... So, what you are saying is that rather than reproduce a star field that shows the subtle but vivid colors that stars show in the real sky, one should...
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Don Davis
dondavis@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:56 pm
... I believe the best all dome video can be good enough to take the place of many of the traditional planetarium projectors, although the electro-mechanical...
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Laurent Pellerin
nightsight@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:42 pm
I have to agree with Scott. I spent some time two days ago at the FlorPlan Conference talking with the Spitz Representative about their system. Even he ...
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Ryan Wyatt
wyatt@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:16 pm
In response to Don Davis's suggestion to remove star projectors from ... As a proud owner of a snowball projector (a.k.a. Digistar), I find the trade-off...
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J. Scott Miller
Scott.Miller@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:16 pm
... I challenge such a comparison. Some of the best video star displays available today are the Digistars. I have sat in the domes that employ the latest and...
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webb@...
Oct 2, 2000 6:30 pm
... Our system here at Adler projects real time imagery. Our resolution is limited (for now ) by what subject matter can be rendered in 1/30 second or less....
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Waylena McCully
wmccully@...
Oct 3, 2000 2:49 am
Hi all, I have faith that video will *someday* truly advance to the quality we currently find with film. What I wonder about, however, is the cost of...
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mickey.schmidt@...
Oct 3, 2000 2:51 am
As one who is currently "on the outside looking in", I will make a few statements and ask that if they are incomplete you all please show me the errors of my...
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Ryan Wyatt
wyatt@...
Oct 3, 2000 6:32 am
FYI, everybody... I will be hitting the Full-Dome Festival in Houston and taking a few days off this weekend (sorry, no appearance in Dallas for me). Although...
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Don Davis
dondavis@...
Oct 3, 2000 6:59 am
... Film is terribly expensive, especially 70mm. Motion pictures require a 'shooting ratio' of as much as ten to one to end up with a selection of suitable...
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webb@...
Oct 4, 2000 9:57 pm
I'll try to answer Mickey's questions from the Adler's perspective. Bear in mind that our system, and Wichita's also, is a real time system. Currently that...
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Joyce Towne
jtowne@...
Oct 10, 2000 2:59 pm
mickey.schmidt@... wrote: <Anyway in order of cost as I imagine are the following Full dome systems. 1. SGI and ZULIP 2. SGI with standard Video...
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csumners@...
Oct 10, 2000 5:49 pm
The big question is where was Mickey last week! I emailed him back telling him to go see everyone - starting in Houston. I'm making a large format video...
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Ryan Wyatt
wyatt@...
Oct 10, 2000 7:36 pm
... In addition to the sites Joyce Towne listed... The LodeStar Astronomy Center is up and running with a six-channel SkyVision system! We opened our doors in...
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Paul Tetu
tetu@...
Oct 10, 2000 10:07 pm
Hi! Just to chime in on this one, there are other SkyVision sites not listed in either Joyce's or Ryan's responses. Beyond our three factory installations at...
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Ken Miller
gotousa@...
Oct 11, 2000 2:42 am
And please don't forget GOTO OPTICAL MFG. CO.'s three operating theaters at Nagano, Fujigawa, and Matsue. Our fourth opens in spring of 2001. Delivering...
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csumners@...
Oct 11, 2000 2:43 am
OK As the oldest cheerleader of this movement, I guess it's my turn. What we did in Houston was to show that different large format theaters can share product...
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Ed Lantz
elantz@...
Oct 11, 2000 2:47 am
Thanks to everyone on this list for taking the time to post... it is great to see these discussions take off. When I first started talking up full dome video...
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J. Scott Miller
Scott.Miller@...
Oct 12, 2000 5:54 pm
... Well, Joyce, as one who may be operating one of your theaters in the future and is not on your list above, I wonder if you are accidentally telling me ...
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csumners@...
Oct 13, 2000 4:42 pm
Fellow full-domers, it's time to get serious. I really need your help. I'm trying to come up with a business plan for show production and distribution. So I'm...
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Joyce Towne
jtowne@...
Oct 13, 2000 4:42 pm
No Scott. I only listed the ones opening really soon (calendar year '00). I left off the other 4 E-skys opening after that, because Mickey's question was...
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Ryan Wyatt
wyatt@...
Oct 13, 2000 5:23 pm
... "Our moderator"? Does that mean me? Just as a brief administrative note, I will collect any responses that come to the list ("fulldome@...,"...
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Alex Barnett
alexb@...
Oct 13, 2000 6:39 pm
Carolyn: Thanks for asking the questions - they are ones we all have to face. I'll respond in private on some issues I'd rather just chat privately about, but...
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Ed Lantz
elantz@...
Oct 13, 2000 11:26 pm
... No offense intended, Scott :-) Most companies brag about theater sales, show productions, etc. via press releases and sales pitches while Spitz's ...
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Dionisios Simopoulos
dps@...
Oct 16, 2000 1:08 pm
Dear colleagues, Just a quick note to answer some of the issues Carolyn has raised from the point of view of a non-English speaking Full-Dome theater. It is...
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Alex Barnett
alexb@...
Oct 19, 2000 1:22 pm
Dear All A question that occurred to me back in '98 when we decided which way to go for our new dome was "in a unidirectional theatre, why would people want to...
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Ryan Wyatt
wyatt@...
Oct 19, 2000 2:34 pm
To paraphrase your question, "Why fulldome?" ... Not the point, IMO. Ed Lantz touched on the reason in his posting a while back: we have an evolutionary...
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csumners@...
Oct 19, 2000 4:50 pm
The question of full-dome ... Alex posed a very good question about dome coverage. Here in Houston we began with 4 projectors (which we called "full-view")...
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Ryan Wyatt
wyatt@...
Oct 19, 2000 6:12 pm
The fulldome@eGroups.com mailing list has now been up and running for a full month! With seventy members and thirty-some-odd postings under our belts, we've...
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pbourke@...
Oct 21, 2000 12:12 am
I recently went through the process of creating some example computer rendered animations for the full dome SkyVision system. The examples are outlined here ...
