Eric Cantrell

@Delta why is there only one person working your agent assist line at MCO?

@JORDYMUSIC Woof

back from the dead 🥲

@chris_neto 8K/16k and larger resolutions and 10/12 bit 4:4:4 color are (for the moment) reserved for specialty displays that purposely give audiences something they don’t get at home. Think about getting all those extra pixels delivered to the display and tell me it’s worth it. #avintheam

Q2 Who do you think is the driving force (the ask) for 8k & 16k content? What innovations are on the horizon (and necessary) for 8K/16k displays to become the standard, and how will they impact the commercial market? #AVintheAm #avtweeps

Just hear me out… @deadmau5 #7thsense #projectionmapping

It's officially sweater weather

For those #AVTweeps interested in the technology behind #SphereVegas, @7thsense has released more info about how their innovative products were used to bring those stunning visuals to the biggest #LEDDisplay in the world. #mediaserver #pixelprocessor #st2110 #AVinTheAM

@coreh @mynamebedan The Exosphere has a much lower resolution. Each pixel is 8 inches from the next one, but the challenge is that the pixels are not arranged in a neat grid, so there is some mad pixel remapping going on to take a coherent source image and make it work on the display.

@ericjcantrell @mynamebedan Is that for the internal or external display? I wonder if the external part is lower resolution, since it's meant to be seen from much further away

at a fundamental level how does this work? do you have to write a custom display driver for this weird resolution? did someone have to write some software to convert standard resolution video or scenes to whatever this resolution is?

@21five_public @mynamebedan The one in Burbank is 1/4 size in terms of physical size, but it's full resolution of the Vegas Sphere. The pixels are much tighter but they can't do the immersive sound in Burbank because there's no room between pixels for the sound to get through.

@coreh @mynamebedan WAAAAY more than 5x 4Kx4K. The media plane's resolution is about 19,000 x 13,500 pixels, but there are a lot of pixels "thrown away" to make the concave geometry of the dome work, so the video signals include some wasted pixels.

@mynamebedan I remember seeing a thread about someone preparing media for the exterior part, but can't find it. IIRC It's implemented as 5 4096x4096 “monitors” (so basically a cube map without the bottom part) I'm assuming the interior part works similarly

@jamesxlawrence @mynamebedan Not custom hardware. The 7thSense servers and pixel processors are used in theme parks, museums, visitors centers, etc. The media is of course custom, and the cameras required to capture it were an invention of MSG's.

@mynamebedan It is ALL custom. Customer drivers, custom video, custom cameras, custom audio.

@kanevato @mynamebedan It can run Unreal/Unity/Notch for generative media, but it is also capable of multiple layers of 60fps frame-based playback streamed from a ridiculously fast NAS system, compositing in live feeds from cameras...it's a pretty sick system!

@mynamebedan Isn’t it all unreal engine powered?

@mynamebedan Hey @mynamebedan it's a lot of servers and pixel processors working in sync. The media can be created at full resolution and then carved out to full-resolution "slices" or if it is generative content, the correct viewpoint of that server's slice is used. All streamed from NAS.

@Acion_Next @lyallmarcus @shamanic_arts @mynamebedan Hi @Acion_Next, 7thSense is the house system at Sphere, and part of the system is the ability to bring in feeds from other sources, like production trucks or media servers from touring systems.

We loved stopping by @7thSenseDesign at day 2 of #infocomm23

“Dead chuffed” is the phrase. Every day I am so amazed at the incredible things our talented engineering team creates. Congratulations to everyone at @7thSenseDesign on this well-deserved achievement! #KingsAwards #bestofbritish #avtweeps #AVinTheAM ##proudToWorkAt7thSense

@jmanuele @chris_neto @TimothyTroast @tkerbavaz @NJDavidD @AV_JamesKing @PaladinMachina @Nick_JAV_FCI @AVPhenom @Vegas_AV_Ace @ronepstein I will be there!

@chris_neto @ericjcantrell @TimothyTroast @tkerbavaz @NJDavidD @AV_JamesKing @PaladinMachina @Nick_JAV_FCI @AVPhenom @Vegas_AV_Ace @ronepstein I’ll be at the show Chris, would love to meet up at some point.

I'm heading to Vegas this Sunday for the #NABshow. Who wants to meet up Tuesday Morning at 9am in the LVCC West Hall Food Court? @ericjcantrell @TimothyTroast @tkerbavaz @NJDavidD @AV_JamesKing @PaladinMachina @Nick_JAV_FCI @AVPhenom @Vegas_AV_Ace @ronepstein Who did I miss that would like to join our informal gathering? #AvintheAm #AVtweeps #proav

7thSense is raking in more awards! #MadeinSE #ProudToWorkAt7thSense

@caslernoel What is in Ivanka’s casket that was so heavy?

If anybody ever wanted to ask me anything on twitter the next few days is a good time (and yes, it was Vanky, I anticipated the first ?)

Our next award is for ‘The Processing and Distribution Technology of the Year’ which goes to Juggler Pixel Processor by @7thSenseDesign - well deserved! Grateful thanks to our sponsor @AOTOElectronics 
#avawards #proav #avislife #audiovisual #Av #businesstech #avtweeps

So proud to have @7thSenseDesign's Juggler pixel processor win the #AVAwards in the category of Processing and Distribution Technology of the Year! #ProudToWorkAt7thSense