Cadillac at the US Open

Real-time VFX & interaction developer

AI-powered interactive experience at Cadillac House during the 2025 US Open

InstallationInteractiveAI / CV

Project Video

Overview

An AI-powered experiential installation at Cadillac House during the 2025 US Open, created in partnership with Jack Morton. The experience turned fan visits into shareable, personalized artwork — blending Cadillac brand moments with a living, tournament-long mural.

Over the two-week tournament, the system generated 12,000+ AI-personalized photos across four interactive touchpoints, with real-time usage monitoring through a custom CMS.

10.14K
Photo Booth Participants
4
Booths
12K
AI-personalized photos

Four Touchpoints

AI-Powered Photobooth

Visitors stepped in and became "part of a living mural" — their likeness stylized into the iconic US Open 2025 artwork by Melissa Koby, rendered in real time.

AI Photobooth — stylized output

The Takeaway

Visitors completed a short survey and retrieved their personalized AI artwork — ready for social sharing.

Takeaway touchpoint

The Mosaic

An opt-in living photo mural that grew throughout the tournament — every contributing visitor became a tile in the collective artwork.

Living mosaic mural

Stadium Takeover

Cadillac-branded moments extended beyond the pavilion and into the stadium itself, delivering immersive visuals during on-court Cadillac segments.

Engineering

  • Real-time VFX & interaction software driving the photobooth capture, AI stylization, and live mosaic composition
  • Custom CMS and front-end for real-time usage monitoring, content moderation, and output delivery to visitors
  • TouchDesigner runtime for real-time compositing and touchpoint orchestration
  • Motion design and bespoke animation for the Cadillac brand frames
  • Designed for two-week uptime with reliability across peak tournament traffic

Scale & Impact

  • Event: US Open Tennis Championships 2025, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, NY
  • 12,000+ AI-generated photos created during the tournament
  • 900,000+ US Open attendees (annual average)
  • Client: Cadillac (General Motors) — official vehicle of the US Open
  • Technical team: 15+ specialists across motion design, development, sound, and fabrication

Credits

  • Client: Cadillac
  • Creative Agency: Jack Morton
  • Studio: Volvox Labs
  • Project Lead: Michael Schneider
  • Creative Direction: Kamil Nawratil, Pasakorn Nontananadh
  • Real-time VFX & Interaction Developer: Wenyi Zhang
  • US Open 2025 Artwork: Melissa Koby

References

Gallery

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Tools

TouchDesignerPythonGenerative AICustom CMS