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Editorial: For specialty cinema, Cosm and DomeX are signs of recovery and optimism

Editorial: For specialty cinema, Cosm and DomeX are signs of recovery and optimism

Jan 26, 2021 Business, Features, Homepage Slider, Museums, News, Technology & Media Comments Off on Editorial: For specialty cinema, Cosm and DomeX are signs of recovery and optimism

Specialty cinema developed in pods that came to overlap more and more with the advance of digital technology: giant screen theaters, motion simulation, 4D theaters, planetariums, flying theaters,...
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Elevate Entertainment acquiring Evans & Sutherland and Spitz

Elevate Entertainment acquiring Evans & Sutherland and Spitz

Feb 11, 2020 Attractions, Business, Homepage Slider, Museums, News, Technology & Media, Theme Parks Comments Off on Elevate Entertainment acquiring Evans & Sutherland and Spitz

E&S, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Spitz, Inc., produces high-quality advanced visual display systems used primarily in full-dome video projection applications
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Screens to scenes: the multi-faceted elements of Christie’s visual technology

Screens to scenes: the multi-faceted elements of Christie’s visual technology

Jan 29, 2020 Features, Homepage Slider, IPM books, News, Technology & Media Comments Off on Screens to scenes: the multi-faceted elements of Christie’s visual technology

As Christie moves toward a century of success (the company was founded in 1929) we present a series of articles on recent achievements in the themed entertainment sector.
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“Worlds Beyond Earth” fulldome show premieres at American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium Jan 2020

“Worlds Beyond Earth” fulldome show premieres at American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium Jan 2020

Jan 16, 2020 Features, Homepage Slider, Museums, News, North America, Technology & Media, World markets Comments Off on “Worlds Beyond Earth” fulldome show premieres at American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium Jan 2020

InPark attended the Jan 14, 2020 press preview of the new fulldome show Worlds Beyond Earth at the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the American Museum of Natural History...
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Kraftwerk Living Technologies introduces LED solution for dome theaters

Kraftwerk Living Technologies introduces LED solution for dome theaters

Apr 10, 2019 Homepage Slider, Museums, News, Technology & Media, Theme Parks Comments Off on Kraftwerk Living Technologies introduces LED solution for dome theaters

In the first phase, the available pixel pitches for LED domes will be 2.7 mm and 4 mm with total resolutions of up to 12 x 12K pixels.
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E&S to feature Christie RGB laser projectors in new 8K ESX Giant Dome Cinema

E&S to feature Christie RGB laser projectors in new 8K ESX Giant Dome Cinema

Feb 01, 2019 Homepage Slider, Museums, News, North America, Technology & Media, World markets Comments Off on E&S to feature Christie RGB laser projectors in new 8K ESX Giant Dome Cinema

The system will produce 8K images on the 67-foot, 30-degree tilt dome at its initial install at the US Space & Rocket Center.
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Big & Digital distributing “Ningaloo: Australia’s Other Great Reef,” first of eight underwater shows filmed in 4K for fulldome theaters

Big & Digital distributing “Ningaloo: Australia’s Other Great Reef,” first of eight underwater shows filmed in 4K for fulldome theaters

Dec 06, 2018 Museums, News Comments Off on Big & Digital distributing “Ningaloo: Australia’s Other Great Reef,” first of eight underwater shows filmed in 4K for fulldome theaters

The Show will be released in 45 and 25 minute run times with 4K Resolution at 30 fps.
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Western Hemisphere’s Largest Planetarium Opens at Liberty Science Center, Powered by E&S Digistar 6

Western Hemisphere’s Largest Planetarium Opens at Liberty Science Center, Powered by E&S Digistar 6

Dec 14, 2017 Museums, News, North America, Technology & Media, World markets Comments Off on Western Hemisphere’s Largest Planetarium Opens at Liberty Science Center, Powered by E&S Digistar 6

The 10 Christie Boxer 4K projectors (30,000 lumens each, for a total brightness of 300,000 lumens) are seamlessly aligned and blended with E&S auto alignment and auto blending systems for a bright,...
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Legacies: Marty Sklar, Ivan Dryer, Ira West, George Casey

Legacies: Marty Sklar, Ivan Dryer, Ira West, George Casey

Aug 02, 2017 Asia, Attractions, Business, Europe & Middle East, Features, Homepage Slider, Latin America & Mexico, Museums, News, North America, People, Technology & Media, Theme Parks, Water Parks, World Expos, World markets Comments Off on Legacies: Marty Sklar, Ivan Dryer, Ira West, George Casey

Four industry trailblazers passed away in recent months: Marty Sklar, Ivan Dryer, Ira West and George Casey. The legacy of their creative innovations will endure within the themed entertainment...
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Evans & Sutherland Employs Christie Boxer Projectors in Upgrading Bangkok Planetarium

Evans & Sutherland Employs Christie Boxer Projectors in Upgrading Bangkok Planetarium

May 17, 2017 Asia, Museums, News, Technology & Media, World markets Comments Off on Evans & Sutherland Employs Christie Boxer Projectors in Upgrading Bangkok Planetarium

Using two Christie Boxer 4K30s, Evans & Sutherland did a center (front and back) installation using customized fisheye lenses to shoot around the optical projector, thereby avoiding shadows on the...
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