Comments on: Shimmer Wall Video http://dtraleigh.com/2008/09/shimmer-wall-video/ A Downtown Raleigh Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 19:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: RaleighMSA http://dtraleigh.com/2008/09/shimmer-wall-video/#comment-949 RaleighMSA Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:46:37 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=346#comment-949 I wasn't expecting a lot, but I am thankful to Cree for this gift. In the future, it may not matter much, given that new developments will eventually block the view from all angles. I am more interested in seeing pedestrian-level improvements, as the new convention facilities and existing parking decks don't quite help. I wasn’t expecting a lot, but I am thankful to Cree for this gift. In the future, it may not matter much, given that new developments will eventually block the view from all angles. I am more interested in seeing pedestrian-level improvements, as the new convention facilities and existing parking decks don’t quite help.

]]> By: Bruce C. http://dtraleigh.com/2008/09/shimmer-wall-video/#comment-948 Bruce C. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:29:17 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=346#comment-948 I was at the lighting (you actually panned to the area where I was standing but I left approximately 5 minutes after it was lit) and as much as I hate to say it, I was underwhelmed. Talk in the video hits on some of the points that I wondered about. Do surrounding street lights drown out the effect? Is the angle of the wall responsible for the top center portion not appearing to be lit up? I too found the use of the leafblowers (they needed more!) to be...interesting. I guess we needed Hanna's winds just a bit earlier. Hats off to Cree for investing their own money to make this happen, but I think it needs some improvement in order to achieve the 'wow' effect when viewed from a distance. I was at the lighting (you actually panned to the area where I was standing but I left approximately 5 minutes after it was lit) and as much as I hate to say it, I was underwhelmed. Talk in the video hits on some of the points that I wondered about. Do surrounding street lights drown out the effect? Is the angle of the wall responsible for the top center portion not appearing to be lit up? I too found the use of the leafblowers (they needed more!) to be…interesting. I guess we needed Hanna’s winds just a bit earlier.

Hats off to Cree for investing their own money to make this happen, but I think it needs some improvement in order to achieve the ‘wow’ effect when viewed from a distance.

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