Lance, to answer your earlier question regarding highest resolution system for a Dome... At IPS in Melbourne we announced and showed our new Zorro projector ...
The highest resolution multi-projector fulldome theater I know of is Denver Museum of Nature and Science, with 11 Barco DLP SXGA (I think) projectors - a SEOS...
From a hardware point of view this is great news as more is always better. From a production point of view, argh!! It is challenging enough working with the...
Hello All, My name is Christiana and I am the new Planetarium Producer for the CocaCola Space Science Center in Georgia. I am new to the planetarium world and...
Our D3 is handling the 3600X3600 masters well, even swapping between that and older 2400X2400 or 2200X2200 masters. The communications issues are resolving as...
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Schmidt Mickey D Civ ...
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Aug 16, 2006 7:06 pm
Please, whom ever replys to Christiana's question post for us all to read -- or send answers to me as well. Mickey Mickey D. Schmidt, Technician USAF...
Hi everyone, As the conversation regarding resolution begins again, it's worth a moment to remember that modern opto-mechanical star projectors are capable of...
Take a look at Hue Walker Bumgarner-Kirby's Tutorials http://artslab.unm.edu/tutorials/index.htm Jenny Pon Planetarium Manager/Producer Dassault Systèmes...
Hi Christiana, Well, there are two major ways of producing a domemaster: directly and indirectly. The direct approach renders the scene (via a single camera...
... Yes, but the comparison is qualified by the 'one trick pony' nature of the old beasts. Star images are but one of many things high end domes are filled ...
Ken, It's true that optomechanical stars are better looking, and will likely be so for some time yet. A painting is higher resolution/contrast than motion...
... I'll chime in. The biggest question to ask yourself is "what do I want to accomplish with my theater?". Most dome theaters seem to be perennially ...
Ed, Regarding the combo theater, remember Cocoa? One of the first things Davin and I realized was once you moved from the Digistar I star field to the Minolta...
I wondered if either of these two articles are of general interest to any fulldomers... If It Looks Like a Sphere... Exploring the newly proposed solution to a...
I agree with what's been said here so far, and want to add one other thought. As far as I know, and Ken please correct me if I'm wrong, any combination system...
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Aug 17, 2006 4:18 pm
Good to see more discussion on this point, a few threads are developing; hardware and content... Since Ed Lantz's first reply commenting on what eye limiting...
... Paul, I'm assuming you're talking about real-time astronomical applications specific to the system you're running? Uniview is running successfully in ...
Well, this is going to bring up the whole digital vs optomechanical debate again. All I have to say is that yesterday I sat down with the D3 workstation at my...
Dear Don and Ed, Thanks for your comments on my recent HYBRID posting. That post focused on resolution, the thread going on at the time. And I'll say that if...
David, I failed to explain my point sufficiently, I'll have another go. The space based real time systems and data sets that are available are very good and...
Clearly there will always be the need for pre-rendered no matter how good real-time gets. Some astrophysical simulations take CPU years to run. Artist Scott...
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Aug 18, 2006 5:14 pm
Just a quick note here. With respect to all the cinematic concerns, (and of course pre-rendered will always be more cinematically beautiful than real-time, as...
... So in other words, "Size doesn't matter, it's what you do with it." ... ___________________________________ Mark C. Petersen Loch Ness Productions ...
Another way to look at all the tech talk of how much resolution is enough is from the content creation side. The projection equipment has grown much faster...
Paul, It seems that the true utility of real-time systems is not to re-create the cinematic experience but to evolve the immersive mediated experience beyond a...
I'm happy to reply to some questions regarding the HYBRID planetarium concept, as executed by GOTO. (Other manufacturers of opto-mechanical projectors are...
My quick comment on full dome resolution ..... the final resolution as it relates to the informational content on the final dome surface is dependent on a...
Hi Kristian, In a recent post you stated, "All I have to say is that yesterday I sat down with the D3 workstation at my desk in in a couple of hours I had...
... Hi Martin, Glad once again to educate in the reality of opto-mechanical. If someone really did spend $7 million for a starball, they didn't do their...
“The imaging possibilities of science are endless; it is our imaginations that are required to make these images available to the general public. And it’s...
