Interactive projection, lighting, and spatial sound — as one experience.
The Lagunitas Experience is a permanent, narrative-driven installation in Northern California: projection, architectural lighting, and 3D spatial audio — all real-time interactive, driven by live LiDAR and sensor data, and orchestrated end to end by Lightpath OS. A team relies on it to keep the environment running at 100% year-round.
14
Projectors (12 small + 2 large)
5
LiDAR sensors driving live interactivity
60+
Devices monitored end to end
20+
Speakers playing 3D spatial audio
1
Platform orchestrating it all
The Experience
Built to live outdoors year-round, the installation blends into its surroundings by day and comes alive after dark. As people move through the space, live LiDAR and sensor data let the piece listen and respond — turning the landscape into a living canvas that never repeats itself. Digital Ambiance handled the full design/build: concept, content, sensing, control, and the infrastructure that keeps it running on its own.
The Stack, and How It Fits Together
Lightpath OS — pixel mapping, orchestration, and the control UI. The brain of the install.
Unreal Engine — real-time rendering.
Modulo Pi — projection mapping.
Spatial sound — 3D multi-channel audio.
TouchDesigner — ingests and processes live Ouster LiDAR feeds into interactive, generative content, with Lightpath OS coordinating sensor tracking across Unreal, Modulo Pi, and TouchDesigner.
In Daily Operation
Monitored end to end — 60+ devices are monitored with alerts, so problems get caught before anyone notices.
Verify mapping remotely — a live feed of the projection mapping streams straight to the browser, so operators can check the real-world result from anywhere.
On-site control — an on-site iPad runs the interface for staff.
Location: Northern California
Year: 2025
Design / Build, Creative Direction & Engineering: Digital Ambiance — Robb Pope, Javier Martínez
Control Platform & Content: Lightpath OS (Digital Ambiance)
Spatial Sound: Wyatt Giampa — Wyld Renaissance
Videography: Bryan Gibel