German circus goes cruelty-free and replaces animals with holograms

Ah, the circus. It’s a time-honored tradition, but the practice of training animals to do ಞsilly things for the amusement of youngsters is definitely old-fashioned and there are many reasons why it’s not a po🐬pular as it once was.

The treatment of circus animals is one of the biggest criticisms of modern 𝓡circus companies an🍬d many people don’t feel that animals should be forced to perform for our entertainment.

Germany🌄’s Circus Roncalli has heard🌃 those criticisms and taken them to heart. You can still go to a Roncalli performance and see animals like elephants and horses, only now the animals won’t actually be real, they’ll be

The company pha⛎s👍ed out using live animals in its shows back in 2017, but the addition of holograms is a relatively new development.

Roncalli partnered with a company called Bluebox to install a holographic display system built by Optoma. A total of 11 Opto🦹ma devices make up t🐷he system and the results are truly something to behold:

The new performances are totally animal-free, but they’re still plenty entertaining. The images being projected appear tꦦo be three-dimensional but are actually hitting a flat surface surrounding the center ring, though you’d never know it from your spot in the audience.

It’s really not much different from seeing a movie pla♏ying out in a theater, only in this case you’re watching virtual animals perform tricks and stunts that you might otherwise have only seen at a “real” circus.

The b🐻enefit for Roncalli is that no animals could possibly be hurt during its all-digital shows and audience members can enjoy the sights without the guilt.

Are holographic performances likely to🎃 revive interest in circuses? It’s hard to say, but in the meantime, it certainly looks like a ne♏at way to spend an evening.