Building and installing a "Virtual Skylight"?

[Ddz]

Hi all,
My team at work is undergoing a tourist attraction project at a pretty well-known building (under NDA so I can't disclose much more) and I've been tasked with a "virtual skylight" attraction in which we want visitors to be able to view dynamic video of the sky. This will be installed on the ceiling (via video monitors - open to ideas) of an observation deck. So far, I've only been able to find two possible vendors (links below - stuff is pretty awesome), and I'd like to see if anyone here has any other ideas.

Basically, we want to record video of the sky during the day, at night, during a thunderstorm, and possibly a tornado scene (length of video undefined so far, but I'd like to have at least an hour of each), and have visitors be able to change the content at the push of a button or via a controller. Support for this is not set in stone yet, so any ideas would be welcome. Ideally, the content could be changed and managed via an administration tool that we're building. Also, this attraction must be flush-mounted to the ceiling so it appears as if the guests are really viewing the sky above. This is what I've found so far:

http://www.skyfactory.com/products/SkyV/
http://fruitimage.com/hi-tech-wall-system-from-sharp/

I've contacted both of these vendors about installation and content etc.

If any of you have any other ideas on how something like this could be installed/supported/built, that would be awesome. If you have additional questions please reply. Thanks in advance!

[Ddz]

We're thinking of mounting flat panel TV monitors flush to the ceiling (not recessed, but actual wall mounts). Is this feasible? I'm not finding much for ceiling mounts lol.

[Kohan]

Considering that the first product's website (SkyV) includes a diagram demonstrating the multiple layers, you should be able to show that to an accomplished builder, and have something similar made. It basically appears to be a faux window frame laid on top of three monitors that are mounted and secured to the ceiling.

Although ceiling mounts exist, your primary concerns are whether the ceiling can support having a TV hung from it or not, and secondly, whether you can find appropriate mounts shallow enough to accommodate your needs. I would assume that some combination of flush wall mounts would be used to create a frame.

Of course, if you're having a builder do it for you regardless, they should be able to figure all of that out.

http://www.electronichouse.com/artic...n_the_ceiling/

That's a recessed mount, but it still demonstrates that it can be done.

[SephYuyX]

My company uses http://www.signage.dtri.com/products...nce/index.html

[Ddz]

My company uses http://www.signage.dtri.com/products...nce/index.html

Thanks, this is awesome. We will not be able to do recessed screens; no working space between floors for that. So we will need to be mounting the products. Thanks so much for your recommendations.