Originally published at: The MSG Sphere in Las Vegas looks spectacular | Boing Boing
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It is pretty amazing. I wonder how the Dolan family will manage to ruin it.
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What an amazing exterior for a U2 concert.
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I was just there 2 weeks ago right before they turned it on for the first time. It really is incredible to see in real life and the animations they’ve already created for it are unreal.
Here’s 10 minutes of the Sphere in action
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That’s nothing - wait until you see the MTG sphere…
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There’s another one coming to East London - the locals aren’t happy:
London’s MSG Sphere concert venue comes one step closer to reality | London | The Guardian
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THE MONOSODIUM GLUTIMATE SPHERE HAS ARRIVED!
But… my question is- CAN YOU SEE IT FROM SPACE? No space visibility, no care.
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It is a pretty neat looking thing. I was just looking at some other city in Asia. I am not even sure where it was, but it had a lot of colored lights and was “pretty” to look at at night. I don’t think I have seen a city in the US try to do that, other than a handful of buildings. Nothing coordinated for a whole area.
Vegas is the one exception, where they do seem to be putting on a spectacle , and honestly, that is cool looking and very futuristic feeling.
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I would not want to be an AV professional working there. The display maintenance requirements must be extreme and high pressure.
However, content creation would be interesting.
Not its purpose, but it would be extraordinary to create a narrative motion picture for such a display where your perception of the story depended on where you moved during the run relative to the building (a la Sleep No More).
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This is gonna piss off some flat Earth folks
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That’s what I was thinking. That would be a great job, to just dream up cool stuff.
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Jesus, that is the Vegasest shit I’ve ever seen.
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It’s a performance venue. Most theaters and concert halls don’t have windows (except maybe in the lobby areas).
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reminds me of this…
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MSG Sphere? Oh, so if it was in Europe, it would be the E621 Sphere?
(Some people who visit these comments are probably now preparing to do a spit take or sitting on their hands or similar.)
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Nice snowglobe.
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A quick google search about the inside…
“Inside Sphere sits the reported highest-quality wraparound LED screen in the world. There are also 160,000 speakers designed to give everyone in attendance the same quality of sound.”
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“a sports and concert venue that seats nearly 18,000 people .”
Wow! Sounds like the inside is spectacular too.
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I’m curious as to how many kilowatts it takes to illuminate this thing. It must take a massive amount of electricity, especially during the day.
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