With the technology already established in the entertainment sector, the new start-up, led by the highly experienced Peter Ed, has optimised its new low- and medium-resolution RGB tile system, known as Art, for the wider commercial markets, including museums, casinos, retail and cruise ships.
Ed, and former G-LEC colleague Sergej Mironov, who spearheads Light Emissions' R&D programme, will also display the new system at ISE 2011 in Amsterdam in early February.
Justifying the decision for targeting "best of breed" large LED display technology at top end fixed installation markets, Peter Ed states: "Our strengths lie in having worked with leading global lighting and LED display companies; this enables us to combine a wealth of experience, from cutting edge entertainment shows to major installation projects.
"We formed the company to meet requirements of designers needing to build video based graphics into the very fabric of their projects. Though low resolution LED video is often used in entertainment, there has been little so far to support the needs of installers and operators of fixed installations."
To that end, Light Emissions has geared its visual solutions towards speed and ease of installation and simplicity of maintenance. "Importantly, graphic media is kept wholly in the digital video domain, avoiding complex programming and expensive controllers needed when using networked DMX," Ed continues.
"Nowadays, creating, distributing and playing video is straightforward and inexpensive, and our large displays will integrate easily with normal video screens. Digital video guarantees clear, crisp graphics and images, while we will ensure that the correct tools and solutions are engineered for purpose."
Sergej Mironov added: "Over the last few years cost and functionality of LEDs and electronics has improved enormously - but there are still market sectors not aware of the fantastic and dramatic opportunities provided by large-scale LED canvases. We aim to address that by building the best technology available."
(Lee Baldock)
