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,...
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Michel Hommel
hommel@...
Mar 5, 2003 12:10 am
A very special test Last month the Artis Planetarium in Amsterdam was the scene of a very interesting fulldome test. First the facts about our dome: we have a...
Fulldome Folks, A heads-up on a full summer program at the LodeStar Astronomy Center: In association with the Flicks on 66 film festival, LodeStar will host...
Hi All, Our SIGGRAPH 2003 course entitled "Computer Graphics for Large-Scale Immersive Theaters" will be presented on Monday, July 28th in San Diego, CA (see...
Mickey Schmidt's request comes timely after acceptance of Ed Lantz's (Spitz) SIGGRAPH course on fulldome production ...
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Michael V. Magee
mvmagee@...
Mar 24, 2003 11:01 pm
Hi Full-domers, Has anyone assembled a list of content providers for full-dome theaters and applications? This would include vendors who sell full-dome systems...
Michael Magee asked: "Has anyone assembled a list of content providers for full-dome theaters and applications?" And I figured I'd take a stab at answering. ...
Ryan's list is a good start. Having just returned from a mini-grand tour of immersive video theaters (AMNH included), I can say that there are several new,...
Hi all, In addition to Ryan's list, I would add: *Starlight Productions http://www.starlight-prod.com/ There are several new titles available from Evans &...
Hi all, I forgot to mention all our Real-Time Interactive shows available for Digistar 3: + Crack the Cosmic Code + Cyber Explorer + BodyWorks In addition,...
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Scott Miller
Scott.Miller@...
Mar 26, 2003 12:58 am
A group of us here at the University of Louisville are embarking on show production with our first release due this April called "Castles to the Sky". It...
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Carolyn Sumners
csumners@...
Mar 26, 2003 3:38 pm
Full dome content should include shows that have multi-media interludes combined with full-dome scenes. The most popular "full dome" show in Houston has been...
I have to take issue with several of Carolyn's comments, and I'm afraid some of my eye-rolling may have crept into the following prose. Carolyn used to be my...
then of course, there are we folks in Albuquerque producing all sorts of lovely little art shorts, student experiments, as well as beautiful short pieces for...
A comment from the peanut gallery (i.e. someone who doesn't have full dome capability yet): IMO, "full dome" programs are those which cannot be effectively...
Carolyn & Ryan (as dangerous a duo as a dome will ever see) bring an interesting point to the table. At LodeStar, we explore fulldome from a wonderful...
It's ironic that someone had to bring up slide projectors in order to get the discussion going. I think everyone's comments so far have been good. I would like...
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Carolyn Sumners
csumners@...
Mar 28, 2003 12:15 am
Hello all Sometimes I need to speak more clearly. I'm thrilled to say good-bye to slide projectors - something that both the D3 and SkySkan's Digital Sky allow...
Hi, all. Just to be completely accurate regarding the inclusion of Loch Ness Productions in the list of fulldome content providers... Our initial forays into...
