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A live photo wall on any screen at the venue
By the Unveil team · Published August 21, 2026
Most event photos never reach the biggest screen in the room. The venue has a TV, the party has an album filling up, and the two usually meet a week later, if ever.
Unveil's live wall connects them the night it matters. It is a web page you open on any TV or laptop at the venue: while the album is locked it shows a countdown, the photo and guest counts, and the join code; the moment the album opens, the photos take the screen, and every new shot lands there as it develops.
It costs nothing at any event size, and every event already has one.
A browser tab, a TV, and your join code
The wall lives at unveil.camera/live with your event's code on the end. Open that address on whatever the venue offers — a laptop on the TV's HDMI port, a smart TV's own browser, a tablet propped on a shelf — and sign in as the host. Photos only show for people inside the event, so the sign-in is what lets the screen see them.
Nothing installs on the screen, and the wall never joins the event. It watches from the outside, so it takes no seat from your guest list: a free ten-guest event runs the same wall as an unlimited one. Set an event up in the browser and the final step hands you the wall link, ready to open where the party can see it.
The countdown wall and the live wall
What the screen shows follows one decision you already made: the unlock time. An event that opens during the party runs the wall live, each photo appearing moments after it is taken. An event that stays sealed gets the countdown instead — how many photos have landed, how many guests are in, and exactly how long until everyone sees.
For a sealed event, the countdown is the show. The number climbs all evening, the room knows when the album opens, and the wall obeys the same lock as everyone's phones, so no photo sneaks out early. When the moment arrives, the album plays to the whole room at once.
If photos on the screen all evening matter more to you than the surprise, open the album during the event when you create it; the unlock-time guide walks that decision occasion by occasion. Live-album apps stream everything from the first upload instead, and our comparison of the field lays out who shows what while the party runs.
Five ways to fill a screen
A view picker sits in the corner with five layouts. Featured with grid holds the newest photo large beside a grid of the rest. Slideshow plays the album one photo at a time. Full grid tiles the whole screen. Photo and stats pairs the picture with counts and the evening's most active shooters. Scattered prints spreads the album across the screen like instant photos on a table, newest on top.
Every view keeps the join code visible. A wall at a party is also a sign, and this one photographs back: whoever walks up and scans it gets a camera in their hand and lands on the wall a minute later. The picker and the cursor tuck themselves away when nobody touches the screen, so the room only ever sees the photos.
The short version
- Free at every event size, the ten-guest event included
- Takes no guest seat — the wall watches without joining
- Any screen with a browser works: TV, laptop, tablet
- Sealed events show a countdown, counts, and the join code
- The album takes the screen the moment it opens
- Five views, with the join code always on
The wall is part of every event. Open it from the event's link, sign in as the host, and leave it running.
Free up to 10 guests. The wall comes with every event.
Questions people ask
No. The wall watches the event rather than joining it, so it takes no seat. A free ten-guest event can run a wall all night and still seat ten guests.
No, and that is the design. While the album is locked the wall shows the countdown, the counts, and the join code. The lock covers every screen, this one included, so the first sharp photo the room sees arrives when the album opens for everyone.
A screen with a web browser and an internet connection. Open the wall's address, sign in as the host, and leave it running. A laptop on the TV's HDMI port is the most dependable setup; a smart TV's built-in browser works where it has one.
Choose to open the album during the event when you create it. The wall then runs live, each photo landing shortly after it is taken. Keep the album sealed and the wall counts down instead, then plays the album from the moment it opens.