3D LED Matrix BIG and small Voxels

December 14th, 2005

Cubatron

Cubatron’s maker claims it to be the “world’s largest true 3D color graphics display” however I know from speaking to someone who specializes in interactive architectural lighting that there is a much bigger one being developed for one of the UK’s most well known Architects. Sorry I’ve got to be so secretive but I’m not sure if its still a secret. Either way what I like about this project is that the whole construction and system is explained right down to the website where he got the ping pong balls

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Anyway for the meantime I’ll assume this is the largest 3D color graphics display or at least one of the largest. It is 8×8x8 feet in size. It consists of 729 voxels (3D pixels) arranged in a 9×9x9 matrix, spaced 10 inches apart from each other. Each voxel is a 40mm diameter ball that can be independently set to display a 21-bit RGB color. The entire display can be updated about 30 times per second. The voxels “float” in space so that the viewer can see through the cube and have a view of most of the voxels from any position. Nice to see it on a large human size scale.

James Clar

A really nice but much smaller although I think more elegant collection of pieces that used a 3D LED Matrix have been created by James Clar.

Video of Interactive 3D Matrix

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