This is what is sorta looks like with a white backgorund and blue lights rather than a black background. I think it looks a log better. I guess we’ll see when we put the plasmas wit h the black carts in front of all this.
Of course finding a projector to work in such a short throw with enough brightness is hard, but I think I have just the item: the Sanyo PLC-XL51. We could have that 4′ 7″ away from the white scrim and project a 20′ wide image which would cover the whole back wall. Problem is that this projector costs $4,000. As such, we can’t afford it just yet and I’ll probably wait until Spacevidcast brings in some good revenue to go that route. But still… Cool concept. I think it would look *awesome*.
Try these:
http://www.projectorcentral.com/NEC-WT610E.htm
I used them in an installation I did at the Museum of Modern Art in New York last year, and they did the trick. Huge image from extremely short distance. Not the brightest I’ve ever seen, but darn good.
Also, thanks for the Google Lunar X PRIZE breast shoutout. You can’t buy that kind of publicity.