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"Some day in the not too distant future you'll be able to go to a movie and the movie will be all around you. The movie will be over your head, it will be 360 degrees around you" - Steven Spielberg, TIME Magazine, 2006 |
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| Research: |
Free pre-warped 1920x1080
fulldome content: (Warning: large files, so right-click and Save) |
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1.
Teaching Earth Science in an
Inexpensive Portable Immersive Environment (ESTC, 2005) |
IYA2009
Trailer -
2-min, official IYA2009
promotional trailer, 57MB |
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Digital Full-Domes: The Future of Virtual Astronomy Education (Planetarian, Sep 2005, first article) |
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| 3. Special series of articles about the fulldome revolution appearing in the September 2005 issues of Planetarian, the magazine of the International Planetarium Society | Fulldome Resources: |
| Introductions to the fulldome medium can be found here and here | |
| Tutorials on how to create fulldome content appear here | |
| The free official fulldome community and mailing list is located here | |
| Introductions to fisheye lens photography can be found here, here and here | |
| You can even dome-enable your real-time OpenGL applications here | |
| Detailed comparison of ALL fulldome projector systems can be seen here | |
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Generally
cool things: |
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How to use your DOME to the
FULL: dazzling 360° projections;
LEDs embedded in the dome; openings for
special effects; superb
surround sound; audience standing to
take in the entire experience (keep watching
until the Dragon show begins) |
 European Planetarium Network |
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| World's Largest Video Dome | Domes by Lindstrand Technologies |
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 www.imersa.org |
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 Domes by Oracle Projects |
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 Fulldome theatres have overtaken the number of IMAX theatres worldwide, and are closing in on the total number of Large Format cinemas |
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 Projector resolutions diagram from Wikipedia |
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