Could you please post the following message: Auckland Observatory and Planetarium Trust Board Expression of Interest The Auckland Observatory and Planetarium...
Sorry Domies, but we had a problem with the domefest registration page. If you're coming (and I'm thrilled with the response that I've heard) please take a...
The IPS Fulldome Video Committee is holding three public meetings this year in an effort to create an industry standard for dome masters. We see dome masters...
Fulldomers, I've posted Spitz's new "Best Practices for Fulldome Video Production and Show Distribution" paper in the IPS 2004 proceeding section at ...
Fulldomites, This post isn't exactly about fulldome video, so please disregard its historical (and non-technical nature). But in the interest of understanding ...
Hola Domies, Here's a cut from the DF05 Domie Winners announcement. Huge and warm thanks to the many of you who came out to the wild west for the wild fest....
I am appending some of the notes I took at the DomeFest 2005 Sunday- afternoon session, which began as a discussion of the state of the medium before getting...
The Sky-Skan/L* dome should be up Saturday night (07.30) and will run throughout the conference (til 08.04). It'll be located by conference registration, so...
Steve Tidey, editor of the Forum column appearing in IPS's Planetarian publication, asked me to post this on the fulldome list: === A while back Ed Lantz asked...
As previously announced on this list, the IPS Fulldome Video Committee is holding three public meetings this year in an effort to increase discussion about the...
Greetings all! The Adler Planetarium is looking to add a new team member to its Digital Design Group. Below is a link to CarrerBuilder.com. It has all the...
Greetings, all, I would like to send WAC attendees the conference schedule; I'm including a text version here as these email services do not support...
Some additional information for everyone: Temperature highs are forecast for the 70's to 80's; there is a chance of thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday. ...
Fulldomers, A number of us are in Portugal at http://fulldome.multimeios.pt right now, and the history of fulldome environments keeps coming up. I'm continuing...
... You might contact John Stoke at Space Telescope Institute...I recall he had uncovered some really interesting tidbits re: the '64 NY World's Fair. I.e....
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Jack Dunn
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Sep 16, 2005 5:32 am
... As someone who did go to the NY fair as a child (of course), there was another big attraction that fits this definition. Cinerama created a "Moon Dome" at...
Thanks to everyone that's responded to my request for historic information. There's been quite a bit of historic discussion at the Immersive Cinema Workshop in...
I'm pretty sure I mentioned this once before.. but I just keep thinking back to the effect of sitting in Alta Mira with a surround of little tallow lanterns'...
David, Don't forget to look at the excellent book "Future Cinema" by Jeffrey Shaw and Peter Weibel. Our facility was the first tilted dome, built in 1972. We...
Hue, I actually kicked off the historic discussion at the workshop discussing the night sky and the flickering environments of Lascaux, Alta Mira, and...
Hiya all, If you are planning to see the cyclorama at Gettysburg to follow up on this interesting historical form of media, do so soon. The cyclorama at...
During our discussion of standards in Denver, it was maintained by some around the table that JPEG at its highest setting is lossless. I didn't believe it...
I would like to comment. Most of you might know that I am an advocate for JPG, at this time. Opinions be what they may, change over time. I think many of us...
This might set off a sh*tstorm, but here goes: I'm curious - has anyone here performed formal tests regarding the ability to discern pixel resolution with...
Hi David, ... I think it all depends on exactly what you are trying to accomplish with a high resolution display that approaches human eye resolution. With...
