ION Media Fan Connection Zone
| Role | Creative Technologist |
| Client | Chemistry Creative |
| Associated | Civic Entertainment, ION Media |
| Team | Charlie Gangemi, Lake Heckaman, MPC, Pablo Gnecco |
| Location | Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, NYC |
| Date | October 2024 |
Overview
A pop-up in Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal, produced by Civic Entertainment and Chemistry Creative for ION Media. I worked on content management, interactive development and installation.
The FBI video wall at the entrance
Project Description
At the entrance, a large video wall mixed clips from the TV series FBI with live feeds from surveillance cameras hidden around the space. Guests saw themselves on the wall as they walked into the hall.
FBI clips and surveillance camera feeds on the video wall
Back-of-house TouchDesigner GUI for the video wall: clip layout, quad-split outputs and camera feeds
Behind the video wall was a goal booth for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Guests took shots on goal against a friend. Each guest picked a favourite NWSL team, and an ION brand ambassador set it from a Node-RED page in a browser. When a guest scored, 2D LiDAR sensors started a celebration animation.
The NWSL goal booth
The animation after a goal
Back-of-house TouchDesigner GUI for the goal booth: team select and test controls
Technology Stack
- TouchDesigner
- Node-RED
- NDI
- 2D LiDAR sensors
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Lake Heckaman for the LiDAR integration, and to Pablo Gnecco and MPC for production coordination.