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      Still interesting to know just how expensive that thing is and what it takes to run it

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      “you know that hateful eyesore that is an affront to humanity? that’s powered by our technology!”

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    Why so many? Its resolution is 16000 x 16000 which is a lot but also not that much. Is it doing more than just video output?

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      The seats are haptic too. It takes forever to render the graphics apparently so maybe that’s why - not playback but rendering. Apparently After Effects will only go up to 12k?

      I’m not super technical but I have been to the Sphere. It’s awesome.

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      IIRC, the interior of the main performance space is also covered in video wall, so add that to the pile.

      But, yeah… I doubt this power is for playback. My guess would be render farm.

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    Reveals? Is that the right word? The sphere has been around for a while now, was this information not known? Doesn’t seem like something they were intentionally keeping secret.