12/23/2025
Thrasos was honored to return for this year’s Gift of Christmas at Prestonwood Baptist Church, providing projection tracking, video playback, video engineering, and (new for us this year) laser scanning for this incredible, technically ambitious pageant attended by more than 70,000 people annually.
This year’s production introduced several new elements, including projection onto scrims to create a 3D effect and an expanded projection system using seven projectors. We also implemented a new 3D laser scanning workflow for projector calibration. In previous years, calibration relied on a laser disto that gathered reference points around the room. This year, a Leica laser scanner captured nearly 500 million points, allowing us to build a far more accurate 3D model — critical to achieving precise projection alignment.
The results spoke for themselves. We received a great deal of feedback on how much improved the moving projection panels looked this year, and one audience member even asked whether the displays were LED —something we almost never hear when working with projection.
Huge thanks to Prestonwood Baptist Church, Pixera, Stage Precision, UVLD, ZFX Flying Effects, Pyrotechnico, Gemini Stage Lighting & Sound, Fuse, and Communilux Productions. Another great year in the books.