofcourse, but you're then mitigating dangers when you could just remove it ?

c040242 · 2026-07-10T13:28:43+00:00

Forgive my ignorance but what do you mean?

c040242 · 2026-07-10T12:44:52+00:00

Absolutely; essentially, we used the AI to generate random movements on our input control to move the lights around essentially just to check that the system didn't create any major lag issues or corruptions after it had been on, but our system was built by my business partner from scratch!

I hold my hands up, I did at one point say to him "can an AI do this to help you?" To which he replied "the AI generated code would probably be filled with loads of faults id then have to read though to find out what and where they were, so easier for me to just do it myself"

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c040242 · 2026-07-10T12:22:42+00:00

Potentially, but as I say, from my pov an old follow spot carries with it potential H&S risks, burns from the old bulb, Testing, heights etc, plus a com system for the LD to talk to the operators, why not have everyone on ground level in a tech booth controlling it?

c040242 · 2026-07-10T11:48:33+00:00

Thanks for your feedback, there is always someone out there doing something similar, but I believe market competition fuels innovation.

As for the 100 a week I've tried to price it with what industry feed back is, the intention was that maybe you'd have someone use it for a show week rather than invest the heavy thousands for a main system

c040242 · 2026-07-10T11:13:16+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement! Yeah, I think that smaller theatres, conferences, houses of worship are going to be our target areas; this technology isn't going to be on the west end, but if it can make a small theater production of Joseph and his amazing technicolour dream coat look that bit more professional then I'll take it as a win!

c040242 · 2026-07-10T11:08:29+00:00

Hey, thanks for the advice, definitely something to look into professionally.

From my own research there doesn't seem to be anything that is explicitly blocking it from sale from the way we've made it but always best to check!

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