A NEW REALITY TAKES SHAPE
Working alongside immersive visualisation specialist Mechdyne, ClearLED engineered an integrated architectural system that made this
The Reality Emulator at the Bristol Digital Futures Institute (BDFI), University of Bristol, is revolutionising the way researchers explore, predict and plan for the future. The team at BDFI recently sought to create an immersive and interactive visual emulator that would enable users to explore and visualise ideas across research applications. This presented a fundamental engineering challenge – traditional LED systems are typically designed around flat, independent display surfaces.
experience possible. The cabinet geometry, structural engineering, image processing and immersive visuals were considered all together from the outset, with Mechdyne defining the wider system architecture and ClearLED specifying the display technology needed to meet the project’s performance requirements.
BRINGING LIGHT TO THE FIGHT When UFC Freedom 250 brought a
and an outdoor watch party. Elation Lighting played a key role in both event environments, with Tom Sutherland using Proteus fixtures for the televised fight card, while André Petrus used Proteus and Paragon fixtures to illuminate the expansive Fan Fest. The fight card aired live on Paramount+, reaching more than 170 countries, with around 4000 spectators on the White House lawn. Felix Lighting Specialists supplied the fight-card event, while 4Wall Entertainment did lighting for the Fan Fest.
seven-fight UFC card to the South Lawn of the White House on 14 June 2026, it created a production unlike any other in the sport’s history. Staged as part of the United States’ 250th-anniversary celebrations, the outdoor event placed a temporary arena against one of the US’s most iconic and recognisable backdrops. The event extended to a massive Fan Fest on The Ellipse, where tens of thousands of fans gathered for live entertainment, ceremonial weigh-ins
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