When the Las Vegas Grand Prix gets going Saturday night, the 300,000 people in Sin City won’t be the only ones on hand taking in the action. Orbi, the giant emoji projected on the outside of the Sphere (and plenty of merch inside it), will be watching with his large yellow head and expressive eyes as well. Formula 1 fans will see him turn this way and that and possibly wonder what he’s doing. As it happens, there’s a lot more science in those movements than you might expect.

Sphere’s chief creative officer Ned McNeilage explained to The Hollywood Reporter what’s happening and why.

“Orbi is one of our iconic pieces at Sphere, so for him to track cars and be an F1 fan made a lot of sense. We built a model, a map, that helps us understand where the cameras are on the track in rela

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