Kaleidescape, Lutron Partner on Movie Player Lighting, Shade Control

Lutron and Kaleidescape partnered on a control integration via Lutron’s RA2 Extensible Application Protocol, they said Wednesday. Direct integration of Lutron’s HomeWorks lighting control system with current Kaleidescape movie players allows users to control Lutron’s Sivoia QS shades and Ketra intelligent lighting. When a user hits play, Kaleidescape sends metadata about the movie so the control system can adjust screen masking, projector lens shift and lighting triggers that close shades and dim lights. When the credits roll, the lights automatically come on slowly, they said. The feature is due to be active in October.