Open Source Ticker Tape

Not crazy expensive on Aliexpress and friends.

https://github.com/pixelmatix/SmartMatrix has more details on hardware/software required.

Uhh, no I don't?

The way we approached was that each screen was drawing everything, but offset relative to the physical location, and to animate everything synchronously, one machine was continuously broadcasting UDP packets with just IDs and positions, essentially driving everything. There was some fancy code for failover (there was no central server) plus ability to interact with the speech bubbles (can't recall the details).

We did something similar many times and broadcasting positions with UDP always worked out fine, with a big assumption: a reliable wired local network :)

Oh, that’s beautiful. I’m so used to having to spend 2-10x to fulfill formal constraints (proper billing, certification, ...). Feels terrible every time. This is refreshing.

Also, big props on doing something fun. So many companies switch between „we don’t have time for fun/cool stuff“ and „oh no, we’re 20% under-utilized!!!“ instead of doing something like this to boost morale.

About styling: The inside ticker looks great, but oh man, the mocked-up outside one looks out of place. The whole branding does. Maybe you could start with a proper sign on the top of the wall to replace that painted square ...

That takes weatherproof sunlight-readable displays, which are available but not as cheap as ordinary indoor ones.

led matrices are designed for this, cheaper than people assume, look better, and are much more readable.