Smartglasses
Adding a new dimension to surtitling!
We have been pioneering the use of smartglasses for performance accessibility: after a first successful run at the Avignon Festival in 2015, we are now operating several other projects in different cities in Europe, including Paris, Berlin and Avignon. This new technology enables surtitles to be shown in individual spectators’ eyelines. Surtitles in an alternative language can simultaneously be displayed above or beside the stage.
Assets & Features
Enhanced spectator experience
Individual adjustment for maximum comfort
and optimal surtitle positioning
choice of language
Choose the desired titles
from all available languages
Inclusion
Revolutionary accessibility aid
for the d/Deaf or hard of hearing
Clear field of vision
Removal of visual disturbance for
audience members not requiring surtitles
Audience development
Attract new spectators
and open up your audience
Facilitate professional partnerships
Enhance international collaboration
with producers and festival directors from abroad
Our Services
Panthea has an unmatched expertise in this field and can offer:
- Project-based rental
- Full project coordination
- Integration of a permanent smartglasses-based surtitling system
- Training sessions to enable your staff to operate the equipment independently

Project-based
rental
Integration of a permanent
smartglasses-based surtitling system
Full project
coordination
Training sessions
to enable your staff
to operate the equipment
independently
Glasses out of the Box
We always seek to offer practical, ergonomic and efficient solutions, even during complicated setups. Therefore we have developed a specially designed case to safely and easily transport the smartglasses.
Our “Glasses out of the Box” includes:
- Up to 10 smartglasses
- Batteries & set of cables
- Also available upon demand: a mobile Wi-Fi system in a rack
Example of project : Festival d'Avignon
“So very cool! It made the understanding of the opera possible”
Mrs. Sayer, USA
“Amazing. Helpful. Breathtaking.”
Anamarta de Pizarro, director of the Iberoamerican Theatre Festival of Bogotá (FITB), Colombia
“I am no longer obliged to look away from the stage to read surtitles”