With the right color scheme this could look very Bladerunner.
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Ouch.
Magnificent. Manhattan needs more lights.
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I wish more towers had interesting light schemes similar to this, especially along the waterfronts.
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They tested the stage yesterday. This building has so much going on, it’s hard to even remember it all.
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It will be extremely apparent when the LED’s on this go out, so I’m really hoping that it is well maintained, because it’s going to look like an absolute mess if it’s not upkept normally or else it’s going to look like it’s “always” being tested/installed, so basically as it looks right now. From “far away” it might not look very apparent when everything’s done and a light goes out but the closer you get to it, it’s definitely apparent.
Room fit out is well into progression. Also finally got a snap of the progress for the side screen, no panels have been installed but the frame is all up.
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Does any other building in Times Square have anything close to this right now? They will basically have a full mall inside the building.
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No this will be the first of its kind in the area. I remember a while ago there was a “Manhattan Mall” a little further downtown that I used to go to (by PENN 15 development) I think it’s closed now. @paperx9999
Are they still testing the rainbow colors or have they moved on to the actual lighting designs yet?
Still testing with “colorful” scheme, it’s not rainbow though, rbgw colors are the basis to test lighting like this. All of the side screen has been installed though.
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Not to be pedantic, but there is no such thing as RGBW. Red = 255,0,0 Green = 0,255,0 and Blue = 0,0,255. Adding 100% of all 3 chroma values will produce white i.e. 255,255,255.
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Lol i meant the general use of the 4 colors in general not for it to be a color code, it was just an abbreviation 
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I’m nit picky (and yes that was a double entendre)
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Well, there certainly are RGBW LED strips and fixtures available. I’ve used them in projects myself. Mixing red, green, and blue to create white does not create a very good quality of white light, especially if you’re going for a warm white. So there are often dedicated white LEDs added that do create a better quality white for when that’s what you want. Just search Amazon for “RGBW” to see examples of such LED strips.
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@TKDV and @rbrome so they’re putting in an extra dedicated white chip (or two) to make up for a deficiency in the existing technology, ok that makes sense. The human eye only has RGB cones by which all color is perceived, but I guess Samsung and LG need 5 just to satisfy our 3.
| RGB | A single three-channel LED chip with Red, Green, and Blue diodes |
|---|---|
| RGBW | One four-channel LED chip with Red, Green, Blue, and White diodes |
| RGBIC | A three-channel LED chip with Red, Green, and Blue + a build-in independent Chip |
| RGBWW | One four-channel chip with Red, Green, Blue, and Warm White |
| RGBCCT | Five-channel chip with Red, Green, Blue, Cold White, and Warm White |
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My guess from their promo material is that they are going for a cyan color for most regular days if that helps anyone.
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