Hi David, Great theme for discussion! It would have fit perfect in the agenda here in Tenerife at the Starmus Festival. http://www.starmus.com/ It has been an...
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Berta Mac Gregor
bertalmac
Jun 23, 2011 10:32 pm
More than the truth of it all - who really knows what the truth is - it is the beauty and aesthetics of the Universe that move our visitor's emotions and...
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david mcconville
elumenati
Jun 23, 2011 10:30 pm
Mark - ... I was specifically thinking of a planetarium show I saw recently at the Pink Palace in Memphis (using an analog starball) in which the presenter...
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david mcconville
elumenati
Jun 23, 2011 10:29 pm
Tom, Absolutely - you're referring to what Frank White calls the Overview Effect, and this was an essential stage in the evolution of our understanding. In the...
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Jack Dunn
spacecraftinc
Jun 23, 2011 10:28 pm
... Exactly. It was the picture of the entire Earth in one shot taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts that really started much of the environmental movement. I...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Jun 23, 2011 9:02 pm
... One comment here that may be of interest to what you are saying. If I remember correctly, wasn't the concept of how "fragile" the Earth was a result of...
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david mcconville
elumenati
Jun 23, 2011 9:01 pm
Ed, You raise a critical point here. I'm actually giving a TED talk this weekend at http://tedxphillyed.com about how the Digital Universe Atlas is an...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Jun 23, 2011 9:00 pm
I just like it when the audience goes "wow" as when they grasp a small hint of how big the universe is and you realize you managed to get a bit of science to...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
Jun 23, 2011 8:08 pm
... I've not been to any such presentations; perhaps I need to get out more. In looking over our list of fulldome shows commercially available (the LNP...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
Jun 23, 2011 8:07 pm
Hello Brian, Congrats on your new fulldome system. I'll take the opportunity to encourage you (and all Yahoo! fulldome members) to visit the Loch Ness...
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david mcconville
elumenati
Jun 23, 2011 8:07 pm
Thanks Dave, Ed, and Tom. I'm absolutely all for presenting fantastic visions to inspire humans to their greatest potential, I'm just questioning the accepted...
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Ed Lantz
elantz33
Jun 23, 2011 8:06 pm
One more thought on the "truth in space-vertising" thread. Using AMNH's Digital Universe Atlas (or similar datasets), planetarians routinely zip around in a...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Jun 22, 2011 8:17 pm
Upon reading David's comments, I at first agreed with him, but after further thought, had to rethink my vision. I finally came up with this... It doesn't...
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Brian Lake
brianlake13
Jun 22, 2011 8:15 pm
Hi Berta, We felt it was the best bang for the buck. We traveled and viewed quite a few systems in action and found it to be far superior to other lower cost...
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Ed Lantz
elantz33
Jun 22, 2011 5:51 pm
Bravo, David. Excellent debate! I appreciate your reasoning that we should have a realistic view of what it would take to visit a neighboring planet, and the...
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R. Proctor
japanbreakfast
Jun 22, 2011 5:50 pm
Hi Brian, Congratulations on the upgrade! The Ott Planetarium has one "astronomy is not the main focus" show available: The Nature of Science is a 20 minute...
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Charles T
rycv3701
Jun 22, 2011 5:50 pm
Hello Brian, Although w are best knownfor pioneering the mirrror projection system, we offer a very wide range of full dome movies for all types of ...
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Dave Pentecost
usuventura
Jun 22, 2011 5:50 pm
Thanks to David for these reflections. The temptation to bend the science for entertainment value is always with us. For myself, years spent with conscientious...
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shikhar
smart_shikhar
Jun 22, 2011 5:49 pm
Hello Brian, Congrats for your new system. You can find lots of Full dome visuals and shows at our full dome store. Please visit following link to know more: ...
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Berta Mac Gregor
bertalmac
Jun 22, 2011 5:49 pm
Hola Brian, I am about to also include a fulldome in a project. Why did you opt for the digitalis epsilon system instead of other options? Any...
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brianlake13
Jun 22, 2011 12:17 am
Hi all. We just purchased a new Digitalis Epsilon System to replace our old starball. If anyone out there has input on that system we'd love to hear it. We are...
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Zeeshaan
zeeshaandina...
Jun 22, 2011 12:17 am
Hi everyone, hope you don't mind but... Just thought some of you may be interested in free HD fulldome content (mainly trailers / previews) now available on...
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david mcconville
elumenati
Jun 22, 2011 12:17 am
Fulldomers, I''ve been to a few fulldome and planetarium presentations in which exoplanets are excitedly presented as somewhere humans might soon travel to....
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shikhar
smart_shikhar
Jun 15, 2011 6:25 pm
Hello, Last few days, we are facing some server issues. It came to my notice that due to our server malfunctioning, some of our promotional offer are sent to...
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Pan
starwatcher1...
Jun 9, 2011 8:01 pm
I am looking for some nice live - non CGI HD footage for an experiment. Does any one have just a few minutes of something hopefully in the natural world or of...
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shikhar
smart_shikhar
Jun 7, 2011 4:13 pm
Dear Friends, We are happy to re-release our show "8 Scoops of the Milky Way" with new and improved narration by Peter Baker. You can watch it's FullDome HD...
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Jason Fletcher
nuclearsugar
Jun 7, 2011 4:13 pm
Thanks for linking the youtube video of Versailles 360. Their mirror camera rig is quite interesting and a fresh spin on the matter. Does anyone have any more...
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Karrie
bergieberglund
Jun 5, 2011 12:17 am
* LIPS = Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium Hi all, I am delighted to announce that Go-Dome has become a sponsor of LIPS. We are honored that they are...
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Paul
pauldavidbourke
Jun 5, 2011 12:17 am
... Correct, the LadyBug-3 is 16fps. You can improve on that with flow frame interpolation. Some examples from video scenes from a current project can be found...
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shikhar
smart_shikhar
Jun 5, 2011 12:16 am
Dear Friends, We are happy to launch our new show "Enigma" for the Full Dome audience. Enigma is combination of fractals and kaleidoscopic videos with a...
