Dynascan - The Kooples.

A promo reel of Dynascan's high brightness screens, used in video walls for The Kooples.
Locations of the video walls - Los Angeles and New York City.

Design of video wall by M. Ulto for VMP

Gigantic Dome of Love.

I got this art project offer & asked 4 projectors to surround the thing (by David Dar projections). 
amazingly - i had only 30mins for setup to do proper mapping incl. creating a connection between each 2 & trying to do so in the middle of an ongoing party was a big challenge.
so i took a big breath & I trusted my senses and almost blindly did the mapping (running to the other projectors angles to see if i matched it - whoofff...).
I was so lucky & somehow got it on the 3rd try! the gods must have wanted to see it badly... smile-emoticon cause it was suddenly perfect! & using the latest artificially awake "displace" loops was spot on!
All in all - Mapping & Vjing on the planetarium was a dream come true... 

[Monochrome party, Purim israel 2015]

The modified Tesla in 'Racing Extinction' that's worthy of James Bond.

If a certain famous spy ever requires a high-tech vehicle to help bring environmental villains to justice, something tells me the filmmakers for the new documentary "Racing Extinction" will get a call.

The new film from director Louie Psihoyos premieres this month at the Sundance Film Festival and offers an unprecedented look at endangered species “on the edge of life,” leveraging new technologies and gear to take us behind the scenes and into dangerous worlds. Such a thrilling approach to environmental activism is nothing new for Psihoyos and his team. Back in 2009, his film “The Cove” used innovative high-tech gadgets to covertly document the tragic slaughter of dolphins in Japan, eventually winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

In an interview last year, Psihoyos told me that "Racing Extinction" was the result of “watching too many Jacques Cousteau specials and James Bond movies,” adding that the “technology illuminates the message.” And as we’ve seen in the trailers, one of the big highlights of that high-tech message is a modified Tesla Model S. And oh, what an incredible car it is.

Designed and engineered by Obscura Digital, this "undercover mobile eco-projection vehicle" integrates cutting-edge software and hardware to both record and deliver content. Below are five of the high-tech features dreamed up and made real for "Racing Extinction". (MI6, 007 and even Q might want to take some notes.)

One of the most head-turning modifications to the “Racing Extinction” Tesla is its electroluminescent paint job. Called LumiLor, and developed by the villain-esque sounding Darkside Scientific, this innovative paint allows a driver to custom-animate the vehicle’s exterior. According to professional racer Leilani Munter, who drives the vehicle in the film, she can “turn the color on and off by turning the electric current on and off. When it's off, the car just looks like a normal car.”

For those inspired to give their own vehicle some dynamic camouflage, Munter reveals the entire application is not cheap. “I think it's around $40,000 per gallon for that paint,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “So you are looking at about a $400,000 paint job…”

An Immersive Spherical Projection Theater for Dubai 360.

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/take-a-city-tour-of-dubai--inside-a-projection-theatre-ball

Breathtaking views from a rarely seen perspective are on show to the public at the world’s largest interactive virtual city tour. The city comes alive within a sphere presented by Dubai 360, a website that offers panoramic views. Dubai Mall shoppers can step inside a giant ball in the Star Atrium, walk along a suspended footbridge to the centre of the ball, and experience a fast-paced six-minute film of Dubai shot in 360 degrees. The installation is a 15-metre diameter spherical projection theatre, built by San Francisco company Obscura Digital. Open for public viewing for free, visitors to the Sphere will witness cutting-edge technology from the moment they step inside. Powered by 18 projectors running simultaneously, the dome-surround projections show iconic locations such as Burj Khalifa and The Palm Jumeirah in a way never seen before. The launch of Dubai 360 has established new standards for how people experience a city. The Sphere is another extension of that experience. The basic idea was to create a physical space where we take the high-quality, panoramic content from the Dubai 360 website and present it in a unique way, to offer a fully immersive journey. Dubai 360 is the first virtual city tour that uses fully interactive and immersive 360-degree panoramic photo, time-lapse and video content.

More info here.

Love has no labels

The truth is this...when it all boils down to it, we're meant to love one another, not judge one another. We're quick to cast judgments on people based on the color of their skin, their age, their physical abilities...but love overcomes all of that. Love doesn't know prejudice. Love conquers all. 

When you take away all of the outer appearance, it becomes much easier to accept people for who they are, doesn't it? 

Merger of street art with latest projection mapping tech was five stories high and 70 metres long.

Bron: www.avinteractive.com

Merger of street art with latest projection mapping tech was five stories high and 70 metres long.

Projection mapping services and expertise from TDC – Technical Direction Company enabled graffiti artists to express their artworks using technology as part of this year’s White Night Melbourne, one of Australia’s most celebrated cultural events.

This groundbreaking piece of street art – one of the largest murals in Melbourne – was one of the highlights of White Night Melbourne 2015, a 12-hour nocturnal extravaganza running from 7pm to 7am, inspired by Paris’ Nuit Blanche and the international network of White Night programmes around the world.

Artistic director at White Night Melbourne, Andrew Walsh, said: “White Night offers a mix of visual art, exhibitions, spectacular illuminations, music, theatre, special dining experiences, film, design and performances on display in venues and major cultural institutions across the city centre.

“And TDC is clearly no stranger to world first uses of projection mapping tech or, for that matter, to White Night, having been one of our go-to, trusted technology service providers for a number of years now.”

This year was the first time that White Night Melbourne had worked with street art, presenting Sofles – Graffiti Mapped, a pioneering interactive mural project curated by Juddy Roller exploring the interconnected nature of street art, technology and the online frontier.

Sofles – Graffiti Mapped combined 3D video mapping, traditional street art and graffiti, executed by one of the most exciting and cutting edge street artists in the world: Australian born, internationally renowned artist, Sofles. Working closely with TDC and the Juddy Roller production team, including creative direction by Shaun Hossack, motion design by Grant Osborne, cinematography by Selina Miles, and a brand new musical score by New Zealand producer Opiuo.

“TDC provided Barco HDX Flex projectors, lenses and control system,” explains Brad Williams, Regional Manager, Victoria at TDC, “As well as on-site technical support this and other areas at the festival.

“The façade had quite a lot of negative space that helped with motion designers to have creativity and freedom to design the piece,” said Hassock. “The narrative includes peace, war, technological advancement to ultimate destruction and re-birth”. And TDC was absolutely vital to the entire project in bringing Sofles’ work to life! TDC were already a known and trusted partner of White Night. Plus, animation artist Grant Osborne already knew TDC, so naturally we said we wanted to work with TDC for 3D projection mapping.”

Grant Osborne mapped content using MadMapper video mapping software. TDC assisted by giving pixel space to create content within, and used the internal Barco HDX-W20 FLEX 20,000 lumens projectors warp function to correct the content.

Displays from JOLED.

Japan Display wurde im April 2012 von Innovation Network Corporation Japan INJC, Sony, Toshiba, und Hitachi gegründet mit dem Ziel den weltweiten kleinen und mittleren Display Markt aufzumischen. Japan Display ist natürlich bewusst das man dabei auch eine OLED Fertigung bzw. Forschung benötigt. Deswegen wurde 2014 eine eigene Firma dazu gegründet “JOLED”
Japan Display, Panasonic, Sony, und Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ). Die R&D Abteilungen von Sony und Panasonic sollen ebenfalls in das neue Unternehmen übernommen werden. Sony und Panasonic hatten ja bereits ein Joint Venture am laufen das Ende 2013 aus Kostengründen auf Eis gelegt wurde. Bei JOLED bündelt man nun wieder die Kräfte INCJ wird 75 Prozent der Anteile halten, JDI oder Japan Display 15 Prozent, Sony und Panasonic 5 Prozent. DIeser neue Gigant will mit kleinen bis mittleren OLED DIsplays für Smartphones, Tablet-Pcs starten. Das Ziel ist aber auch flexible OLEDs für tragbare Geräte zu entwickeln und so rasch wie möglich auf den Markt zu bringen.




Joled hat bereits jetzt um die 260 Mitarbeiter die an OLED forschen und die haben große Ziele.
Man will nicht nur kleine/mittlere Displays produzieren sondern auch 10-20 Zoll und zwar schon im zweiten Quartal 2016.Die Massenproduktion soll im zweiten Quartal 2017 starten. Diese Displays können dann in Laptops und Tablets eingesetzt werden. Bei der Technologie wird man natürlich auf die Kentnisse von Sonys WrgB OLED und
auch die Inkjet Technologie von Panasonic zurückgreifen um flexible OLEDs produzieren zu können.

Virtual Reality Shark diving in the desert by Samsung Australia.

To prove that Samsung’s Gear VR can make you feel like you’ve entered another world, we built a dive shop in Alice Springs, Central Australia - thousands of kilometres from the nearest ocean.

See what happened when we gave curious visitors to the store the last thing they’d expect to find in the desert - a chance to dive with one of the ocean’s most feared predators.

Pebble Time is an awesome watch.

Pebble Technology, the company behind the successful Pebble smartwatch, is now developing a new version called Pebble Time - that sports a color e-paper display. The company launched a kickstarter campaign with an aim to raise $500,000. It took them one hour to raise $1 million, and now they already passed $ 11 million in funding.

The Pebble time uses a "color e-paper display" The original pebble used a 1.26" (144x168) monochrome memory LCD (transflective LCD made by Sharp). It's not clear what kind of displays will be used in the new Pebble, but as far as we know sharp do not produce a color memory LCD.


Source: Kickstarter

Fun in Montreal / Canada ( 2011 )