MicroTiles are modular digital display tiles that can be stacked and clustered like building blocks to create display walls of any shape or scale, using a new optical design that produces impressive levels of brightness, contrast and colour reproduction.

Christie, together with their Australian channel partner, VR Solutions, showcased six innovative MicroTile displays at the Melbourne Recital Centre on May 20, to demonstrate their ability to create a virtually seamless digital canvas in almost any size or shape.

VR Solutions managing director Michael Bosworth says he is excited to bring the world class technology to the Australian market while offering local support and training.

“MicroTiles are a great product with so many applications; Creatives are no longer restricted to a rectangular display such as LCD screens. I have no doubt that MicroTiles will prove to be a disruptive technology in the Australian market,” he says.

The Christie MicroTiles system represents a step forward in large-format digital display technology, offering superior colour and image reproduction, the widest possible viewing angles and a near absence of seams on display walls, with only a 1mm gap between the tiles.

The LED- and DLP-based system is designed for long, reliable commercial use in public areas, with no lamps or other consumable parts to replace. The LED light engine, a key component of MicroTiles, is rated at 65,000 hours to half brightness usage, or nearly 7.5 years of continuous operation.

With a screen size of 408mm wide x 306mm high, the tiles also feature a shallow depth of only 260mm and require just 50mm of minimal clearance for rear ventilation.

Christie engineers designed the MicroTiles to be fully and easily serviced from the front. The tiles are “self-aware” – meaning that time-consuming and costly colour calibration needed to keep conventional “video walls” looking uniform, is automatically completed by the sensors built into the MicroTiles.