Wingwalker Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hmmmmm riiiiiiiiight and the hype was there because??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossmck Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I've only seen videos online... but I must admit it didn't look that impressive... :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Quite impressive that videos are online already, as for the show, a little underwelming.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_s Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 A little underwhelming might be being a bit friendly. Admittedly my experience was from Canada Water Station, so maybe not the best viewpoint, but I'd go with mind-numbingly boring personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingwalker Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 We were about 200m away, trust me I've seen more interesting things in my navel!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredfish Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I happen to be working in London tonight, and watched from the top floor of an office building not a mile away, and had about as good a view as you could want. Did it look pretty? Yes. Was it anything imaginative or special? Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 So what would you guys do if you were asked to put on a light show from the Shard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 So what would you guys do if you were asked to put on a light show from the Shard? Fireworks would probably have been a lot more impressive, and might have been a better choice ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLL Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 So what would you guys do if you were asked to put on a light show from the Shard? From the quality of the videos (not good) and the fact that it was a rehearsal it's unfair to judge at this point. However some kind of sequencing using lasers on different floors maybe? Chasing up the height of the shard floor by floor? What you could see was basically, ooh look a blue shard, oh now it's pink etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Similar to the pub down the road, just bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 From the quality of the videos (not good) and the fact that it was a rehearsal it's unfair to judge at this point. Afraid that wasn`t a rehearsal, that was the actual launch. Reninded of the `laser` show that was commissioned for Forth Road Bridge 25th anniversary, big solid state lasers weren`t really around then and even large frame argon has a limited range, contractors didnt get paid. Couple of years later for the rail bridge , went for fireworks and Europe`s entire supply of WWII searchlights which do have some presence outdoors Projection mapping is all the rage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2Gd-kqV5s Or take advantage of an entirely empty unlet building and do some stuff from the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 So what would you guys do point some lights, change the colours now and again and then sit back and wait for the flak, probably..... but seriously, I was more impressed when they turned the building into a fifty storey high christmas tree a couple of christmases ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam L F Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I was standing on London Bridge, most of the people were taking pictures of the now lit up Tower Bridge, rather than watching The Shard I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I was standing on London Bridge, most of the people were taking pictures of the now lit up Tower Bridge, rather than watching The Shard I found. My wife was there too. All Hail Sauron! I sat on Barnet Hill in High Barnet (about 10 miles away) after my german class out of curiosity to see if I could see anything at that distance, I could see the lights on the helicopter hovering overhead over the shard, higher altitude widebodies preparing to land at Heathrow but no frickin lasers. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofdavep Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I saw a video of the deadmau5 thing, behind the scenes - was impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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