Dubai, October 2025- As night falls on the Global Village in Dubai, tourists will inevitably gather in the central pool area. Because something amazing happened here: beneath the calm water surface, there is a "glowing ocean" of over 5000 square meters hidden. Colorful light and shadow swim in the water, and the fish like light structure sometimes gathers and sometimes disperses, accompanied by the rhythm of music and fountains, creating a dreamy experience as if you were in the deep sea. All of this comes from SHLED's latest underwater IP68 led mesh screen project - a super underwater lighting project tailored specifically for the 30th Global Village Celebration.
This project is not just a simple lighting decoration, but a visual revolution that perfectly integrates art, technology, and architecture. The water surface is no longer just a mirror reflecting the sky, but has become a dynamic and breathing stage. SHLED uses a P125mm high brightness underwater grid screen to completely transform the bottom of the pool into a huge immersive display screen, allowing visitors to "dive" into a magical water world of light and shadow interweaving on land.
The project, which coincides with Global Village's milestone 30th anniversary, elevates the amusement park's already iconic attractions by integrating dynamic lighting that syncs seamlessly with water elements. Glowing fish-shaped light structures dance beneath the surface, casting multicolored dynamic reflections that ripple across the water, blending art, architecture, and technology into a cohesive, immersive experience. Fully submerged and operational year-round, the installation proves SHLED's prowess in delivering solutions that thrive in challenging environments, turning ordinary water pools into extraordinary canvases for storytelling and entertainment.
This endeavor not only highlights Dubai's commitment to pushing the boundaries of experiential design but also marks a significant achievement for SHLED as it expands its footprint in the region's booming tourism and urban development sectors. With thousands of visitors flocking to Global Village each season, the underwater LED mesh screen is poised to become a must-see highlight, drawing crowds with its hypnotic interplay of light and water.
From Concept to Reality: Why Global Villages Choose Underwater LED Mesh Screens?
Dubai Global Village, as the most influential cultural and entertainment destination in the Middle East, attracts over 9 million tourists annually. The 30th edition coincides with a milestone moment, and the park hopes to commemorate this year with an unprecedented highlight. Although traditional water fountain light shows are classic, they are always limited to the water surface and lack depth and interactivity. What the park team wants is to "break through the boundaries of the water surface", allowing lights to rise from the bottom of the water and resonate deeper with fountains, music, and tourist emotions.
SHLED's proposal stood out immediately upon submission: covering the bottom of the pool with over 5000 square meters of IP68 underwater grid screen to create a globally leading permanent underwater media display system. Compared to traditional underwater floodlights or floating LEDs, the advantages of this led mesh screen solution are obvious - it can present complete dynamic images instead of a single color wall wash; It can precisely control each light point, forming complex patterns such as fish schools, ripples, and Arabic patterns; More importantly, it is completely submerged in water without affecting safety and durability.
The project was completed in just a few months from design to lighting up. The SHLED team works closely with the global village engineering team to first verify the refraction and reflection effects of light and shadow in water through 3D simulation, and then customize exclusive content scripts to ensure that the lighting perfectly matches the theme of the park's 30th anniversary, "Cultural Integration · Future Light". The final result far exceeded expectations: during the day, the pool returned to calmness, with almost no abnormalities visible; At night, with just one click, the water instantly awakens underwater, and the cries of surprise from tourists keep echoing.
Underwater Lighting Solutions Advantages: How SHLED Underwater LED Grid Screen Conquers the 'Underwater World'
SHLED uses a P125mm IP68 grid screen specially developed for extreme underwater environments. This product is not a simple waterproof upgrade for ordinary outdoor screens, but a complete reconstruction of the entire chain from materials, structure to control system, truly achieving the engineering miracle of "working normally even when immersed in water".
●Firstly, the core protection technology is the 360 degree fully sealed glue filling and resin filling process. Every LED bead and every line is completely wrapped in high-strength resin, forming a waterproof protective shell. Even if immersed in a pool with a depth of 1-2 meters for a long time, there will be no water seepage, short circuit or atomization phenomenon. Unlike semi waterproof products on the market, SHLED's grid screen has undergone 48 hours of deep water immersion testing, chlorine water corrosion testing, and high-temperature and high humidity cycling testing, with a brightness attenuation of less than 5%, truly achieving "year-round underwater, fearless of challenges".
●Secondly, the fixed system adopts aviation grade aluminum alloy card strips. Dubai can experience high temperatures of over 50 ℃ in summer, and although it is cool in winter, the water temperature fluctuates violently, making ordinary materials prone to corrosion and deformation. The aluminum alloy card strip selected by SHLED not only has light weight and high strength, but also has excellent corrosion resistance, and can serve stably in chlorinated water for more than ten years. The card strip is designed as a quick fastening type, which does not require welding or drilling during installation. It can be directly fastened to the embedded parts at the bottom of the pool, which is both firm and beautiful.
●The control system is another highlight: SPI breakpoint resume technology. Once a node of a traditional series of lights is damaged, all subsequent lights will turn off. The SPI protocol of SHLED can automatically skip when a single light bulb fails and continue to transmit signals to subsequent light bulbs, ensuring 99.9% picture integrity. This means that even if there are very few malfunctions during peak tourist periods, it will not affect the overall presentation of the light show, greatly reducing operational risks.
●More noteworthy is the independently developed intelligent control box. This centralized control box combines power and signal into one, and integrates intelligent distribution modules internally. Compared with traditional separate solutions, it reduces wire usage by more than 70%. Only a small amount of backbone cables are needed to enter the underwater area during installation, greatly simplifying the difficulty of wiring and saving a lot of auxiliary materials and labor costs. At the same time, the centralized control box supports remote diagnosis, and the park operation and maintenance personnel can monitor the operation status of the underwater screen through their mobile phones or computers, adjust the brightness, content, and synchronization parameters in real time.
●In terms of display performance, the P125 ptich combined with high brightness LED beads ensures that even under the dual effects of underwater refraction and absorption, the image remains vivid and full. Combined with 16 bit grayscale and 8k refresh rate, there is no ghosting or flickering during dynamic fish swimming, and the color transition is natural and smooth. The park has specially customized multiple sets of content scripts, including Arabic style patterns, global cultural symbols, festival celebration animations, and interactive modes - when the height of the fountain changes, the underwater lights respond synchronously, creating a wonderful effect of "light moving with the water".
On site effectiveness: tourists screaming, social media flooding screens
The project lights up on its first night, with a sea of people in the global village pool area. Tourists held up their phones to take photos, and social media quickly flooded with comments such as "Dubai is revitalized again!" "Are these underwater fish really swimming?" "The 30th anniversary is worth it, watching this light show ten times won't make you tired
The project video "Dubai Global Village Underwater 5000 ㎡ Grid Screen: Fantasy Ocean under Light and Shadow" released by SHLED on YouTube has received hundreds of thousands of views in just a few days. In the video, a panoramic view of the pool is presented: under the calm water surface, a huge school of light suddenly lights up, accompanied by fountain jets, colorful light breaks through the water surface, forming a dreamlike beam of light; The close-up shot captures the amazed expressions of tourists and the cheers of children. The comment section is filled with astonishment: "This is the real black technology!" "Chinese companies are too strong, turning pools into screens
According to preliminary statistics from the park, after the underwater light show was launched, the nighttime stay time in the area increased by more than 40%, and the peak weekend passenger flow increased significantly. Many tourists come specifically for this new attraction, even queuing up to check in and take photos. The Global Village official also gave high praise: "SHLED's underwater solution perfectly fits our 30th anniversary innovation theme, bringing visitors an unprecedented immersive experience. "
SHLED's pursuit: to make every drop of water glow
As a company specializing in outdoor architectural media facade and lighting solutions, SHLED always believes that light is not just lighting, but also a carrier of emotions and a storyteller of stories. In the Dubai Global Village project, we did not simply "install lights", but instead used technology to give life to water, allowing visitors to experience the romance and mystery of the ocean on land.
From the debut of transparent facades in Ethiopia to underwater wonders in Dubai, SHLED is gradually turning the "impossible" into reality. In the future, we will continue to delve into extreme application scenarios such as underwater, curved surfaces, and irregular shapes, bringing surprises to more landmarks and cultural tourism projects around the world.
The 30th Dubai Global Village has become even more dazzling due to its over 5000 square meters of underwater grid screen. And this is just a new starting point for SHLED to illuminate the world.