Planetariums

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 What are you main objectives for the IAAPA Expo?    We asked the 3000+ members of Blooloop's LinkedIn group, “Are you planning on attending the IAAPA Expo? If so, what are your main objectives?”...View more

Thursday, July 28, 2011 Reflecting on One Kind of Reality for Fulldome    This month I and my Loch Ness Productions colleague Mark C. Petersen had the opportunity to see the last shuttle launch of Atlantis from the Press Site at the Kennedy Space Center. We were accredited newsies, covering the event for Sky & Telescope online, and I also wrote a story for Yahoo News. Of course, being fulldome producers, we took advantage of that proximity to take immersive imagery, all in the spirit of capturing the moment for domed posterity. ...View more

Saturday, February 19, 2011 Chicago's World Class Museums drawing the crowds    Chicago’s 14 top museums and zoos are key economic drivers for Illinois, generating in excess of $1 billion in economic impact in the state, creating over 26,000 jobs and encouraging hundreds of thousands of tourists to make the Windy City their destination of choice....View more

Friday, June 11, 2010 Imiloa Fulldome Fest looking for a few good shows – June 15 cutoff    A note from Shawn Laatsch, the planetarium manager of the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i: “Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii will be hosting a full dome film festival from October 5 - 10, 2010 immediately following the ASTC 2010 Conference in Honolulu. ...View more

Thursday, October 08, 2009 Telescopes, planetariums & digital domes: Stargazing on the White House Lawn    We have received interesting news and images from friends in the planetarium community. A “star party” took place at the White House the evening of 7 Oct......View more

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Museums: An Outpouring in Paper and Pencil - Visitors to Calif Academy Get to the Point on Climate Change    For the new California Academy of Sciences, my company, Cinnabar Inc., produced the exhibit “Altered State,” which focuses on climate change and California....View more

Saturday, May 09, 2009 Special Venue Media: Musings on the Fulldome Market    "So, what's the fulldome market like these days?" That's a question we hear at Loch Ness Productions pretty often--and it's a serious topic of conversation any time two or more fulldome theater folk (or those who want to be in fulldome) get together. In the past year I've had conversations with several media producers at various meetings who expressed some interest in "getting into the fulldome market."...View more

Monday, December 01, 2008 Themed Entertainment: Riding Shuttle Launch Experience    One of the perks of having the IAAPA show in Orlando is getting to tour the local attractions and bring along family members. Boaz Rubin, husband of Blooloop editor Judith Rubin, wrote his impressions of Shuttle Launch Experience at Kennedy Space Center....View more

Thursday, October 16, 2008 "World-Class Planetarium Invests $39.50 on Overhead Projector"    The above is not a headline you often see and there is a compelling reason: Overhead projectors are simply no good for presenting educational star shows. It seems obvious enough that there’s a world – indeed, a universe - of difference between a planetarium system and an overhead projector, but a mix-up between the two contributed to a recent John McCain campaign gaffe that has been the subject of much commentary in the science community....View more

Friday, October 10, 2008 Fulldome Video Gains Followers at Jackson Hole Symposium    A report from Dan Neafus, a founder of the trade group IMERSA, which seeks to promote the diverse applications of fulldome technology in multiple markets....View more

Thursday, October 02, 2008 Producing for Fulldome: One Company’s Story    Content for fulldome is still largely rooted in the planetarium’s traditional role of informing people about astronomy and space in an imaginative and entertaining manner....View more

Friday, May 02, 2008 FullDome Summit/Int'l Planetarium Soc. Call for Papers    FullDome Summit/Int'l Planetarium Soc. Call for Papers. FullDome Video technology is fast being adopted within the planetarium community and starting to find applications in other kinds of venues for education and entertainment.
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Friday, March 21, 2008 Planetariums and Science Centres. Two New Attractions Debut this Easter    This Easter weekend sees the opening of two brand new attractions, The Australian Museum's permanent dinosaur exhibit and here in the UK, Britains biggest Planetarium.
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