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Moment Factory momentfactory.com developed the interactive system and designed the interactive content.
PHOTONIC Dreams (photonicdreams.com) created the original LED video wall of La Vitrine, in Montreal.

The installation includes tracking devices and low-resolution LED displays and is capable of showing many different visualizations based on the presence and movement of people.

After entertaining themselves with the dynamic marquee of La Vitrine during the last two editions of the All-Nighter, Montreal residents, visitors and tourists will now be able to enjoy it every night! This interactive screen, which currently lights up La Vitrine Culturelle, is now equipped with a high-tech system, enabling passers-by to interact with light shapes generated by 35,000 LED light bulbs.

The fun and interactive nature of this installation is a new innovation of the Quartier des spectacles Lighting Plan, as it redefines the traditional architectural façade so as to enable passers-by to make it their own by interacting with the light shapes displayed. Thanks to the talent of the creators of Moment Factory, which was incidentally awarded the Grand Prix Créativité Montréal 2008 in the category Urban integration Urban planning for this installation, we are taking a new step toward the creation of a unique urban experience at the heart of Montreal!, says Charles Lapointe, the president of the Partnership.

Visitors can interact with the installation every night from 7 PM to 11 PM.

La Vitrine
145, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal

Filmed by: Richard Hachem
Edited By: Adam Thompson
Music by: Adam Thompson

www.momentfactory.com
www.lavitrine.com
www.quartierdesspectacles.com/
www.photonicdreams.com
www.computerarts.ca
www.i-interactive.ca

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Christmas Lights 8 Stars LED rope light multi colour motif

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Enjoy a contemporary and versatile addition to your outdoor decor with this 4-Pack of 4-Way Floating Interchangeable Round Solar LED Lights. These waterproof orbs can floated in the pool or pond…
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http://solarpowersystemstoday.com/solar-power-lights – Solar power lighting for outside use is available for many different purposes. Understand how and why solar power lights are a sound alternative that is very friendly for the ecosystem.

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Note: this is v0.9 of the video. v1.0, with re-dubbed (and much better-sounding) audio is now available — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5qR9_8KGPU

Ever want a string of Christmas lights made with RGB LEDs, so all the lights can change colors? Or with their own microcontrollers, so each can act autonomously? Hell, why not go all the way, and network them while you’re at it?

I did.

The full gory details are at TreeGee.com (or will be in a day or two… I just registered the domain name yesterday, so it might not work for another day or two) but here’s the short version: for the past 4 years, I’ve burned most of my Decembers, Novembers, and increasing chunks of October working on this project. This year, for the first time, they look like “normal” LED Christmas lights (I bought a few sets of clear LED lights on sale at Lowe’s & removed the plastic diffusers from them to use on my own lights), and the controller I built last year finally works properly & reliably communicates with the lights.

The result? My favorite version of “Feliz Navidad” (originally performed by Home Grown), accompanied by what’s arguably one of the most sophisticated (and expensive) strings of Christmas lights in the world.

How expensive? I don’t know. I’ve lost count. If you assume my time is valueless, and you ignore the cost of the tools I’ve bought, the parts I’ve destroyed, and the crate of non-working light modules (roughly 3 or 4 for every working one that you see on the tree here), each light module has about $4 worth of parts (bought in hundred quantities from DigiKey and Futurlec). There are 36 on the tree today. Do the math. Then forget it, because it’s too cool to care how expensive it was.

Check back around New Year’s for a better version of this video. I ran out of time, and had to go with what I had done by mid-afternoon on Christmas Eve. I didn’t even have time to properly re-encode it with the source music, so you’ll have to just make do with the audio recorded with the microphone in the room (yeah, it’s bad). Also, I need to re-shoot it with a better camcorder. I used an Aiptek ActionHD bought from Wal Mart this morning, then discovered (too late) that its autofocus is worse than useless… it’s bad, and can’t be disabled. So, I’ll probably be returning it on Friday, and buying the one that’s technically one model lower (720p60 vs 720p60+1080p30, and fixed-focus lens). Think of this video as the 0.9 beta version, released prematurely to meet a holiday deadline, with bugfixes coming next week

Oh, and Merry Christmas!

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These are a few of my lights. The two on top of my monitor speaker are the American Dj 64 Led Pros. The one on the floor is the American Dj Punch Led Pro. They are all dmx controllable. Led Sync fixtures can be linked to each other with no controller needed.

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The benefits of LED Christmas lights over traditional incandescent bulbs.

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Kristi Andersen reports.

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Time lapse of putting up my Christmas lights. This was kind of an experiment to see how new LED lights would look. I threw away my icicle lights last year as I was tired of that look. I’m not sold on the LED lights, but they should be cheaper to run…too bad the initial investment is so high!

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