InstallationCreative ManagementLive Experience

Yandex NDA Releases — Luminar X

Full multimedia content environment for Yandex's NDA Releases event. Five themed spatial worlds — each dedicated to a Yandex product — designed and produced end-to-end by CATS under the Luminar X project.

CLIENT

Yandex

YEAR

2024

FORMAT

Multi-room immersive multimedia installation with large-format screen content

ROLE

Full production — spatial concept, content design, pipeline management, delivery across all worlds

OUTPUT

Five complete product worlds + Welcome World + afterparty edition delivered for live event

Multimedia Installations Creative Management

Short description

CATS designed and produced the full multimedia content environment for Luminar X — Yandex’s internal NDA Releases event. Guests moved through a sequence of themed spatial worlds, each dedicated to a specific Yandex product, with custom visual environments produced for every space.

CATS role

CATS handled the full content production pipeline for the event: spatial concept development for each themed world, visual content design and production, and delivery of all multimedia assets across five distinct product environments plus the Welcome World and afterparty edition.

Scope

Creative management and production supervision
Spatial multimedia content concept
Large-format screen content production for multiple rooms
Five individual product world visual environments
Welcome World — entry environment with references to all five products
Afterparty edition of Welcome World (reimagined for evening)
End-to-end delivery pipeline

Format

Multi-room immersive multimedia installation. Themed halls with large-format screen content. Event-based, single-location.

Halls: Portal → Hall of Meanings → Aura → main hall WORLD.

Product worlds:

Yandex Search: The Lost World of Search Queries (cactus visual metaphor)
Yandex Ecom: Desert of E-commerce (crab with coins)
Yandex Neuro: Neurocosmos (cosmic environment)
Yandex Alice: The World of Alice’s Soul (smart speaker, voice assistant)
Yandex Self-Driving Group: The World Through the Eyes of Autonomous Transport

Multimedia Installations
Creative Management

Media TODO

Cover image — event photography or production render from the installation
Gallery images — one per world (5 worlds + Welcome World = minimum 6 images)
Video walkthrough of the installation or event highlights
Production stills / behind-the-scenes

Notes / needs confirmation

Year confirmed as 2024 from presentation
Event was internal (NDA Releases) — confirm if client permits public case
Confirm whether Luminar X is a CATS internal project name or Yandex’s name for the event

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