Projected Image Digital (PID) has supplied, commissioned, programmed and created custom content for an Element Labs Versa PIXEL light ceiling installation at the new-build G Casino in Luton. This features 2,800 45mm round Versa PIXELs.
The project follows a similar installation in Manchester last year, where Cadmium Design's first LED ceiling above the main bar area proved so popular that the concept has now become a design feature of operator Grosvenor's new 'G' brand.
Versa PIXEL's distributed architecture gives designers complete freedom over pixel shape and placement - including intricate 3-D arrangements - and so it was considered ideal for the dramatic elliptical ceiling in Luton.
Each G venue will vary depending on the building, the available ceiling height and the overall space configurations. Luton differs from Manchester where the overall bar area is circular. Cadmium's Paula Reason says that the elliptical shape has a greater impact as there are longer and easier sight lines onto the ceilings.
The Luton bar installation also includes a reflective mirror and beaded curtains at one end which reflect the ceiling and the light back into the space, also simultaneously magnifying the effect . The bar is also closer to the venue's main entrance in Luton than in Manchester, so its impact very immediate and direct.
PID co-ordinated the VersaPIXEL installation process with Leisure Installation Services, including pixel stuffing over 300 ceiling tiles that arrived with pre-cut holes.
The VersaPIXEL cables and driver boards were installed first, followed by the ceiling, after which the bar was constructed underneath. Once the bar was in place, PID commissioned and programmed up the system.
Content was created by PID to a brief from Cadmium and then programmed into two Element Labs C1 controllers. These are triggered locally by a Pulsar Masterpiece replay panel on the wall, giving staff the option of calling up three standard static colours or three different speed chases.
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