Category Archives: Immersive Cinema
Stellarium: a great open source exploration tool
We have a great time using stellarium in the Dome! It is always nice to be able to point at a planet, or a nebula, and say, would you like to see more? We encourage all our visitors to go … Continue reading
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RAINFOREST: An Immersive Experience
Media Artist Nate Pagel created an immersive rainforest experience using both high definition (HD) video shot in several stunning locations and natural soundscapes by internationally-known sound sculptor and designer, Bernie Krause. Evocative of both place and the cycles of day … Continue reading
Awakening The Dreamer
This weekend marked many celebrations and unions, one of which was Charleston’s Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. Here are a few videos highlighting what the movement is about. Consider beginning one for your area!
Stunning Data Visualization in the Allosphere
To get an idea of what the immersive environment is capable of take the time to watch this high-paced video about what some researchers are using their dome for.
The Future of Concerts
U2 has just launched their 360 tour and I’m excited for them. It’s a bold step forward in production design in 360 degrees, but I believe it will become more popular in time. Perhaps the next step is to film … Continue reading
Spring Is Here!
In celebration of the coming spring, I present to you “Seeds of Spring”, a fulldome time-lapse and stop-motion art piece the may inspire you to plant some seeds of your own! If you get the urge, check out Seeds Of … Continue reading
Gyrating Geodesic Fascination
It’s no secret that I’m deeply fascinated by curved architecture and geodesic designs. The diversity, resonance, elegance, beauty… Explore for yourself. Namaste’
Domefest 2008
Welcome to the domies! It’s the culminative event in creative full-dome exploration and it’s now online in it’s entirety, so make some popcorn, get comfortable and ENJOY THE SHOW!
Allosphere
The Allosphere Research Facility is a 3-story high spherical space in which fully immersive, interactive, stereoscopic/pluriphonic virtual environments can be experienced. Housed in the California Nanosystems Institute at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the Allosphere enables works in … Continue reading
What is a Full Dome Theatre?
This short video helps shine some lumens on what a full-dome theatre is like. It is a large 6-projector installation theater with an active surround sound system. A monster of a dome. Enjoy! What the hell is fulldome? from DomeFest … Continue reading
Children of the Water
I want to share with you my all-time favorite dome show. I saw it at the 2008 Domie Awards at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. It’s breathtaking in beauty and conceptual content. Just watch.Hijos del Agua, aka Children of The … Continue reading
Mapping Festival
What a great idea: Put the world’s most cutting edge video remix/rewire/reculture techs in the same building for days on end. Words have no place here, so watch the slideshow.
Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2, like Earth (Biosphere 1), is a complex, evolving organism that’s not easily classified, labeled or pigeonholed. The University of Arizona’s glass-enclosed living laboratory sprawls across three acres of high desert near Oracle. It’s part laboratory, part tourist attraction, … Continue reading
Treehugger: An Immersive Eco-Adventure
This is another example of wonderful animated shows available for the full-dome environment. The global community is producing content at incredible pace and that trend will continue as immersive environments increase in popularity into the 21st century. Read more about … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, dome show, environmental, fulldome, sustainability Leave a comment
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Obscura and Google Zeitgeist 2007
Obscura, Elumenati and Google worked together for an incredible dinner event for Google’s top invites last year. Check out this promotional footage from the event. It shows the dome in use as an ambient event space. Very exciting! Very Large!
Fulldome Festival 2008 Trailer
This event took place at the Adler Planetarium. We went to the IPS conference and Fulldome Summit this year, and it was the most epic pilgrimage of a profession. We recommend you look into the Egypt event coming up in … Continue reading
