The cooperation between Arnold Glas, LamiPress and VideowindoW.io presented a 45 square metre, segmented, intelligently tintable glass facade at the glasstec special show ‘glass technology live’. The special feature: the biophilic glare control makes it possible to display images, graphics and films in motion on the glass, reducing glare and increasing comfort in the building. Information and adverts can also be displayed on the glass.
The system controls 72 million pixels in a 12K image and thus combines functional glare control with high aesthetics.
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What and who exactly is behind VideowindoW?
VideowindoW is an extremely thin display technology that transforms glass facades into dynamic, immersive screens and actually enables interactivity. While maintaining transparency, displayed images or video sequences create real shadows and thus glare protection, especially in dark scenes.
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‘Our new technology enables dimmable facades in the same way as high-quality electrochromic glass, but creates glare protection via fully customisable, dynamic images,’ explains Remco Veenbrink, VideowindoW founder and developer, who actually has his roots in the film industry.
‘This entertainment factor is a real added value for operators of airports, railway stations and in project architecture, for example, to use the facade as a dynamic information, entertainment and commercially usable advertising space while maintaining the view.’
Veenbrink not only provides the technology, but also the backend for displaying media content. Spots and information can be pre-planned, controlled and automated in a kind of timeline, which can also be remotely administered by his company's film and design specialists if required.
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Strong cooperation between Arnold Glas, Lamipress and VideowindoW
The cooperation between VideowindoW, glass refiner Arnold Glas and machine manufacturer LamiPress, whose patented machine technology was used to successfully laminate the first modules into safety glass, aims to bring the technology to market maturity for use in large safety glass facades.
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The modules have not yet been tested for their g-value (sun shading) or Ug-value (thermal insulation), but initial spectral analyses suggest promising properties.
