Lightpath OS + ISAAC, Lutron, or Qsys
ISAAC orchestrates and schedules; Lightpath OS brings content, mapping, and UI; telemetry flows to the BMS; the Lightpath OS UI runs inside ISAAC's control panel.
Lightpath OS on the ISAAC ecosystem
Design Extraordinary Spaces. Operate Them Forever.
lightpath@digitalambiance.com
What is Lightpath OS?
Lightpath OS is a web-based platform for designing, operating, and monitoring dynamic lighting and media experiences. Everything about it is built for permanence: installs that run for years and pass from the team that builds them to the people who run them every day.
Content management, real-time generative visuals, fleet-wide monitoring, and intuitive scheduling, all in one interface. Accessible from a browser, phone, or any internet-connected device.
Hosted on the on-site server, reachable securely from any browser. Nothing to host yourself.
The whole lifecycle
Design and operate from one platform.
Traditional show software is built for experts who design complex systems. Lightpath OS is not only built for the people who program these installations, it's designed for the teams that have to operate them long-term: the designer on day one, and the marketing team, facility manager, and owner on day two thousand. The full power of a custom-built installation, behind an interface the end-client can actually use.
- Design without constraints: any fixture, any hardware, any geometry.
- Operate from anywhere: assign content, schedule looks, monitor devices, from any browser, anywhere in the world.
- Hand off with confidence: simple controls for the people who actually run the space.
Why Lightpath OS exists
Born from real installs.
- Born from real installs
- Ecosystem-agnostic
- Public-URL access
- Role-based logins
- Interoperable by design
Lightpath OS grew out of the custom installations Digital Ambiance builds: unique, one-off systems that still need to be supported and controlled years later. Every feature exists because a real install needed it, and every install DA ships runs on it. It unifies the complex work behind a custom install into a single system the customer can understand, without giving up any of the custom capability.
The everyday tasks Lightpath OS was built to answer, no technical knowledge required:
- “Change the colors for the holidays.”
- “Schedule this look to come on 30 minutes before sunset.”
- “Is the installation actually working right now?”
- “Give the CEO a tablet with just a few buttons.”
User flows
Every user, exactly what they need.
Role-based access means every user sees only what they need and nothing more. You decide who gets what, from a developer with the full toolset to a client with a single button.
Designers & Developers
- Build the install
- Pixel mapping, custom integrations for content and interactivity, device setup, and alerts
- Extensible by design
- Add sources, effects, sensors, and API data as each project needs
- Scale and integrate
- Multi-machine rendering, process management, and fit Lightpath OS into your existing stack
Marketing & Client
- A custom user interface
- A simple, tailored UI with only the controls they need
- Guided every step
- Create content and set schedules through simple, step-by-step flows, no training needed
- Change it in a click
- Swap colors or looks for a holiday in seconds
Facility Managers
- See it at a glance
- One dashboard for the health of the whole install
- Get alerted
- Know the moment something needs attention
- Operate from a custom UI
- A control interface built for everyday operation
Real-time content
Author content live, right in the browser.
Content authoring can be a bottleneck for many teams: slow export loops, challenging remote updates, bespoke pipelines, content only one person can touch. Lightpath OS makes it live and approachable. Any content streams straight to the browser with parameters to tweak on the fly, so you see exactly how it will look as you build.
- Real-time pre-vis TouchDesigner streamed to your browser, so you author looks live and see the result instantly, no export.
- Brand palettes save your exact brand colors and restyle any look in seconds.
- Bring your own media upload files, or pull in NDI and Spout from anything else in the stack.
- A simple content model build from looks, scenes, sequences, and playlists, the units that make an install easy to run.
- AI Studio (beta) prompt new content for the install, in real time or as high-quality offline video.
On the roadmapOne place for all your content: preview feeds from your media servers and content sources (Pixera, Disguise, Resolume, Notch, network cameras & video players) side by side in Lightpath OS, with optional real-time pre-vis.
Author looks live, no export.
Interoperability
Works with the tools you already use.
Lightpath OS is modular by design. It works with your whole stack (content, pixel mapping, UI, scheduling, playback logic, device control, and monitoring and telemetry) or handles just a few of those roles alongside the software you already run. It speaks the protocols you already use: OSC, HTTP REST, Art-Net, sACN, NDI, Spout, PJLink, Socket.IO.
- Full Lightpath OS stack
- Lightpath OS + Pharos
- Lightpath OS + Unreal + Pixera
- Lightpath OS + ISAAC
- Lightpath OS + Q-SYS
- Lightpath OS + Lutron
- Lightpath OS + Crestron
One hub for the whole stack.
Lightpath OS + Advatek PixLite Mk3
Lightpath OS discovers, bulk-configures, and monitors the controller fleet, with alerts and firmware management.
Advatek's integration guideLightpath OS + Unreal + Pixera
Unreal generates real-time visuals; Pixera handles media-server playback and mapping; Lightpath OS is the control, scheduling, and monitoring layer.
Proactive monitoring
Know the moment something's off.
Most teams find out a system needs attention when a stakeholder walks past it, days later, and sends an angry email. Lightpath OS watches every device continuously and tells you as soon as there's trouble. Telemetry with defined thresholds, multi-condition alerts, and a grace period so it fires only for real problems, not noise. The difference between fixing it quietly and hearing about it in the lobby.
- See the whole install on one page: what is online, what needs attention, what is scheduled.
- Set thresholds and conditions. Get notified by Slack, Telegram, or email in real time.
- Route a call for help straight to the team that knows the install, not a generic support line.
Catch it before anyone notices.
Case study
Interactive projection, lighting, and spatial sound, as one experience.
The Lagunitas Experience is a permanent narrative-driven installation in Northern California: projection, architectural lighting, and 3D spatial audio, all real-time interactive, driven by live LiDAR and sensor data, all orchestrated by Lightpath OS. It demonstrates how Lightpath OS operates at scale, sitting at the heart of an ecosystem of other best-in-class systems. A team relies on Lightpath OS to keep the installations running at 100% year-round.
14Projectors (12 small + 2 large)
5LiDAR sensors driving live interactivity
60+Devices monitored end to end
20+Speakers of 3D spatial audio
1Platform orchestrating it all
The stack, and how it fits together
- Lightpath OS: pixel mapping, orchestration, and the control UI. The brain of the install.
- Unreal Engine: real-time rendering.
- Modulo Pi: projection mapping.
- Spatial Sound: 3D multi-channel audio.
- TouchDesigner ingests live Ouster LiDAR feeds via a Lightpath OS integration, and custom Unreal and TouchDesigner integrations turn the data into generative lighting and projection content in real time. Lightpath OS coordinates the sensor tracking across Unreal, Modulo Pi, and TouchDesigner.
In daily operation
01
Monitored end to end
60+ devices are monitored with alerts, so problems get caught before anyone notices.
02
Verify mapping remotely
a live feed of the projection mapping streams straight to the browser so the operators can check the real-world results remotely.
03
On-site control
an on-site iPad runs the interface for staff.
The Lagunitas Experience, a permanent outdoor installation in Northern California.
How Lightpath OS Is Priced
Lightpath OS is licensed per install: a small recurring line inside the cost of the build, not separate software to manage. The license is what keeps the space working after handoff, hosting on the on-site server, monitoring, updates, and the support SLA. You own the experience; we keep the platform behind it running.
ModelDetail
- Just a line item
- A small cost inside the installation budget, not one that competes with it.
- Flexible licensing
- Annual, monthly rental, or one-time permanent. Matched to how you want to buy.
- Everything to keep it running
- Hosting, monitoring, updates, and the SLA are in the license, not billed as extras.
You're buying an installation that keeps working, not software to operate. Lightpath OS is priced to sit quietly inside the project.
Show Control & Content Engine
See it live.
demo.lightpath.online- 01Explore the live demo. Try Lightpath OS yourself on our public demo server.
- 02Book a call. Walk through it with us and see how it fits your space.
- 03Get equipped. We send the pricing calculator and everything your team needs to plan the install.
- 04Go hands-on. We set up Lightpath OS on real hardware so your team can try it before you commit.
- 05Build your first install. When you're ready, we design and ship it with you.
