Located at the center of the Marketplace, the cable system and ring are visible from all three concourses, creating a dynamic focal point. The Lab at Rockwell Group has begun a multi-phase process to create a dynamic system for displaying content on the ring. The ring itself consists of stainless steel cables supporting an information yoke, an egg-shaped aluminum ring with 43 40” LED screens positioned in series to form a ring. This is documentation of the first phase of custom software the lab has developed for the ring. We are developing the ring both visually and technically.

Visually we have created software to animate particles derived from JetBlue tailfin designs which flock and circle the ring, celebrating flight and movement. Technically we have created a series of controlling scripts to update the content as well as a flexible system to update the messaging and video content. We used a combination of Processing, custom After Effects Scripting, and Openframeworks to complete the project.