Real-time laser safety

A real-time shadow that follows moving people

ShadowGuard masks the laser beam around people and objects in real time, using computer vision on the galvanometers. Deploy interactive laser near an audience - without a cage, within FDA / IEC 60825 limits.

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Laser + public = a regulatory wall

Powerful laser near people means strict eye-safety limits (FDA, IEC 60825). The usual answers - fencing off the beam, or hand-drawing static “safe zones” - kill the interaction, and static zones don’t follow people who move. That’s the wall most integrators hit.

ShadowGuard comparison: without real-time masking (unsafe) versus with ShadowGuard (safe)
How it works

The light avoids the person

Cameras detect people and objects; ShadowGuard inhibits laser emission exactly where they are, frame by frame. The beam is masked around each person as they move - and because the graphics land on a surface, no smoke is required.

  • •Vision-based masking on galvanometers - dynamic, not pre-programmed
  • •Two layers: fixed graphics + adaptive, per-person guidance
  • •Runs inside the IkkonixEngine real-time pipeline
  • •Pioneers of galvo vision-masking since 2014
Compliance

Engineered to laser-safety standards

ShadowGuard is built to FDA and IEC 60825 requirements - the regulatory barrier that opens venues and audiences closed to conventional laser shows.

FDA-recognized

Deployed under an FDA variance secured by our US partner (GhostTracker), authorizing laser-emission blocking on performers.

IEC 60825

Emission control engineered to the international laser-safety standard.

Real, regulated conditions

Proven in live, regulated deployments - not a lab demo.

Dynamic masking vs. manual zones

Manually programmed zones

Static safe areas drawn by hand. They don’t follow people who move, and every new layout means re-programming.

ShadowGuard - vision, real time

The shadow tracks each person automatically, frame by frame: adaptive, close-proximity interaction with no manual re-programming.

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Bring laser closer to your audience - safely

Tell us about your system and your venue. We’ll tell you what ShadowGuard makes possible.

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