White cyc is an individual component used to build a cyclorama that encircles the stage. All the advances in technology have done little to change the way in which the cyc is lighted over the years. All the new technology has increased the significance of correct lighting, and using the right kind of material for the white cyc.
What technology has done is take century old technology and make its use essential for creating virtual backgrounds for virtual, and special effects for the emerging flood of movies, and various video applications dependent on computer systems requiring flawless virtual backgrounds that can only be created in white cyc studios. White cyc residences technology goes back to nineteenth century German Theaters and has bounced round the entertainment industry for a long time. White wall surface was use for early twentieth century Broadway plays and finally ended up in Hollywood use for making CGI effects.
