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Headline: Immersive Version Of The Wizard Of Oz To Take Over Las Vegas Sphere
Caption: Google is teaming up with Warner Bros. Discovery, and immersive experience studio Magnopus to bring an enhanced version of The Wizard of Oz to the Las Vegas Sphere. It will debut on 28 August 2025. The reimagined film will be showcased on the venue’s vast 160,000-square-foot LED screen, which wraps 516 feet around the audience and boasts an astonishing resolution of 16,000 by 16,000 pixels. While the 1939 film underwent a 4K HDR restoration in 2020, the Sphere’s screen far surpasses standard cinema in both scale and resolution. The venue also incorporates multi-sensory features, including spatial audio, haptic seating, and environmental effects such as heat, wind and scent – though it remains unclear exactly how these will be used in The Wizard of Oz experience. The Las Vegas Sphere, which opened in 2023, has rapidly become a landmark of innovation in live entertainment, blending storytelling with technology to create what it calls a “new medium” of audience engagement.
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