Not Just Spectacle: What The Sphere Tells Us About AV’s Future

We’ve all seen the highlight reels from The Sphere in Vegas - massive screens, AI-enhanced footage, immersive everything. But behind the spectacle is a shift worth watching: the AV world is changing. Fast.

The team behind The Wizard of Oz didn’t shoot anything new. They rebuilt 1939 footage to work on a 16K dome using AI tools like Imagen and Veo. Thousands of hours to make legacy content work in a bleeding-edge space.

We’re not here to compete with that scale - but the problems they solved?

We see those all the time:

  • Wrong format footage

  • Bad lighting or audio capture

  • Last-minute assets that need rescuing

The takeaway isn’t “do bigger shows.”

It’s this: the bar is higher now, even for the smaller ones.

Every event is more visual. More tech-heavy. Less forgiving.

Even modest shows are expected to look and feel sharp. That’s what’s changing.

We’ve seen the same challenges pop up locally - like when content built for Instagram needs to stretch across a 12-metre LED wall. Or when the house lighting wipes out a colour palette that looked perfect in the edit suite.

Planning a show with screens? Here’s what to check early:

• Is the footage sharp enough for the scale?
• Are the formats consistent across all media?
• Will the visuals hold up under show lighting?

The Sphere might be a spectacle - but the ripple effects are everywhere.

Got something coming up that needs to look sharp on screen?
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Take a look at how Google’s team reimagined The Wizard of Oz for The Sphere in Vegas - using AI, cloud rendering, and a lot of patience.