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Article posted on November 1, 2016
By Cindy Davis
AV Technology Magazine, November 2016
There are as many applications for the digital canvas as there are pixels in an 8K display. Whether wayfinding a campus or city, providing updates to a menu, or taking the participant on a digital journey—what happens behind the glass screen is limited only by your imagination and defined goals.
The winner of AV Technology Magazine’s 2015 “Out of the Box Award,” integrated by McCann Systems, has had an interactive upgrade.
The dual 32-feet-wide by 9-feet-tall UHD video walls within the Times Square Viacom headquarters at 1515 Broadway have been transformed into an interactive art installation called Composition VI. The installation was commissioned by Viacom’s Catalyst Group, and is supported by, Art at Viacom. Slanted Studios joined forces with Hard Work Party to create a custom particle-based system that interprets the motion of people into unexpected shapes and colors.
Composition VI engages with visitors’ daily life as they paint the digital canvas with their movement and activate the surrounding space with light and color. The relationship between the visitor and the environment grows in complexity through continuous interaction with the piece.
Up to 12 participants can interact with the 32-feet-wide by 9-feet-tall canvas. The two massive video walls on the outside of elevator bank walls, made up of 16, 55-inch, LG Super Narrow Bezel Video Wall panels set up in a 4 x 4, landscape configuration, creating a combined 16:9 aspect ratio. Dual-channel generative video, UHD video walls, computers, Microsoft Kinect, and custom software help deliver a great experience.
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AV Technology Magazine, November 2016
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