The acts onstage will be dwarfed by the towering 16K LED screen, which wraps over and around much of the audience and can augment the concert experience with trippy animations or close-ups of the performers.
“The screen goes from ground (level) to 250 feet high, all the way around…” says Claffey, the Sphere operations officer. “It keeps you fully immersed when you’re sitting in that bowl. I used to love IMAX in New York City, but this will blow that away.”
Sphere’s producers promise next-level audio as well. Claffey says that more than 160,000 speakers spread around the bowl will deliver the same pristine sound to every seat, whether someone is in the top row or down on the floor.
The venue also is equipped with haptic seats that can vibrate to match whatever is happening onscreen – an earthquake, for example – and 4D machines that can create wind, temperature and even scent effects.
It will be interesting to see if near the stage ticket prices will be lower than middle of the theater tickets. All bands playing there will now be the Gorillaz. As a performer it has to be strange to have everyone looking everywhere but the stage.
When doing "analogue" lightshows twenty / thirty years ago I always enjoyed straying off the rectangular screen and projecting on the walls and ceiling. In fact many bands preferred that arrangement because without rear projection -- which was often impractical -- the bright projector lights aimed toward the stage often distracted the musicians. However, on some occasions we projected right on the band and their equipment and I've often wondered if the musicians (and the music) were affected by being covered in blue polka dots or swirling fractals. No one ever complained.
Our company GEL-O-TRONICS advertised itself as "photonic environmental colorization." We mostly used a combination of dry techniques (projected slides, glasses, and transparences) but supplemented it with liquid oils, on occasion. (They make such a mess even if you are super careful.) Our peak gigs were decorating the Portland Civic Center for String Cheese's Millennial NYE shows and some Phil and Friends shows at the Kaiser. At these shows we didn't shoot the stage, we just projected trippy visuals on and around the building. Which was super fun cause we had time to fully enjoy the show. Now that shit is old hat.
To the dismay of some patrons, I loved also projecting the lightshow on the audience (without being too annoying), thereby creating a much more immersive experience. There was one visually memorable time when a wedding party dressed in white joined the folks in the concert room of the Brookdale Lodge for a DNB show and were quite surprised to "be" the screen. Good times.
There's no question this is very cool technology and that it took a tremendous amount of money and work to develop, but Dave's last post nailed it. Las Vegas is a much more accurate picture of America than the statue of liberty.
As a fulldome producer who's visited LOTS of dome theatres (they're also called "planetariums" ) I can give you a few pointers on your Sphere experience, specifically where it relates to vertigo. The Sphere seating is like just a large football stadium. There really IS a Nosebleed Section (high in 4xx).
Here's the thing: the higher you go, the more disorienting it gets.
There are two parts to the Sphere experience: getting to your seat, and watching the show.
Getting to your seat in Sec 2xx, 3xx, or 4xx will be a tiny bit scary, but not horribly so. "Stadium science" has long known the best balance between safety and experience. They're as steep as they can be, but not TOO steep.
The secret: keep your eyes down while you're moving. If you look around while moving, then you'll immediately discover that was a Bad Idea. Focus on the process of getting to your seat. If you DO stop to look around, grab a handhold. The higher you are in the Sphere, the more important your STABILITY becomes. The issue is that your eyes are saying that you're standing on the edge of a cliff, and your ears are saying everything's fine. Brain confusion. Dizzy.
Find your seat. You'll be much happier. Stability is your friend. NOW look around. If you're feeling brave, then stand up, look around, and you'll certainly get a touch of the V. The place is HUGE.
Once you're in your seat, I have to be honest: our goal as a fulldome producers is to CAUSE vertigo. Just a bit. Not too much. I want you to squirm a bit, but I don't want you to feel sick. (And believe me, if I wanted to make you sick - I could do it. I don't care how strong you think your stomach is.) Dome art is different from any other artform. You are INSIDE my art work. I'm taking you on a journey through space and time, and you WILL feel like you're moving.
SO, what should you do if you DO start feeling sick while seated? (Don't feel bad - it happens to the best of us.)
LOOK AT YOUR FEET & BREATHE. Wait until your tummy is back to a happier place, and then SLOWLY raise your eyes so that you're looking at the center-line of the dome. That should re-orient you into the Sphere, and de-confuse your brain/ear/tummy connection. (If it doesn't work, then there's not much else you can do. Look at your feet. )
Now relax and enjoy the show!
Given my recent vertigo experiences, I think I'll skip it, too. Well, I was going to anyway.
Mid-April Phish Run (according to many sources within the music and LV live production industry).
Problem is that with the current U2 run, everything is pre-programed ahead of time. That won't work with Phish. They will have to give CK the keys to the kingdom and time to learn the inner workings for this to fly.
U2 dedicates "Pride (In The Name Of Love) to the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack at the Supernova Music Festival at their 10/09/2023 performance at the Las Vegas Sphere:
>>>They will have to give CK the keys to the kingdom and time to learn the inner workings for this to fly.
From what I have heard it's the cost of producing the visuals for each song which has to be done from scratch and ahead of time that is the problem. You can't use anything you have done before, and I don't think much is done on the fly. I don't think it can be repurposed either. So yeah it would be way more expensive for Phish. Less songs less cost. That said Phish can afford it.
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I have no words for this
I have no words for this
will they play Star Wars in there?
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It's almost like a cure for
It's almost like a cure for world hunger.
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And that is the outside
And that is the outside
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2.3 billion eh?
2.3 billion eh?
spent on pretty lights...
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That is just the outside:
That is just the outside:
Inside is built for music
The acts onstage will be dwarfed by the towering 16K LED screen, which wraps over and around much of the audience and can augment the concert experience with trippy animations or close-ups of the performers.
“The screen goes from ground (level) to 250 feet high, all the way around…” says Claffey, the Sphere operations officer. “It keeps you fully immersed when you’re sitting in that bowl. I used to love IMAX in New York City, but this will blow that away.”
Sphere’s producers promise next-level audio as well. Claffey says that more than 160,000 speakers spread around the bowl will deliver the same pristine sound to every seat, whether someone is in the top row or down on the floor.
The venue also is equipped with haptic seats that can vibrate to match whatever is happening onscreen – an earthquake, for example – and 4D machines that can create wind, temperature and even scent effects.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/travel/msg-sphere-las-vegas-venue-cec/ind...
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Wow. That and fireworks on
Wow. That and fireworks on the reg? I'm moving to Vegas.
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Heard U2 has it booked for
Heard U2 has it booked for some shows.
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It will be interesting to see
It will be interesting to see if near the stage ticket prices will be lower than middle of the theater tickets. All bands playing there will now be the Gorillaz. As a performer it has to be strange to have everyone looking everywhere but the stage.
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Just in case vegas wasn't
Just in case vegas wasn't sensory overlaod enough, we'd like to introduce...
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Cant wait til DeadCo plays
Cant wait til DeadCo plays there so we can experience a 300 ft tall 360 degree version of:
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It is truly fascinating, but
It is truly fascinating, but we are human, so i wonder how long it will take hackers to write in some porno code.
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When doing "analogue"
When doing "analogue" lightshows twenty / thirty years ago I always enjoyed straying off the rectangular screen and projecting on the walls and ceiling. In fact many bands preferred that arrangement because without rear projection -- which was often impractical -- the bright projector lights aimed toward the stage often distracted the musicians. However, on some occasions we projected right on the band and their equipment and I've often wondered if the musicians (and the music) were affected by being covered in blue polka dots or swirling fractals. No one ever complained.
Our company GEL-O-TRONICS advertised itself as "photonic environmental colorization." We mostly used a combination of dry techniques (projected slides, glasses, and transparences) but supplemented it with liquid oils, on occasion. (They make such a mess even if you are super careful.) Our peak gigs were decorating the Portland Civic Center for String Cheese's Millennial NYE shows and some Phil and Friends shows at the Kaiser. At these shows we didn't shoot the stage, we just projected trippy visuals on and around the building. Which was super fun cause we had time to fully enjoy the show. Now that shit is old hat.
To the dismay of some patrons, I loved also projecting the lightshow on the audience (without being too annoying), thereby creating a much more immersive experience. There was one visually memorable time when a wedding party dressed in white joined the folks in the concert room of the Brookdale Lodge for a DNB show and were quite surprised to "be" the screen. Good times.
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Don't understand all the
Don't understand all the negative shit here. It's a technological wonder.
WELOME TO THE FUTURE
Blade Runner the beginning
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You're trippin', do-little.
You're trippin', do-little. Tomorrow's the future. Duh.
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Guess I'm going to see U2 for
Guess I'm going to see U2 for the first time. Should be interesting.
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More junk for the world's
More junk for the world's coolest ghost town when the water is turned off.
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WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING MIKEY?????
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There's no question this is
There's no question this is very cool technology and that it took a tremendous amount of money and work to develop, but Dave's last post nailed it. Las Vegas is a much more accurate picture of America than the statue of liberty.
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So if they use the outside as
So if they use the outside as a screen and display what's going on inside would it be like having no sphere at all????????
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Or would they try to charge
Or would they try to charge you to watch?
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> WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU
> WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING MIKEY?????
All I am saying is give peas a chance. They're good for you.
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What no dancing bears? gdm is
What no dancing bears? gdm is slipping
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I read this on Fb today:
I read this on Fb today:
Dealing with Vertigo in the Sphere
As a fulldome producer who's visited LOTS of dome theatres (they're also called "planetariums" ) I can give you a few pointers on your Sphere experience, specifically where it relates to vertigo. The Sphere seating is like just a large football stadium. There really IS a Nosebleed Section (high in 4xx).
Here's the thing: the higher you go, the more disorienting it gets.
There are two parts to the Sphere experience: getting to your seat, and watching the show.
Getting to your seat in Sec 2xx, 3xx, or 4xx will be a tiny bit scary, but not horribly so. "Stadium science" has long known the best balance between safety and experience. They're as steep as they can be, but not TOO steep.
The secret: keep your eyes down while you're moving. If you look around while moving, then you'll immediately discover that was a Bad Idea. Focus on the process of getting to your seat. If you DO stop to look around, grab a handhold. The higher you are in the Sphere, the more important your STABILITY becomes. The issue is that your eyes are saying that you're standing on the edge of a cliff, and your ears are saying everything's fine. Brain confusion. Dizzy.
Find your seat. You'll be much happier. Stability is your friend. NOW look around. If you're feeling brave, then stand up, look around, and you'll certainly get a touch of the V. The place is HUGE.
Once you're in your seat, I have to be honest: our goal as a fulldome producers is to CAUSE vertigo. Just a bit. Not too much. I want you to squirm a bit, but I don't want you to feel sick. (And believe me, if I wanted to make you sick - I could do it. I don't care how strong you think your stomach is.) Dome art is different from any other artform. You are INSIDE my art work. I'm taking you on a journey through space and time, and you WILL feel like you're moving.
SO, what should you do if you DO start feeling sick while seated? (Don't feel bad - it happens to the best of us.)
LOOK AT YOUR FEET & BREATHE. Wait until your tummy is back to a happier place, and then SLOWLY raise your eyes so that you're looking at the center-line of the dome. That should re-orient you into the Sphere, and de-confuse your brain/ear/tummy connection. (If it doesn't work, then there's not much else you can do. Look at your feet. )
Now relax and enjoy the show!
Given my recent vertigo experiences, I think I'll skip it, too. Well, I was going to anyway.
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A friend is going to see a
A friend is going to see a made for the Sphere exhibit by Darren Aronofsky which I think is the definition of hell.
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This should of been at
This should of been at Terrapin Station, that one time dreamed venue from long ago. No doubt the dead advanced this like no other band out there.
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Mid-April Phish Run
Mid-April Phish Run (according to many sources within the music and LV live production industry).
Problem is that with the current U2 run, everything is pre-programed ahead of time. That won't work with Phish. They will have to give CK the keys to the kingdom and time to learn the inner workings for this to fly.
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U2 dedicates "Pride (In The
U2 dedicates "Pride (In The Name Of Love) to the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack at the Supernova Music Festival at their 10/09/2023 performance at the Las Vegas Sphere:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qWxIim7NgGQ&pp=ygUPdTIgcHJpZGUgc3BoZXJl
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>>>They will have to give CK
>>>They will have to give CK the keys to the kingdom and time to learn the inner workings for this to fly.
From what I have heard it's the cost of producing the visuals for each song which has to be done from scratch and ahead of time that is the problem. You can't use anything you have done before, and I don't think much is done on the fly. I don't think it can be repurposed either. So yeah it would be way more expensive for Phish. Less songs less cost. That said Phish can afford it.
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Bobby Sphering
Bobby Sphering
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There is nothing to Sphere
We have nothing to Sphere but Sphere itself.
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2.3 billion eh?<<
2.3 billion eh?<<
So, this is what Knicks fans have been paying for the last decade.
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>>> We have nothing to Sphere
>>> We have nothing to Sphere but Sphere itself.
I love this.
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World's largest planetarium.
World's largest planetarium.
Meh.
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Thanks Judit, but I can't
^^^ Thanks Judit, but I can't take credit. I saw that somewhere and chuckled.