Lexus IS Stars in First Real-Time Video Game

To promote the new, high-performance Lexus IS Hybrid, Lexus Italy, Saatchi & Saatchi Italy, Movie Magic International, LOGAN (LA&NY) and Fake Love collaborated to create "Trace Your Road," an experiential event featuring Formula 1 driver, Jarno Trulli.

Held on July 26, "Trace Your Road" pit Trulli against a series of improvised racetracks, each one designed on a touch tablet in real-time by one of ten contest winners. Fake Love conceptualized and produced the generative visuals, projections and interactivity for the campaign. LOGAN directed the live action portion, and handled post VFX and finishing. Movie Magic International provided on-site pre-production and production for the spots and produced a behind-the-scenes documentary.

The live event took place inside an aircraft hangar near Rome and featured the new IS Hybrid, a collection of cameras, and real-time projections brought together by LOGAN director, Alan Bibby.

The ten finalists - selected from hundreds of applicants on Lexus' Facebook page - were given the opportunity to sit in the passenger seat of the IS Hybrid with Trulli at the wheel. The course was then traced by contestants on a touch tablet that projected their designs onto the floor of the hangar using a collection of 12-20K and 22K projectors. The Lexus IS Hybrid was tracked using a custom high-res infrared (IR) camera system.