The ORB

A handmade persistence-of-vision spherical display.

Background

The Orb is a persistence-of-vision spherical display created by hand by with mechanical design and fabrication by Ron Sears. Two have been made so far, the second of which displays visualizations created with device-specific software. Both Orbs have been presented at various conferences and festivals such as SIGGRAPH Asia, Maker Faire, and Coachella.

 

TED Presentation

Nick presenting version one at TED.

 

Version 2

Version 2 pictured here when on display at the Cousins & Sears office in Brooklyn.

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