Editing Laser lighting display (section)

{{Short description|Kind of show made with laser light}}
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[[File:Classical spectacular laser effects.jpg|thumb|right|A laser show is a live multimedia performance.]]
[[File:CopperBromideLaser.jpg|thumb|right|[[Copper vapor laser]] in operation. Seen in South Florida in February 2006.]]
[[File:Muse at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival 03.jpg|thumb|[[Muse (band)|Muse]] on stage at [[Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival]] in San Francisco, 13 August 2011]]
[[File:Multimedia Laser Show in Beach Club.png|thumb|Multimedia Laser Show in Beach Club on board of [[AIDAprima|AIDAPrima]]]]

A '''laser lighting display''' or '''laser light show''' involves the use of  [[laser]] light to entertain an audience.  A laser light show may consist only of projected laser [[light beam|beams]] set to [[music]], or may accompany another form of [[entertainment]], typically musical performances.

Laser light is useful in entertainment because the coherent nature of laser light allows a narrow beam to be produced, which allows the use of optical scanning to draw patterns or images on walls, ceilings or other surfaces including [[theatrical smoke and fog]] without refocusing for the differences in distance, as is common with video projection. This inherently more focused beam is also extremely visible, and is often used as an effect.  Sometimes the beams are "bounced" to different positions with mirrors to create laser sculptures.<ref name="Laser Sculpture">{{cite web|title=Laser Sculpture|url=http://www.capelasers.co.za/laser-sculpture/|website=Cape Lasers|access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref>