Christine Shupla writes: <snipped> ... Mark Webb from Adler writes: <snipped> ... I should mention that Spitz's SciDome theater, which projects a 1024x1024...
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Mark Webb
webbmark1
Aug 19, 2002 10:23 pm
It was the best looking sky, it was the worst looking sky... (apologies to C. Dickens) ... Do I avoid simulating the night sky with Digistar? Not really, but I...
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Joyce Towne
jtowne@...
Aug 20, 2002 8:10 pm
Here's a clarification about the new single-lens/single-projector full dome systems Spitz premiered at IPS in Wichita: SciDome(tm) - for domes under 12 meters...
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dbeining@...
dbeining
Aug 20, 2002 10:54 pm
Some colleagues are looking to rent a small portable dome (~20ft dia) for a couple months. It'd need to travel and be effectively freestanding so folks could...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Sep 8, 2002 3:46 am
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...
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Mark Webb
webbmark1
Sep 12, 2002 11:30 am
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...
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Ed Lantz
edlantis
Sep 12, 2002 8:07 pm
... 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. ...
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Christine
shuplac
Sep 12, 2002 8:15 pm
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...
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Christine
shuplac
Sep 12, 2002 8:16 pm
I neglected to mention that those attending the Western Alliance Conference should be members of at least one of the following organizations: * Great Plains...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Sep 12, 2002 8:26 pm
... 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...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Sep 13, 2002 5:46 pm
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...
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Mark Webb
webbmark1
Sep 16, 2002 8:19 pm
... 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...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Sep 16, 2002 10:55 pm
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...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Sep 30, 2002 2:29 pm
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...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Oct 1, 2002 10:44 pm
... 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....
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Oct 13, 2002 1:00 pm
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...
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Don Davis
dd4skyart
Nov 6, 2002 1:58 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...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Nov 6, 2002 1:58 am
... 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...
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Don Davis
dd4skyart
Nov 25, 2002 5:24 am
Digital domes are gradually makng more news. National Public Radio did a show 'Science Friday' discussing the new Planetarium media. With Realplayer the entire...
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Ed Lantz
edlantis
Dec 11, 2002 1:53 pm
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Full Dome Video Graphics Production Course and Art Exhibition SIGGRAPH 2003 Conference Exhibition Date: Sunday, July 27, 2003 Course...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Dec 13, 2002 2:48 pm
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...
