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PLANETS His latest live show tackles that challenge using technology on an appropriately cosmic scale. This is where companies such as ROE Visual, Universal Pixels, Creative Technology and Brompton Technology come in. The impact of a screen this size in an arena gives the visuals a chance to grow and evolve across the room rather than sitting on a flat screen, and these dynamic screens are there to serve Brian’s storytelling.”
so that what looks good on a monitor still holds up on a 27x14m LED screen. Playback is designed so the visuals can follow Brian’s pacing, since a live speaker will never deliver a line the same way twice.” The biggest technical challenge for Universal Pixels was combining large amounts of high-resolution content with reliable, frame-accurate playback night after night. Mac Studio running QLab handled playback, with the system brought together through a Barco E2 presentation switcher. “Keeping content, screens and the live presenter in sync, with the flexibility to follow Brian rather than a fixed timeline. Making
Turning complex science into visuals that work in an arena setting required significant planning. An arena audience spans everyone from the front row to the back of the upper tier, so the visuals need to read instantly at a distance. “Big ideas are broken into clear shapes, strong contrast and deliberate motion, with fine detail kept for moments where it adds meaning. We work closely with the content team on resolution, colour and brightness,
SCIENCE AT SCALE “From the technical side, the idea was to make the screens feel like part of the science rather than a backdrop to it,” begins Ben Annibal, project manager at Universal Pixels. “ Emergence is about how simple rules give rise to complexity, from stars to life to consciousness, so the LED canvas is built to let that complexity unfold in front of the audience.
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