you've probably seen this and it's wild at 366 feet tall it's officially the largest
fear and the largest screen in the world it's so massive that it took a
crane to assemble the Crane That Could assemble the Dome the shell is a 580
000 square foot fully programmable LED screen named the exosphere and believe it or not the
whole thing can run on a single MacBook Air it's designed to give you the most immersive experience
with an infrasound haptic flooring system that carries base through the floors and a beam form
sound system embedded in the walls that delivers sound directly to each seat and I think it could
completely transform live entertainment but at the price tag of 2.3 billion dollars it's a big
gamble so the MSG sphere is it a pioneering breakthrough or a massive waste of money
a portion of this video sponsored by betterhelp I think there's something about a sphere that's
captivated the human imagination for ages the ancient Greek saw the sphere as an embodiment
of Harmony and Perfection boulay saw the sphere as the sublime tribute to the infinite Cosmos a
symbol of the universe Buckminster Fuller saw the sphere as the epitome of efficiency and
strength and now we unveil the sphere the perfect encapsulation of the 21st century
Zeitgeist what's unique about the sphere is that the form and the experience are one there
are other spherical venues around the world but this is the first one to capitalize on its form
and that's because the sphere is actually one of the worst shapes for Acoustics because the sound
it bounces around the hall and it gets muddled so when you go inside spherical venues there's
still the traditional curved boxes which is the ideal shape for Acoustics so when they
were building the sphere they developed a new sound system that uses audio beams to deliver
sound directly to individual scenes there's 168 000 speakers which means at roughly 20
000 seats there's about 8.4 speakers per person essentially the whole Space is a speaker this
allows them to capitalize on the spherical form to create a completely new genre of entertainment
that's kind of a mix of a planetarium IMAX Opera Hall and stadium and VR goggles and it
also includes haptic technology for cooling winds rumbling seats and even scents to
people into the show there's no columns or structural obstructions and because
your viewing experience is not only towards the stage but it's 360. every seat in the venue will
get a unique highly stimulating experience well except these 800 seats somebody's getting fired
U2 is going to be the opening act of the sphere and there's a reason for that according to
Rolling Stone the band is a natural fit for the sphere because they're constantly experimenting
and trying to push the boundaries in live music experience the problem is not everyone is you too
and actually there's quite a lot of limitations on who can perform there given the unique form
standard visuals are going to be very distorted on the interior and the haptic technology that
adds another layer of complexity there's a mini version of the sphere that allows artists to
test their ideas before the show but even with that the amount of effort and time required is
considerably higher than what they're used to I mean what kind of camera can even create videos
for a gigantic 360 screen oh well there's one the MSG Studio they developed a camera that's the most
capable of producing videos for the interior screen so they kind of have a monopoly on this
even for you too they said the time and expense is required to develop the visual pieces it made it
really hard for them to be spontaneous for their act this could turn off a lot of artists because
based on the time and cost of developing a show for this venue well first of all they'd have to
sell out the show and it might not be practical to develop a whole show that can only be played
at this one venue a lot of artists actually feel like the flashy visuals would overpower the music
and when they were trying to secure the act for the show a lot of artists just straight up said no
the exterior has a similar problem yes it's going to be a whole new genre of advertising that's
creative and different but right now there's not a lot of companies who know how to Market on a
spherical screen which could be an issue because it costs 2.3 billion dollars it could take them
um a long time to make that back and in fact MSG and James Dolan the brainchild
and the primary investor behind the sphere is currently facing lawsuits from several
construction companies for more than three million dollars of unpaid bills
plus according to SMP Global the sphere is going to take up about 95 000 megawatt hour
of electricity annually at the rate of 18 cents per kilowatt hour in Vegas that's roughly 17.2
million dollars a year and just for reference a typical commercial building of between 15
000 to 25 000 square feet consumes about 180 megawatt hour so the sphere consumes
the energy of roughly 529 of these buildings and with the money they've already sunk into
the project and the money that they will be paying the audience might be the ones paying the price
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video so what I was saying is they've already spent a lot of money on this project but there
are those exceptional projects that despite their costs or public pushbacks or the amount of time it
took to build have been incredibly successful and they've even become icons of their cities they've
transcended the mere function of a building and they've become destinations that people travel to
and this fear it could be one of those buildings it's been shared millions of times and it's kind
of out of this world and at its core it's a very Democratic idea there's a connection between the
inside and the outside that allows the indoor Ticket concert to be projected outside for the
non-paying audience to scene this connection has never been done before in a traditional
music venue because they typically require a very controlled Lighting and Sound Edition and so it is
a first of its kind and it has the opportunity to create some really incredible public spaces
or viewing platforms but based on what we're seeing right now any walking space or public
space around it is a little underwhelming to the north we have this massive Golf Club to the east
we have a bunch of Office Buildings and to itself we have a Holiday Inn who will get these fabulous
views it's right along the Vegas Monorail line so at least you can see it while you're moving
down the strip right now it seems like most of the sphere's exterior space will likely be dedicated
to parking to meet the minimum of 13 900 spots and honestly based on the skill of this thing I don't
even know what it's gonna be like to stay up close but the renderings do show a ring at the base
so maybe that's in the works if it does remain mostly parking lots maybe it could at least become
a drive-in movie theater although the sphere is a totally private project and technically
they don't have a lot of responsibilities to improve the public realm for a massive
project like this there's always opportunities to create an amazing public sphere take this
in Vegas alone there's tons of examples of public viewing spaces that's created by privately owned
buildings but maybe the best way we can compare will be to look at the exact same building just
in a different context the MSG sphere in Stratford and East London it's planned on
a 4.7 acre triangular site that's been sitting empty for six years and the key difference from
Vegas is this Podium surrounding the sphere and the variety of public spaces that's programmed
in from the start there's the viewing space there's the Serene Garden space there's the
community space and these different levels create a very Dynamic public space and there's not one
not two but four pedestrian access points that connected to the surrounding Bridges so that means
you can come here and even if you're not seeing a show you can come and hang out and just watch
whatever's on the screen and they've actually designed in a place for the audience to gather
outside but despite how well it's been integrated with the site 850 out of the
1200 resident groups voted against the project who understandably said they don't want to be
forced to live face to face with an enormous glowing advertising ball the project is on a
temporary hole to address some of these concerns but there are some big Arguments for the project
it's going to create thousands of jobs and it's going to bring in roughly 60 000 people daily
for 300 days of the year to this part of the city very sound argument and so if this thing
passes and if they're able to figure out a way to integrate this obnoxious object into an urban
environment that's gonna set a new precedence for what's acceptable when it comes to advertising
disguised as entertainment or for light pollution in residential areas and as we have so often seen
we don't necessarily really know the impact of these things until it's a little too late
foreign
this was created using oils lights colors and alcohol smashed between two plates you
place them on a projector placed throughout the concert venue and you sink the plates to
the Beat of the Music even this primitive technology saw a mass adoption when it was
developed in the 60s and it transformed live performances from a listening experience to
a visual experience look at how far we've come we're entering yet another era where
music and art is a multi-sensory experience that transcend any other concert or Movie
experience it could open the doors to a completely new expression of creativity
first Vegas now London this thing is ripe for replication and as Trends spread like
wildfire these days we could be seeing more and more of these giant eyeballs all
over the world but for all its promise the sphere also poses some fundamental concerns
and it's especially when things are so shiny and new that we need to be extra
diligent because things that seem like progress sometimes have a weird way of setting us back
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