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Re: The Sphere

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Post by rzimmerman » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 4:00 AM UTC

I went to see the Dead there and it was fantastic. The sound was excellent and they used the beam-forming to have the vocals sound like they were coming from the stage below, while the instruments seemed non-directional. The haptic chairs were killer fun for Drums and Space. The Dead usually do about 10 minutes of improvisational percussion (Drums) and about 10 minutes of sonic exploration (Space). Watching Mickey Hart play the Sphere (seats, visuals reacting to his sounds, and of course the sound itself) was the coolest part.

The visuals were so engaging that I had to look away to avoid motion sickness once or twice. My brain got used to it quickly. Totally worth the trip and fantastic. One complaint was the lack of bathrooms.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by rzimmerman » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 4:04 AM UTC

i_use_arch_btw wrote: post #4

Carrok wrote: post #2

> Las Vegas’ combination of climate disaster and themed/immersive indoor environments feels distressingly prophetic. The author calls the story of the film garbage, I think the article is garbage. Such a pretentious collection of nonsense statements and non-questions.

It ends with, > Given panoramas’ use as propaganda for war and colonialism, I don’t want to valorise the past or the present. It’s not hard to imagine incredible uses for the Sphere’s technology. But like the places it best simulates, the Sphere’s ultimate service may be as a refuge from the heat of the world. lol

Yeah that's an obnoxious take. Having a film about human climate impact in an air-conditioned desert venue is ironic and worth calling out. But not everything ought to be viewed through the lens of "colonialism = evil". It's a big screen.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by afro88 » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 4:29 AM UTC

It genuinely took me 5 seconds to realise the first image was a photo from inside the Sphere, as opposed to the article being about spherical spaces in caves.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 5:30 AM UTC

google_expat wrote: post #5

It has been renamed from "The Sphere" to the even more pretentious "sphere(tm)".

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Re: The Sphere

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Post by thanatos519 » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 5:35 AM UTC

I just want to know what they feed it. Can I send them an NxM mp4 as a pitch?

I know a lot of people who take acid in Vegas and I think a crazy fractal animation would look great on this device.

Re: The Sphere

#16

Post by wayeq » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 5:37 AM UTC

rzimmerman wrote: post #11

I went to see the Dead there and it was fantastic. The sound was excellent and they used the beam-forming to have the vocals sound like they were coming from the stage below, while the instruments seemed non-directional. The haptic chairs were killer fun for Drums and Space. The Dead usually do about 10 minutes of improvisational percussion (Drums) and about 10 minutes of sonic exploration (Space). Watching Mickey Ha…

> One complaint was the lack of bathrooms.

burying the lead here!

Re: The Sphere

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Post by oceanplexian » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 5:55 AM UTC

U2 was fantastic, and they really took advantage of the format but Postcards from Earth was awful. They didn’t correct a lot of the video so you’d have things like pillars and objects like trees that were curved. And the cheap tickets are at least $100.

The other problem was that the story, [Spoiler Alert] has an environmentalist theme but it was being told on the world’s largest LED screen in a giant air conditioned death star in the middle of the desert. I found this kind of ironic.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by leptons » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 5:58 AM UTC

wayeq wrote: post #16

rzimmerman wrote: post #11

I went to see the Dead there and it was fantastic. The sound was excellent and they used the beam-forming to have the vocals sound like they were coming from the stage below, while the instruments seemed non-directional. The haptic chairs were killer fun for Drums and Space. The Dead usually do about 10 minutes of improvisational percussion (Drums) and about 10 minutes of sonic exploration (Space). Watching Mickey Ha…

> One complaint was the lack of bathrooms. burying the lead here!

It seems like there are bathrooms.

https://www.thesphere.com/plan-your-visit/maps

Re: The Sphere

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Post by japhyr » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 6:07 AM UTC

oceanplexian wrote: post #17

U2 was fantastic, and they really took advantage of the format but Postcards from Earth was awful. They didn’t correct a lot of the video so you’d have things like pillars and objects like trees that were curved. And the cheap tickets are at least $100. The other problem was that the story, [Spoiler Alert] has an environmentalist theme but it was being told on the world’s largest LED screen in a giant air conditioned…

> I found this kind of ironic.

And the main message was "It's okay, we'll just go out and recreate Adam and Eve on other planets until Earth has had time to heal."

Re: The Sphere

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Post by igmor » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 6:08 AM UTC

Been there yesterday, can confirm what the author wrote about immersion. Cathedral and opera scenes are something I have never experienced before, fully blown away. The storyline is garbage.