Built on the foundation of Follow-Me 3D, Follow-Me DELT∆ – the latest generation of the company’s manual performer tracking system – brings improved architecture in both hardware and software.
Follow-Me DELT∆ represents a comprehensive response to user feedback and evolving industry needs, as productions have grown significantly in creative design, scale and complexity in recent years. It introduces features that encourage creative collaboration between lighting, audio and video, support set-up efficiency, and promise to deliver operational focus and precision across all production scales.
At the core of Follow-Me DELT∆ is a redesigned licenced rack server featuring enhanced processing power and multiple EtherCON ports, enabling separate network streams for video and control data. The system now ships with a 4K camera set, giving low-latency video directly over the network and providing operators with significantly sharper, more detailed views of performers.
The most significant innovation is the introduction of the Follow-Me DELT∆ Operator Box. This compact PoE-powered device provides each operator with a dedicated view of the tracking area, complete with individual zoom control and target control. Each operator can focus on their assigned target without distraction, even when multiple performers are being tracked simultaneously within the same system.
The Operator Box allows users to adapt their view by displaying only relevant information such as target intensity, beam size, and zOffset either next to the target or in a corner of the screen. Operator messages can be sent from Follow-Me DELT∆ or the lighting desk directly to individual operator views, ensuring information reaches the right person without affecting others.
The new Advanced Zoning feature enables designers to trigger mappings, enable or fade fixtures, mute tags, and automate other system behaviour based on performer position. Zones can be customised using circles, rectangles, or complex polygons, unlocking powerful creative possibilities for designers.
BeamMap ensures consistent fixture intensity, beam size, and focus throughout the performance area, automatically adjusting parameters as performers move across the stage. This feature is particularly valuable for productions that require a consistent visual appearance across the entire stage area.
A new Show Status Window provides adjustable widgets for real-time system diagnostics, DMX activity, and camera status information, giving technicians live visibility during both pre-show configuration and showtime operation.
Set-up and workflow improvements include MVR import functionality that instantly brings in fixture positions, universes, and patching data, along with improved CSV patching tools that allow technicians to patch multiple fixtures simultaneously. Over 100 interface and workflow improvements throughout the software make operation faster and more intuitive.
‘When we design our products, we’re always balancing the needs of three distinct groups: Designers focus on creative intent, technicians on setup and reliability, and operators on tracking performers accurately during the show,’ says Follow-Me Product Manager, Tim van Dijck. ‘Multi-performer shows and large, complex stages require perfect visibility for accurate performer tracking, and that’s why DELT∆ introduces the Follow-Me DELT∆ Operator Box and a 4K camera set. This combination provides each operator with a dedicated tracking view, individual target control, and zoom level for distraction-free focus and unmatched precision.’
The Follow-Me DELT∆ system is available in two versions. DELT∆ Duo supports tracking up to two performers and control of up to 12 fixtures of any brand and type, making the system perfect for follow spot lighting, while DELT∆ Unlimited supports unlimited performers and fixtures and includes OSC and PSN functionality, making DELT∆ the most complete manual performer tracking available for lighting, audio, and video integration. DELT∆ Unlimited can be upgraded to include full auto tracking with Follow-Me TRACK-iT.
Follow-Me is brand-agnostic with support for industry-standard protocols like Art-Net and sACNb to deliver reliable performance tracking for lighting, immersive audio, video mapping and stage automation in virtually any environment. The system can scale accordingly to suit design requirements from smaller to more complex live entertainment environments, concert touring, theatre, broadcast TV, events and festivals, cruise ships, houses of worship, open-air venues, A/V productions, and permanent installations in venues.
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