can you make recommmendations about fisheyes for digital still cameras??? Brands? necessary features??? things to avoid??? hue ... Hue Walker Bumgarner-Kirby ...
With more than 90 people registered for the Fulldome Standards Summit, it looks like a promising event in Valencia. In case you're reading this and still have...
Hi to you all from the sunny UK. As you may, by now, be aware. The London Planetarium has recently installed a Digistar3 system, as well as this we have...
... I talked to Ken Miller of Goto at some length during IPS, and he indicated that Goto had done a lot of work to synchronize D3 with their analog projectors...
Hi All, Apologies to those who get this twice! I have requested a Birds of a Feather Meeting place for those interested in Dome / Planetarium's during the...
Jim... I'll be there as well. Also, there is a group of us (Maya users) wanting to get together at Siggraph to talk with the Alias folks in an attempt to get...
Greetings to the list! One of the many highlights during the 2004 IPS conference was the premiere of the newest Loch Ness Productions show, "HUBBLE Vision 2"...
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Brad Thompson
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Jul 27, 2004 1:42 pm
Hi Tom and others, You and your group may also want to talk with Edwin from Cebas Software, as well as the Chaos group at this year's Siggraph. Cebas will be...
My co-worker Kris and I have been following full-dome for a while as one of our sources of information as we prepare to move to our new Science Center. For...
Hello everyone, I've been secretly implementing (for my thesis) a set of mental ray lens shaders that are designed to be used within Maya, and today, I've...
Dear friends, Its time to see what we have cooked up for the 2004 conference. Please consider what YOU can offer to your fellow planetarians for workshops, ...
Hi Jim, Thanks for setting this up! The Adler Planetarium will be sending two representatives to Siggraph this year. I look forward to meeting up with other...
Which of you Birds of a Feather is going to write up a summary of what's discussed at SIGGRAPH, for the entertainment and edification of those on the fulldome...
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... on a regular basis, or is it going to? ... focus is on the creation, modeling, animating end. For example, I find Siggraph itself incredible informative,...
... Agreed. SIGGRAPH is a good complement to the planetarium-oriented venues, but it presents different challenges. Maybe a post-conference something near...
Hi All, Someone from Acuity will provide a write up on the Birds of a Feather Meeting. The response has been much better than I expected. In some unrelated...
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david mcconville
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Aug 2, 2004 6:14 pm
At DomeFest this year a number of us content developers and theater operators discussed the need to create a user-centric vendor-neutral fulldome community...
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Michael V. Magee
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Aug 2, 2004 8:22 pm
Hi All, I was reading David Mcconville's posting and it got me to thinking. I'm in the process of developing plans for building a new planetarium as part of...
My apologies, BTW, for messing up the subject on Michael Magee's posting. I changed it to say "Fulldome Primer" in lieu of Dave McConville's "Fulldome user...
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Brad Thompson
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Aug 2, 2004 9:46 pm
Hello all, In response to Micheal Magee's request for a links page, I'd like to remind everyone about http://extranet.spitzinc.com . We set this page up as...
... Some may disagree, others find this painfully redundant, but as one who has produced perhaps as much fulldome content as anyone I would like to toss in ...
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david mcconville
id@...
Aug 3, 2004 5:04 am
I wholeheartedly agree with Don's recommendations. Of the fulldome theaters I've visited, the 20-25 degree tilted screens with unidirectional systems are by...
It's great to hear the excitement of David, Don and others. The talent attracted to this growing field is astounding. Let's keep the momentum going! At the...
... Unless there is related material to show on a dome, I don't think physically travelling to a single location is necessarily the best or most economic way...
... It's great that you're interested, Don (Aaran, too - thanks). I loved your DomeFest piece, Don! ... I agree that we can work as a team remotely. But I...
Ouch! Although I agree almost entirely with what Don and Dave are saying, there is one major issue to remember... the astronomy orientated planetariums...
... I may be in a position to design a theater in the next couple of years. It'd have a traditional star projector in the middle (we'd move it from our current...
