Behind the screens, NVIDIA technology helps ensure that the eye-popping display panels act as one synchronized canvas across the 750,000 square-foot venue.
Launched in September 2023, The Sphere in Las Vegas is redefining live entertainment, captivating audiences with eye-popping LED displays that cover nearly 750,000 square feet inside and outside the venue. The performance space has already made headlines with a 40-show run by rock supergroup U2, followed by a four-night experience by jam band Phish that many attendees claimed was akin to “seeing god.”
Other shows include The Sphere Experience featuring Darren Aronofsky’s Postcard From Earth, a specially created multisensory cinematic experience that showcases all of the venue’s immersive technologies, including high-resolution visuals, advanced concert-grade sound, haptic seats and atmospheric effects such as wind and scents.
Behind the screens, around 150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPUs help power stunning visuals on floor-to-ceiling, 16x16K displays across the Sphere’s interior, as well as 1.2 million programmable LED pucks on the venue’s exterior — the Exosphere, which is the world’s largest LED screen.
Delivering robust network connectivity, NVIDIA BlueField DPUs and NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx NICs — along with the NVIDIA DOCA Firefly Service and NVIDIA Rivermax software for media streaming — ensure that all the display panels act as one synchronized canvas.
“Sphere is captivating audiences not only in Las Vegas, but also around the world on social media, with immersive LED content delivered at a scale and clarity that has never been done before,” said Alex Luthwaite, senior vice president of show systems technology at Sphere Entertainment. “This would not be possible without the expertise and innovation of companies such as NVIDIA that are critical to helping power our vision, working closely with our team to redefine what is possible with cutting-edge display technology.”
For the full breakdown of how NVIDIA technology is powering the world’s largest live entertainment venue, head on over to the NVIDIA blog.
Source: NVIDIA
