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...
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Steve Cooper
stevecsci
Aug 16, 2006 6:24 pm
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 ...
mickey.schmidt@...
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...
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Ken Miller - GOTO USA
starmaker70
Aug 16, 2006 9:25 pm
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...
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Jenny Pon
ponjl
Aug 16, 2006 9:25 pm
Take a look at Hue Walker Bumgarner-Kirby's Tutorials http://artslab.unm.edu/tutorials/index.htm Jenny Pon Planetarium Manager/Producer Dassault Systèmes...
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Daniel Ott
dpadott
Aug 16, 2006 9:29 pm
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...
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Don Davis
dd4skyart
Aug 17, 2006 4:39 am
... 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 ...
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Ed Lantz
elantz33
Aug 17, 2006 4:55 am
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...
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david mcconville
bangneow
Aug 17, 2006 2:28 pm
... 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 ...
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Steve Cooper
stevecsci
Aug 17, 2006 3:14 pm
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...
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Erik Roberts
cameraderie0
Aug 17, 2006 3:14 pm
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...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Aug 17, 2006 3:18 pm
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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Martin Howe
martin.howe@...
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...
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david mcconville
bangneow
Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm
... Paul, I'm assuming you're talking about real-time astronomical applications specific to the system you're running? Uniview is running successfully in ...
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Kristian Anderson
krisci3
Aug 18, 2006 10:12 am
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...
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Ken Miller - GOTO USA
starmaker70
Aug 18, 2006 10:14 am
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...
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Paul Mowbray
paul_j_mowbray
Aug 18, 2006 10:27 am
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...
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ed@...
elantz33
Aug 18, 2006 4:53 pm
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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Todd Slisher
TSlisher@...
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...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
Aug 18, 2006 8:37 pm
... So in other words, "Size doesn't matter, it's what you do with it." ... ___________________________________ Mark C. Petersen Loch Ness Productions ...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Aug 18, 2006 10:44 pm
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...
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david mcconville
bangneow
Aug 19, 2006 9:22 pm
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...
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Ken Miller - GOTO USA
starmaker70
Aug 19, 2006 9:22 pm
I'm happy to reply to some questions regarding the HYBRID planetarium concept, as executed by GOTO. (Other manufacturers of opto-mechanical projectors are...
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pauldavidbourke
Aug 19, 2006 9:23 pm
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...
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Stephen L. Rider
steve_rider
Aug 19, 2006 9:25 pm
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...
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Ken Miller - GOTO USA
starmaker70
Aug 19, 2006 9:27 pm
... 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...
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Erik Roberts
cameraderie0
Aug 20, 2006 2:03 pm
“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...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Aug 20, 2006 4:57 pm
Posted for Brad Thompson: Hello, Sorry for the long diatribe but Paul and David touched lightly on something that I've encountered over and over again...
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Ed Lantz
elantz33
Aug 20, 2006 5:01 pm
<<So if there's any (point I'm making) it's to give people time to think when you are presenting them with such a rich experience in a planetarium.>> Thanks...
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Don Davis
dd4skyart
Aug 21, 2006 2:56 pm
... How true! I was at a screening of the raw footage and was also later struck by the difference between how I was affected by the raw footage and with what...
