Domefest 2011 is coming Albuquerque, Nm

Domefest is back this year and Digital Dome @ IAIA will be an active part. They are happy to announce that they have been working with David Beining at ARTS Lab UNM to come up with comprehensive programming for the Digital Dome @ IAIA. As it stands now, Digital Dome @ IAIA will a host a simulcast of the Domefest juried shows here in Santa Fe while they also play at the LodeStar planetarium in Albuquerque. We will also give a presentation at the LodeStar planetarium on the use of culture and art in the fulldome and host software and hardware demonstrations at our unique fully articulating dome.
Domefest will take place October 14 – 16, 2011 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico
We will be sure to post more information as if becomes available.

For More info contact David Beining @ dbeining@unm.edu

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IMILOA, HI FULLDOME FILM FESTIVAL HELD IN OCTOBER

An International line-up of over 50 digital planetarium films will be showcased at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center’s first Fulldome Film Festival, October 5 to 10, 2010.
“We are very excited to host this international fulldome film festival in Hilo,” says Shawn Laatsch planetarium manager, “this will showcase the passion and artistry of the digital technology in the planetarium industry. Endorsed by the International Planetarium Society this will be the largest planetarium film festival in the world.”
The festival is a unique chance for planetarium and museum professionals from around the world to preview and evaluate the latest content available for digital planetarium theaters. It will showcase a variety of production types including CGI (computer generated imagery), time-lapse photography, and full dome videography. Read more!

IDOME

iDOME is a proprietry hardware/software platform developed by the iCinema Centre that offers a cost-effective and compact immersive visualisation environment for panoramic and spherical representations, video and/or computer generated. Ideally suited for museological applications, it is configured as a three to five meter fibreglass hemisphere that stands vertically in front of the viewer, with a projector, computer, surround audio equipment and user interface.

iDome Applications from UNSW iCinema Centre on Vimeo.

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IMERSA FULLDOME SUMMIT OCT 26-28, 2010

Plan to participate in the upcoming

Symposium 2010 & Fulldome Summit

The Fulldome Summit is to be held concurrently with the Symposium for Media and Museum Professionals October 26-28, hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (at the Gates Planetarium) and the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (Symposium). The Symposium 2010 & Fulldome Summit will bring content creators together with media executives from museums, theme parks, aquariums, zoos and other public organizations. More than 300 delegates are expected to participate in this 3-Day conference featuring; workshops, panels, screenings, exhibits and pitching opportunities. Session strands will be focused on the newest in 3D, Fulldome, Content To Go and creative fundraising options Read more!

DOMEMASTERS

"CURVING YOUR PERSPECTIVE"

So I have been working and experimenting with the Digital Dome medium for 3 years now and I am getting the hang of this industry.
Due to spending the last few semesters branding my company Arisontime, I have figured out through testing that the name has no resonance with my target market. Arison is a name I came up with for my self as DJ name after ending a night with a sunrise on a North Carolina beach. There are several tall tales from that night... Arison + Tim + E had a ring to it (A-Risen-Time) better lettered Arisontime. It has been 12 years since this night on the beach... and I am changing the name and focus of my company.

In working in the Digital Dome medium one of the constant words used is domemaster.
A domemaster is a rendered image usually in the .png or .jpg format that is intended for projection in a digital dome projection environment. Domemasters are usually around 3600 x 3600 and take a while to render on just one machine. This is why I had to create renderfarms a few years ago to do my artwork. My last renderfarm masterpiece
is sitting at the University of Colorado Denver in the Tech 127 Mac Research Lab. It consists of 36 Mac Pro Octocore machines. The server is the teachers station and the Clients are the rest of the computers in the room.

Achieving this abundance of Technology is rare. It is Especially rare when a person has the perspective that I have on the fulldome medium. With this renderfarm coupled with the Gates Planetarium I have become a one man force to be reckoned with in the Fulldome industry.

The new name for my company is

DOMEMASTERS
domemasters.com
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GEN PETS

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Genpet™
The Only Bioengineered Buddy. Available in 7 different personality types.
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Color Coding
Each personality type of the Genpets has been linked to its respective colour, and that color is then used as a base for each package. (Read more)
03.

Heart Monitor
Each package has a built in low cost heart monitor that is fully functional, with green LED lights and built in speaker. (Read more)
04.

Fresh Strip
Every single package includes an easy to use "fresh gauge". Four simple blue LED lights display the status of the Genpet™. The display will also display if the Genpet™ has been sitting on the store shelf too long, or if the package circuitry has malfunctioned in some way. (Read more)
05.

Bio-Genica IV System
While the Genpets hang on the store shelves they are in a form of hibernation. Each Genpet™ package has a special nutrient feeding tube attached to it, supplying our specially formulated mix and keeping them healthy and asleep.

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Genpet™ Restraints
Restraining the pets in their packaging ensures no damage to the product, as well as allowing for optimal consumer viewing. Read more!

SOLAR SAILING GREEN LEVIATHAN

This green leviathan is the world's largest solar-powered seacraft. Weighing in at 60 tons, the PlanetSolar measures 102 feet long, about 50 feet wide, and 24 feet tall. For a sense of scale, peek into its front window, pictured above, and try to spot the doll-like man working inside.
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