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Issue #51 – Museums 2014

Issue #51 – Museums 2014

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Browse the entire issue online Download the entire issue in PDF form project profile: future energy chicago: MSI Chicago delivers powerhouse exhibit featuring interactive gaming• by Martin Palicki...
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Issue #51 – Editor’s Comments

Issue #51 – Editor’s Comments

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This issue begins our ten-year anniversary of InPark Magazine. We have begun the celebration by updating our look. We launched a new website at the end of 2013 and our […]
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Project Profile: Future Energy Chicago Museum of Science and Industry delivers powerhouse with new interactive gaming exhibit

Project Profile: Future Energy Chicago Museum of Science and Industry delivers powerhouse with new interactive gaming exhibit

Apr 15, 2014 #51 - Museums 2014, 2014, Museums Comments Off on Project Profile: Future Energy Chicago Museum of Science and Industry delivers powerhouse with new interactive gaming exhibit

by Martin Palicki, photos courtesy J.B. Spector, MSI Chicago The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) set out to create a dynamic exhibit targeted to middle school students that introduced them...
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Immersive Sound: recreating fully realistic environments requires advanced sound technology

Immersive Sound: recreating fully realistic environments requires advanced sound technology

Apr 15, 2014 #51 - Museums 2014, 2014, IPM Interviews, Museums, People Comments Off on Immersive Sound: recreating fully realistic environments requires advanced sound technology

interview with Charlie Morrow, MorrowSound What is immersive sound and why is it important? We live in a world of three-dimensional sensations. That is how we understand our environment. 3D
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FlyOver Canada: Rick Rothschild and the next generation of immersive attractions

FlyOver Canada: Rick Rothschild and the next generation of immersive attractions

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"It is my hope that the with the use of the variety of technologies, the guest can reach a point in their experience when they lose all sense of disbelief and become fully 'immersed' in the...
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One on One: Doug Roberts, Worldwide Telescope, Microsoft Research

One on One: Doug Roberts, Worldwide Telescope, Microsoft Research

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Doug Roberts, WorldWide Telescope Architect, is a visionary science communicator and visualizer. He is speaking at IMERSA Summit 2014 on the session, “Virtual Realities and Game Changers.”...
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Big Data: How can information & personalization help your institution?

Big Data: How can information & personalization help your institution?

Apr 15, 2014 #51 - Museums 2014, 2014, IPM Interviews, Museums Comments Off on Big Data: How can information & personalization help your institution?

Ever since Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s efforts toward data collection, big data has become an idea that makes people nervous. Big data and personalization is often thought of as […]
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Rearranging the Closet: Decoding the LGBT Exhibit Space

Rearranging the Closet: Decoding the LGBT Exhibit Space

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by Michael Lesperance What makes people care about historic houses? Some are important because of the people who lived there, such as Hyde Park. Others, likethe McLean House at Appomattox […]
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The Language of Fulldome

The Language of Fulldome

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by Dan Neafus, IMERSA co-founder; Manager, Gates Planetarium Dan Neafus and his “Language of Fulldome” live presentation/demo have been in demand for several years at conferences and film...
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Jeri in the Sky with Diamonds: Jeri Panek’s lifetime of achievement

Jeri in the Sky with Diamonds: Jeri Panek’s lifetime of achievement

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by Judith Rubin “Queen of Digistar”Jeri Panek was singled out for lifetime honors at IMERSA Summit 2014 in Denver, March 6-9. She is well known in the planetarium community in […]
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