Pollstar (01/23/24) Lind, J.R.

This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas featured displays of cutting-edge technologies with obvious live event applications. For instance, South Korea's SK Group created an indoor pseudo-theme-park dubbed SK Wonderland, showcasing what a world of net-zero carbon output might look like. A 20-foot spherical LED screen was the centerpiece. The article's author wrote: "It doesn't take a lot of squinting and brainstorming to see how it might fly during a concert performance." Also on display was The Wall, Samsung's newest low-reflectivity, micro-LED screen that can cover any size wall. Virtually invisible holographic screens were also a hot item, many featuring astonishing clarity and definition. The article's author writes: "Imagine a concert staged in the round employing such a screen as an appurtenance to the performance. Production designers must be giddy at the possibilities." Perhaps the most compelling technology at CES was Bluetooth Special Interest Group's Auracast, which has a myriad of possible uses in the live event space. For instance, a comedy show in English could be simultaneously translated and piped out to Auracast users in Spanish.

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