Trusted by museums, cultural institutions and national brands
The Cave-In! permanent exhibit at the National Corvette Museum. The Cloud Room at the Salvador Dalí Museum. The Hall of Values five-interactive lobby at Dollar General Corporate Headquarters. The Macallan Distillery Experience cube, from a Brooklyn premiere to Grand Central to Shanghai. Real-time interactive projection murals with Sebastian Coolidge at 81Bay Brewing. Ongoing in-camera virtual production at the Litewave LED Volume.
Pixel Rain Digital is a Tampa Bay cultural-tech studio. Twelve years of work for places where “mostly working” isn’t an option.
TWELVE YEARS OF WORK FOR
180LA·Adobe·Amazon·Boar’s Head·City of Tampa·Dalí Museum·Disney·Dollar General·Florida Aquarium·Frost Science Museum·Litewave Studios·M Booth·The Macallan·Mercedes-Benz·MOSH Jacksonville·National Corvette Museum·Nestlé·Netflix·New Belgium·New York Yankees·The Ritz·Royal Museum of Arts Brussels·Saks Fifth Avenue·Snap·St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital·Hulu·Expedia
A sample of installations and productions for museums, brands, and studios.
LIVE EVENT
A 320-foot projection-mapped treasure chest down Tampa’s Rivergate Tower for New Year’s Eve 2019. Featured on Good Morning America the next morning. The City invited Pixel Rain back for 2020; COVID cancelled the follow-up.
City of Tampa · Tampa Downtown Partnership · Pixel Rain Digital (production)
PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Five permanent interactive installations in Dollar General’s Hall of Values lobby exhibit — touchscreen projection map of the US store network, an interactive recipe book maker, a touchscreen quiz, and multimedia video interactives covering brand history and values. Built with Creative Arts Unlimited.
Dollar General Corporation · Creative Arts Unlimited · Pixel Rain Digital (software design, build, integration)
BRAND ACTIVATION
Bespoke projection-mapped multi-tier wedding cake. Custom content per tier; the cake itself became the screen. A unique craft project for the Wagner family.
Magnolia Pictures · Wagner family · Pixel Rain Digital (content + projection mapping)
ART MUSEUM
Multi-piece, multi-year relationship with The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg. Cloud Room (4-wall immersive). AR Portal. Spiral-staircase carousel. Magritte & Dalí façade activation. Annual Sueños De Dalí. Ongoing technology advisor.
The Salvador Dalí Museum · Pixel Rain Digital (design, build, ongoing advisor)
LIVE EVENT
Projection-mapped façade animation across the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship in Manhattan during the holiday season. Pixel Rain provided the brand-grade content assets; Integrated Visions handled the final mix and on-site activation.
Saks Fifth Avenue · Integrated Visions · Pixel Rain Digital (brand-grade content assets)
PERMANENT INSTALLATION
A 1,000-square-foot walk-in recreation of the 2014 Skydome sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum. Ten short-throw projectors (after the 2024 refresh), sculpted foam-and-paint cave walls. Built in Florida with Creative Arts Unlimited (Pinellas Park).
National Corvette Museum · Creative Arts Unlimited · Pixel Rain Digital (projection mapping, show control)
1,000 SQ FT · 10 PROJECTORS · 2016 OPEN
LIVE EVENT
Projection-mapped activation for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg — the IndyCar Series championship season opener. Multi-year engagement at the race-weekend kickoff.
IndyCar / Verizon IndyCar Series · Pixel Rain Digital (projection + content)
2 GP · ST. PETE TAMPA BAY · IndyCar OPENER
PERMANENT INSTALLATION
A 3D projection-mapped mural inside Tampa’s 81Bay Brewing — a static painted wall by St. Petersburg artist Sebastian Coolidge brought to life via a real-time Unity backend. Likely one of the first projection-mapped murals to use a real-time game engine.
A 3D projection-mapped mural inside Tampa’s 81Bay Brewing — a static painted wall by St. Petersburg artist Sebastian Coolidge brought to life via a real-time Unity backend. Likely one of the first projection-mapped murals to use a real-time game engine.
LIVE EVENT
A stage-front interactive Magic 8-Ball sphere — tablet passed around the crowd to roll the answer in real-time on stage. One of Pixel Rain’s earliest installations, built for Tampa’s flagship film festival.
Gasparilla International Film Festival · Pixel Rain Digital
LIVE EVENT
Pixel Rain created the content for the projection-mapped backdrop at The One Club’s Creative Week, the advertising and design industry’s flagship gathering in New York.
The One Club for Creativity · Integrated Visions (on-site activation) · Pixel Rain Digital (content)
LIVE EVENT
Pixel Rain produced the Yankees Media Day video shoot at George M. Steinbrenner Field — projection-mapped backdrops and Yankees logos reimagined in neon and marquee styling. Content went to YES Network broadcasts and in-stadium at-bat graphics.
New York Yankees · YES Network / Fox · Pixel Rain Digital (full creative)
BRAND ACTIVATION
Mercedes-Benz’s experiential culinary table at Larrabee Studios — hosted by Alicia Keys, with chef speeches and live-artist music throughout the night. Pixel Rain produced the activation: a custom facade designed in collaboration with Sarnasky (topped with glass), a fully-interactive table surface with custom guest placemats and menus that responded throughout the meal, and a disguise media server running the show. Engine Shop and Czarnowski as agency partners.
Mercedes-Benz USA · Engine Shop · Czarnowski · Pixel Rain Digital
LIVE EVENT
A six-sided immersive room that brought live 360° travel to children who couldn’t leave the hospital. Software and space, Four Cannes Lions.
Expedia · 180LA · All360 Media · Pixel Rain Digital · St. Jude
4 CANNES LIONS · 6 SIDED ROOM · 2 WEEKS
BRAND ACTIVATION
A 15-foot 360° projection cube. Pixel Rain self-activated both NYC installations (Grand Central + Brooklyn) and shipped cube units to Denver, Mexico City, Shanghai, and Seoul with on-site support. Built once, deployed across five cities.
The Macallan · M Booth · Pixel Rain Digital (production partner)
15 FT CUBE · 5 CITIES · 4D EXPERIENCE
PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Three interactive installations inside The Dive — Frost Science’s 7,000-square-foot immersive aquatic gallery — including a six-screen 4K walkthrough built with Emmy Award–winning underwater cinematographer Frazier Nivens.
Frazier Nivens (Ocean Imaging) · Frost Science Museum
3 INSTALLATIONS · 6 4K SCREENS · 7,000 SQ FT GALLERY
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
An LED Volume for in-camera virtual production in St. Petersburg, Florida — 192 panels of HoloDeck 2.6i, VIVE Mars camera tracking, real-time Unreal Engine media. Pixel Rain runs the virtual-production side and is an ongoing technical partner.
Litewave Media · Pixel Rain Digital (virtual-production + ongoing technical partner)
192 LED PANELS · 4K OUTPUTS · 15 MIN FROM TAMPA
