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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

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

Saturday, January 03, 2009 The Fine Art of Science Exhibit Writing    Remember the last time you went to a science museum and actually read the exhibits? Perhaps not many think about who writes those words on the panels about biology and botany and astronomy and geology. That’s entirely appropriate because what’s really important is the message. The goal of a good exhibit writer is to convey it in language that engages interest and excites inquiry among the very diverse audiences that visit museums and science centers....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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