Bates Haunt, an annual Halloween display in Taylorsville, Utah, is the first and longest running video
projection mapping
Projection mapping, similar to video mapping and spatial augmented reality, is a video projection, projection technique used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into display surfaces for video projection. The objects may be complex industr ...
show on a building. The first show was on October 31, 2002. It continues to hold performances each October.
History
The first performance was on October 31, 2002, using a borrowed 1200 lumen projector projecting from the home across the street. Each year additional elements were added. In 2005 a quartet of leaf bag pumpkins were added singing an original song. The haunt drew the attention of one of the first DIY haunter's conventions
HauntX in 2006. There the haunt was awarded two awards: "Best Home Haunt" and "Halloween Enthusiast of the Year". The next year the haunt was featured on Comcast's new digital TV channel
Fearnet
Fearnet was an American digital cable television network, website and video on demand service owned by Comcast. The network specialized in horror entertainment programming through a mix of acquired and original series, and feature films.
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. Since then the show has continued to grow adding additional original songs and content. It was featured in 2013 on
Good Morning America's website in the top 10 Outrageous Halloween Homes Across America as well as various local media outlets.
Technology
Bates Haunt pioneered a technique which used a common drawing program
Adobe Photoshop to trace 3D objects using a projector. The resulting image is then brought into a video program and used to precisely align video elements to the projection surface. The show is a single 30 minute video running in a seamless loop.
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Haunted attractions (simulated)
Recurring events established in 2002