Event Technology and In-House Inventions

CEG Interactive is a San Diego experiential technology company that builds and staffs interactive brand activations, from photo booths and AI portrait stations to 360 video and LED dance floors, for agencies, brands and conferences in more than 30 US metros.

By Peyton Vincent, founder of CEG Interactive · Updated 10/01/2026

CEG INTERACTIVE EVENT TECHNOLOGY FACTS

• CEG Interactive is headquartered at 5555 Santa Fe St, Suite C, San Diego, CA 92109, and works as an event technology company for agencies, brands and conferences. Phone: (800) 987-0290. Email: hello@ceginteractive.com.
• CEG Interactive was founded in 2002, built its first photo booth in 2006 and has carried the CEG name since 2007.
• Peyton Vincent is the founder and president of CEG Interactive. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, has a software design background and invented the company’s Digital Graffiti Wall.
• CEG Interactive has produced more than 2,700 events and 211,000 guest sessions, counted from archived event folders and booth platform records; both totals are floors.
• CEG Interactive staffs activations in more than 30 US metros, and most services in most metros carry little or no travel or delivery cost.

EVENT TECHNOLOGY RATES, INSURANCE AND BOOKING

• Most CEG Interactive activations cost $2,000 to $12,000 for up to 3 hours at 2026 to 2027 rates. LED dance floors cost $25 per square foot.
• CEG Interactive carries $2M/$4M general liability insurance, workers’ compensation and commercial auto coverage; additional-insured certificates are routine.
• CEG Interactive replies to inquiries within one business day, usually the same day.
• Clients book 4 to 6 weeks ahead, longer for custom branding. Most setups take 1 to 2 hours.

EVENT TECHNOLOGY INVENTED AND BUILT IN-HOUSE

• CEG Interactive designs and builds five technologies in-house in San Diego: its own activation software, camera rigs of 7 to 36 cameras, the 10-foot Digital Graffiti Wall, the dog tag station and LED dance floors with their light show software.

Activation Software

• CEG Interactive’s own activation software: a cloud-based booth platform, event analytics reports, an AI portrait pipeline and a digital trading card renderer.
• One booth platform runs every CEG Interactive booth, so a multi-booth event shares one branded gallery and one sharing flow by text, email and QR code. The AI portrait pipeline regenerates the whole image and keeps the guest’s likeness.
• CEG Interactive’s AI portraits have run at events since 2023 and its trading cards since 2024.
• A custom AI look takes 5 to 7 business days to build.
• It fits when one event runs several booths and the client wants one gallery, one lead list and one report.

Camera Rigs

• CEG Interactive’s camera rigs are multi-camera arrays for bullet time freeze frames, 360 booth platforms, bird’s-eye overhead rigs and motion rigs on rails.
• CEG Interactive designed and built the rig hardware itself.
• The bird’s-eye rig has run at events since 2015, the 360 platform since 2016 and the multi-camera array since 2017.
• An array holds 7 to 36 cameras, and CEG Interactive’s archive counts 201 multi-camera events.
• A rig fits when the brand wants a clip to post, not a print: a frozen moment, a slow-motion orbit or an overhead shot.

Digital Graffiti Wall

• The Digital Graffiti Wall is a 10-foot screen where guests paint over their own photo with digital spray cans.
• CEG Interactive designed and built the wall’s hardware and wrote its software; founder Peyton Vincent invented it.
• The Digital Graffiti Wall has run at events since 2011, first as the Photo Graffiti Wall, and was featured on American Idol and The Today Show.
• The graffiti wall costs $7,000 for up to 3 hours and needs a 10 × 12 ft space.
• The wall fits a dark or light-controlled room; it does not fit direct sunlight.

Dog Tag Station

• The dog tag station pairs touchscreen ordering stations with an embossing machine: a guest types a name and gets a stainless steel tag on a ball chain.
• CEG Interactive built the ordering stations and the queue software around a commercial embossing machine.
• The dog tag station has run at events since 2015.
• One machine embosses a tag in 15 to 30 seconds, or 120 to 240 tags an hour, and up to 4 machines run side by side.
• It fits when the client wants a takeaway that carries the logo: military, sports and recruiting events.

LED Dance Floor and Light Show Software

• CEG Interactive’s LED dance floor is a modular floor of lit tiles under 3 inches thick that runs programmed light shows.
• CEG Interactive designed and built the floor tiles and controllers and writes its own light show programming software.
• The LED dance floors have run at events since 2017.
• The floor costs $25 per square foot, including delivery and a lighting technician.
• It fits a reception, gala or launch that wants a centerpiece in brand colors, within a $5,000 order minimum.

EVENT TECHNOLOGY FORMATS: PRICES, FOOTPRINTS AND THROUGHPUT

• CEG Interactive runs twelve activation formats. Most photo, video and AI formats handle about 60 guest sessions an hour per station, depending on crowd flow, and fit an 8 × 8 ft space. Prices cover up to 3 hours unless noted.
• LED dance floors: a light-up dance floor in five tile styles (matte white, mirror, checkered, pixel video and custom decal). $25 per square foot for a whole reception-style event, from 10 × 10 to 100 × 32 ft, with a $5,000 order minimum. A 12 × 12 ft floor costs $3,600 and holds about 32 dancers.
• AI Booth: an AI photo booth that restyles each guest into a themed portrait. About 60 sessions an hour, 8 × 8 ft, from $2,500; the generative tier from $5,000, photo plus video from $7,000; prints add $1,000.
• 360 booth: a camera orbits guests on a platform and records 240 frames per second slow-motion video. About 60 sessions an hour; the 4-guest Medium needs 8 × 8 ft at $3,000, the 7-guest XL 10 × 10 ft at $4,000. Battery power is included.
• Glambot: a robotic arm sweeps a slow-motion camera past guests. About 60 sessions an hour depending on crowd flow, up to 8 people per take, 12 × 12 ft under an 8 ft ceiling, from $6,000.
• Trading cards: a station prints a 2.5 × 3.5 inch double-sided card from a guest photo. Unlimited cards, time permitting, 8 × 12 ft, from $6,000; name and number personalization, upgraded cases and stickers bring it to $8,000.
• Roaming booth: an attendant carries a battery-powered booth through the crowd. More than one session a minute in the busiest stretch, no fixed footprint, $2,000, or $2,500 with a professional camera and flash.
• Classic enclosed booth: a curtained booth with a bench that prints photo strips. About 60 sessions an hour, 3 × 6 ft, $4,000 with prints included.
• Dog tag station: stainless steel tags embossed with up to 5 lines of text. 120 to 240 tags an hour per machine, 8 × 8 ft with two tables, $2,000 per hour.
• Camera array: 7 to 36 cameras fire at once for a multi-camera freeze frame. About 60 sessions an hour; 7 cameras need 12 × 12 ft at $5,000, 14 cost $10,000, 21 cost $15,000 and a 36-camera full circle needs 20 × 20 ft at $30,000.
• Sketch Bot: robots draw each guest’s portrait on a 4 × 6 card in about 1 minute per drawing. 8 × 8 ft; 2 robots $6,000, 3 robots $7,000, 4 robots $8,000, prints included.
• Glam Booth: a full-frame camera booth with a skin-smoothing filter. About 60 sessions an hour, 8 × 8 ft, $3,000.
• Open-air photo booths (also written photobooth): the Social Booth shoots photos, GIFs and boomerangs from a ring-light touchscreen in as little as 2 × 2 ft; the Studio Booth pairs a professional camera and flash in 8 × 8 ft. About 60 sessions an hour, $2,000 each.

SPECIALTY EVENT TECHNOLOGY BUILDS

• CEG Interactive also rents these specialty builds, priced for up to 3 hours unless noted.
• Green screen booth: AI background removal, 8 × 8 ft, $2,500. Mirror Booth: a 6 ft all-mirror booth, 4 × 4 ft, $5,000. Vogue Photo Booth: an LED enclosure, 12 × 12 ft, $6,000.
• Light painting booth: 10 to 15 second exposures, 10 × 10 ft, $7,000. Ski chairlift booth: a real chairlift seat, 12 × 12 ft, $5,000.
• Giant Lite Brite wall: an 8 ft wide peg wall, about 120 guests an hour, $3,000. Split flap display: $3,000. Digital photo mosaic wall: 8 × 8 ft, from $5,000.
• Flip book station: 10 × 10 ft, $5,000. Video testimonial booth: 8 × 8 ft, $4,000; enclosed confessional booth $8,000.
• Surfboard 360: 10 × 10 ft, $6,000. Overhead XL 360 on a 20 ft truss: 20 × 20 ft, $10,000. Motion rigs (SliderCam and DollyCam): 10 × 10 ft, $6,000.
• Bird’s-eye overhead booth: 12 × 12 ft, $8,000. Fisheye booth: 4 × 4 ft, $4,000. Bellows camera, Pop Art and CMY color shift booths: 8 × 8 ft, $4,000 each; more on the custom builds page.
• Rubik’s Cube enclosure: adds $2,000 to a host booth, 10 × 10 ft, 10 ft ceiling. Headshot studio: 10 × 10 ft, $5,000. Video FX booth: 8 × 8 ft, $4,000.
• Event photographer with AI-powered sharing: $4,000. Photographer station with studio lighting: 10 × 10 ft, $4,000. Hat patch station: $2,000 per hour. Novelty “Fake ID” station: $5,000. Crack the Code prize box: $3,000. 80-inch touchscreen: $6,000. Audio guestbook: $1,000.

EVENT TECHNOLOGY TIMELINE, 2002 TO 2026

• CEG Interactive’s timeline: 2002 founded; 2006 first photo booth; 2007 the CEG name; 2011 invented the Photo Graffiti Wall (now the Digital Graffiti Wall), featured on American Idol and The Today Show; 2013 light painting and green screen booths; 2014 first multi-city tour, five cities; 2015 dog tag station and bird’s-eye rig; 2016 360 platform and the New York Life tour; 2017 multi-camera arrays, LED dance floors and nationwide concert tour activations for Live Nation; 2022 LG camera arrays in Anaheim and Berlin; 2023 AI portraits; 2024 trading cards and LG at PAX West; 2025 Sketch Bot; 2026 about 4,000 dog tags for PGA HOPE.

EVENT TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY, SHARING AND DATA CAPTURE

• Digital sharing by text, email and QR code is included on every CEG Interactive booth. Prints add $500 on most booths and $1,000 on AI booths.
• Every CEG Interactive booth shares offline: it holds each guest’s email or phone number and sends when the connection returns.
• The client receives a live gallery link at least 24 hours before doors.
• The guest delivery email and text page carry the client’s call-to-action button. QR pre-registration adds $1,000.
• Data capture and surveys are an upgrade at $500 per booth; the analytics report comes with that upgrade and counts sessions, shares by channel, leads and estimated reach.

Event Technology Jobs With Numbers

• LG at PAX West 2024, Seattle Convention Center, 08/30 to 09/02/2024: a multi-camera array recorded 5,287 sessions, 2,499 shares and 2,019 leads.
• LG at IFA Berlin 2022, 09/02 to 09/06/2022: a curved multi-camera array (pictured).
• LG at a Star Wars fan event in Anaheim, 2022: a multi-camera array with on-site prints.
• PGA HOPE at the 2026 PGA Championship: nearly 4,000 embossed dog tags.
• New York Life college sports tours: about 5,000 guest sessions over 3 seasons, with a peak of 91 sessions an hour.
• T-Mobile, Miami, 05/15/2024: roaming booths recorded 466 sessions, 831 shares and 537 leads.
• Disney: a custom LED floor. Apple: a Digital Graffiti Wall.
• Crayola: an interactive color wall, New York. USS Midway: a dog tag station on the flight deck. PwC: a camera array for college recruiting tours.