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MicroTiles
MicroTiles are discontinued modular rear projection cube units designed, developed and marketed by Christie Digital. The building-block nature of the system made the configuration of the overall screen area and shape flexible. This allowed for simple traditional rectangular displays, and more complex non-standard shapes.
MicroTile units had sensors to detect whether there is another unit next to it, allowing the display controller to automatically determine the tile layout and the size and magnification of the video picture to be displayed across the screen area.
The successor of MicroTiles, MicroTiles LED is an advanced cabinet-free LED display technology also designed, developed, and marketed by Christie Digital. MicroTiles LED allow for flexible display options, with no limit on the number of tiles in a display. MicroTiles LED creates a virtually seamless canvas and can create curves and unique geometric configurations.
The 90-degree corner of the MicroTiles LED make complex configurations possible and the tiles automatically recognize each tile in a design to maintain uniformity in color and brightness across a whole display.
MicroTiles were born from a conversation between Christie Digital's Bob Rushby (CTO) and Mike Perkins (senior product developer) at a Tokyo hotel bar, during a business trip in 2005.
The system was in development for two years before Christie first introduced the first MicroTiles display cubes in 2009. The official North American launch was in New York, on December 9, 2009. The launch in Europe was at the ISE tradeshow in Amsterdam, February 2-4, 2010. The system was later launched in Japan on April 22, 2010.
Notable installations featuring MicroTiles include the 2010 redesign of the television set of the US show The Colbert Report, a display featuring 252 MicroTiles in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a 121 million pixel wall at the L’Oreal headquarters in Paris. Another notable installation is at the Cleveland Museum of Art where a 40ft long MicroTiles wall is equipped to allow users to interact with the wall and open as many as 20 separate interfaces to explore the museum’s collection.
MicroTiles were discontinued in 2019 following the introduction of MicroTiles LED at ISE 2019 in Amsterdam.
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MicroTiles
MicroTiles are discontinued modular rear projection cube units designed, developed and marketed by Christie Digital. The building-block nature of the system made the configuration of the overall screen area and shape flexible. This allowed for simple traditional rectangular displays, and more complex non-standard shapes.
MicroTile units had sensors to detect whether there is another unit next to it, allowing the display controller to automatically determine the tile layout and the size and magnification of the video picture to be displayed across the screen area.
The successor of MicroTiles, MicroTiles LED is an advanced cabinet-free LED display technology also designed, developed, and marketed by Christie Digital. MicroTiles LED allow for flexible display options, with no limit on the number of tiles in a display. MicroTiles LED creates a virtually seamless canvas and can create curves and unique geometric configurations.
The 90-degree corner of the MicroTiles LED make complex configurations possible and the tiles automatically recognize each tile in a design to maintain uniformity in color and brightness across a whole display.
MicroTiles were born from a conversation between Christie Digital's Bob Rushby (CTO) and Mike Perkins (senior product developer) at a Tokyo hotel bar, during a business trip in 2005.
The system was in development for two years before Christie first introduced the first MicroTiles display cubes in 2009. The official North American launch was in New York, on December 9, 2009. The launch in Europe was at the ISE tradeshow in Amsterdam, February 2-4, 2010. The system was later launched in Japan on April 22, 2010.
Notable installations featuring MicroTiles include the 2010 redesign of the television set of the US show The Colbert Report, a display featuring 252 MicroTiles in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a 121 million pixel wall at the L’Oreal headquarters in Paris. Another notable installation is at the Cleveland Museum of Art where a 40ft long MicroTiles wall is equipped to allow users to interact with the wall and open as many as 20 separate interfaces to explore the museum’s collection.
MicroTiles were discontinued in 2019 following the introduction of MicroTiles LED at ISE 2019 in Amsterdam.