Christie, together with their Australian channel partners, VR Solutions, showcased six innovative MicroTile displays including the columns, Big O, 4x3, panoramic, 6 Sheet, Skyscraper to key industry contacts demonstrating their ability to create a virtually seamless digital canvas in almost any size or shape.

Managing Director of VR Solutions, Michael Bosworth said he is excited to bring the world class technology to the Australian market while offering local support and training. “MicroTiles are a great product with so many applications; Creatives are no longer restricted to a rectangular display such as LCD screens. I have no doubt that MicroTiles will prove to be a disruptive technology in the Australian market,” he said.

Known around the globe for high quality digital projection systems, Christie has had its new tiles in R&D for two years. Technology and visual design experts who saw sneak previews last year have described the system as “one of the wonders of the world in displays.”

“MicroTiles represent a distinct revolution in display technology, that allows users to create their own digital canvas or digital wallpaper,” said Bob Rushby, the co-inventor and chief technology officer at Christie. “With MicroTiles, users can express their creativity and vision, and assemble the displays in ways that have previously been unattainable using current flat panel LCD, plasma or LED walls.”

“Assemble the tiles any way you like, take them apart and re-assemble them in a new configuration, and they ‘recognize’ each other every time and adjust the image automatically,” Rushby added. “Our partners are discovering new ways of using digital display that would have been impossible or impractical before MicroTiles.”

The spectacular image quality and modular flexibility of the MicroTiles system opens up wide possibilities for companies charged with designing and creating large, vivid visual displays for architectural installations, out-of-home advertising, event centres, command and control facilities and retail environments. MicroTiles can easily be incorporated to fit within the physical constraints or opportunities of a building and eliminate all the compromises made when using other display technologies.

“We are very pleased to work with VR Solutions for the launch and we’re sure that Christie MicroTiles will create a brand-new dimension for for the various display markets in Australia,”

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