Warner Bros.
Discovery Lobbies

Rare Volume designed and engineered the automated media experience for Warner Bros. Discovery’s New York headquarters in Hudson Yards. The goal of the experience—6 touch points spread across 11 stories—was to present WM’s expansive content universe through innovative technology and immersive visual media.

Clients & Partners: ESI Design, X2O, Antfood, Warner Bros. Discovery

Main Lobby

Upon entering the main lobby, visitors are greeted by an inspiring sizzle of content across 5 large wraparound displays.

Rare Volume designed a generative visual system that unifies disparate content types and aesthetics under a shared visual language.

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Rare Volume’s custom-developed software analyzes video media to identify dominant hues and dynamically composites them into the generative particle system, creating a seamless, integrated visual experience across media of any visual style from live action to animation.

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Most importantly, our playback software allows to-the-second scheduling of numerous content modes, while an intelligent scheduling algorithm automatically arranges content. All lobby content is rendered on-demand, so curation requires minimal effort from staff and can be done through the web-hosted content management system.

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Sky Lobby

The same powerful realtime signage system drives the Sky Lobby screens of the 35th floor, which features a dedicated canvas for a single show’s behind-the-scenes footage, teaser scenes, and full-length trailers.

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Design


Creative Direction
Art Direction
Visual Design
Motion Design
Visitor Experience

Technology


Technical Direction

Front-end Development
System Architecture
AV Specification

Implementation


Project Management
Installation
Deployment
Systems Training
Maintenance & Support

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Warner Bros.
Discovery
Interactives

Leveraging live social media data to allow users to understand the spectrum of activity and conversations

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Warner Bros.
Discovery
Prow

An 11-story generative chandelier for WBD’s Hudson Yards Headquarters

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Warner Bros.
Discovery
Interactives

Leveraging live social media data to allow users to understand the spectrum of activity and conversations

View Project




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Warner Bros.
Discovery
Prow

An 11-story generative chandelier for WBD’s Hudson Yards Headquarters

View Project