With less than a week to go, Vivid Sydney reveals some of the lavish displays set to light up the night.

With the Vivid Sydney festival opening this Friday, the finishing touches are being put on the large-scale technological feats that will light up Sydney’s winter nights. TDC, the company behind Vivid’s projections and interactive technology, will produce 11,500 square metres of video projection – more than 120 million pixels worth – using over 70 projectors deployed in custom-made towers in and around the city. A highlight: the excitingly named Laser-Dragon Water-Theatre.

^{A render of Eyes on the Harbour at Vivid Sydney}

Vivid Sydney plans to bring installations to locations all across Sydney, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Customs House, Cadmans Cottage, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Darling Harbour, the Sydney Opera House as well as locations in Chatswood. While the full extent of the lavish displays won’t be apparent until opening night, TDC has released tantalising details of some of the installations with which they are involved.

For example, the video projection at Customs House will be enhanced this year with the world’s first ever multi-viewer augmented reality activation, using tablet technology...