Hydraulic motion control adds special effects on stage at the Venetian in Las Vegas.

The nightly Phantom show has a stunning new home in the architecturally impressive Las Vegas Venetian Resort Hotel Casino theatre inspired by the Opera Garnier in Paris.

Delta Computer Systems and Atlantic Industrial Technologies (AIT) teamed up to address the challenge of providing control to the motion of a 1,500 pound cage that suddenly appears to trap the angered Phantom’s foe during the stage production.

The cage moves 84 inches upward from below the stage floor in just one second. Each night it reliably returns to the exact position at its home underneath the stage following...read more