We seem to have entered a bit of a lull after the spate of IPS postings, so what better way to remind everybody of the existence of this list than my "monthly"...
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Kris McCall
krismccall@...
Sep 10, 2002 11:00 pm
If one was building a new planetarium and wanted to combine a crisp optical sky with the capabilities of fulldome video: 1. can you imagine not having to...
I don't see any reason why this couldn't be done. What would need to be done is have your optical projector settings and motions converted to their digital...
... This is another area where some industry standards could make a huge difference. We all know that optomechanical star projectors will produce the most...
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Karl von Ahnen
vonahnen@...
Sep 12, 2002 8:10 pm
... Kris, (and the rest of fulldome), Minolta's Giministar incorporates an opto-mechanical projector (with a really beautiful star field ) and a digistar 2. ...
Fulldome members, I know that a fair number of you have already received this information from one of the other listservers; however, I've been asked to share...
I neglected to mention that those attending the Western Alliance Conference should be members of at least one of the following organizations: * Great Plains...
... And lo and behold, near the bottom of the page with the Space City 2002 schedule (http://www.rmpadomes.org/schedule.html) that Christine Shupla called our...
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Len Specht
lspecht@...
Sep 13, 2002 4:34 pm
I will be transferring BreakthroughMedia.com to a new server this weekend, so the site will be temporarily off-line. In addition, my email service will be...
Recent discussion of standards and conferences in Houston brought to mind a bit of HTML I put together almost two years ago, when Carolyn Sumners hosted her...
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Ken Miller
gotousa@...
Sep 15, 2002 2:40 am
... Dear Ryan, et al, GOTO will be at Houston, and we'll be at any standards discussions. Besides our 7 year interest in all-dome video since Virtuarium came...
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Len Specht
lspecht@...
Sep 16, 2002 5:10 am
The transfer of BreakthroughMedia.com is complete, and my email service has been restored. Thank you for your patience. Len...
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Schmidt Mickey Civ 50...
mickey.schmidt@...
Sep 16, 2002 3:16 pm
Ken, Ryan, Carolyn, et al. Please, if at all possible, record and publish the proceedings of any standards discussion at the Western Alliance meetingin the new...
... I applaud the good intentions of those who are able to attend this conference. However I hope those assembled will bear in mind that the issue of Fulldome...
I'll second Mark's comments. I see the Houston conference as an opportunity to initiate some serious discussion of the issues that confront creating standards...
If you never made it to New York City to see "Passport to the Universe," the inaugural production of the new Rose Center for Earth and Space, never fear. The...
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Dennis Davidson
davidson3d@...
Oct 1, 2002 7:50 pm
Ryan, It's great to once again see Hayden shows offered to all planetaria. How much does it cost to lease Passport? - dennis Dennis M. Davidson Davidson...
... Many issues around costing still remain to be resolved, so I can only direct interested parties to Myles Gordon, the Museum's Vice President for Education....
We are currently scheduled to discuss standards in Houston on Saturday, 18 October, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. I wanted to ask who plans to attend that meeting....
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Kris McCall
krismccall@...
Nov 5, 2002 7:32 pm
I was really hoping to hear something about the fulldome discussion that was supposed to take place in Houston, but the list has been dead since, and I am...
I wish I could have gone but life is busy these days. A critical issue I presume was discussed is what the ideal dome tilt should be. If I were building a...
... Actually, the *quality* of the discourse is what has kept me from finishing my write-up: I spent two hours organizing my copious noted from the standards...
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Carolyn Sumners
csumners@...
Nov 6, 2002 12:20 pm
A preliminary hello from Houston I'm still in recovery mode from WAC, but I was glad we could meet on production and on standards for full dome. The agreement...
Digital domes are gradually makng more news. National Public Radio did a show 'Science Friday' discussing the new Planetarium media. With Realplayer the entire...
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Full Dome Video Graphics Production Course and Art Exhibition SIGGRAPH 2003 Conference Exhibition Date: Sunday, July 27, 2003 Course...
I have finally "finished" writing up my notes for the standards discussion held at the Western Alliance conference in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, 19 October...
This is a reminder that those wishing to participate in the SIGGRAPH 2003 Course and Exhibition should contact me ASAP (no later than noon Wednesday, Jan. 8th)...
Hola, Has anyone discovered/created effective test patterns for calibrating fulldome projectors' color balance/brightness/contrast? We're using the mottled...
Hola, ... This was a major topic of interest at the standards meeting in Houston. Spitz has a set of test patterns that we'd be willing to share with the ...
This message attempts to answer some questions that occasionally come my way and to keep everybody on the same electronic page. We're up to 139 members now,...
