Some couples are using video mapping — or projections — to create visual experiences intended to transport guests to another place.
When Jonathan Dubin, 34, and Madison Bigos Dubin, 30, hosted their wedding reception last October, they transported their guests to Upper Antelope Canyon in Arizona.
Only the reception was held at Cipriani 25 Broadway in downtown New York.
The couple accomplished this sleight of hand through video mapping, or video projections that effectively paint large surfaces like walls and ceilings.
“I had to remind myself that I was in a ballroom because the atmosphere was so immersive,” said Hutton Bailey, a guest who flew in from Chicago.
Mr. Dubin said the images of Upper Antelope Canyon were intended to evoke the feeling of celebrating inside the canyon, which is near the resort where the couple would be honeymooning in Utah.
Panoramas of the New York City skyline followed. The finale was aerial views of the Empire State Building as the D.J. and a saxophonist played a rendition of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind,” while many of their 250 guests sang and danced.
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