After months of planning Fulldome UK was over in the blink of a fisheye! Fulldome merriment was had by all from the best of Fulldome Films to the crazy and creative Fulldome shorts that competed for prizes… It was a veritable Olympiad of Fulldome with entries from all around the world.
We were ecstatic with our medal for Best Use of Dome for Miracle of Life, a Fulldome Cell-errific adventure. Although you won’t be able to experience it in all it’s dome-tacular glory we’ve got a full preview just for you…
This is the second award that Miracle of Life has picked up this year after it was crowned with the honour of Best Narrative at DomeFest in the summer.
The award for Best Sonic Experience went to one of our astrochaps! A very dapper looking Mr Aaron Bradbury was thrilled with his medal and has been showing it to all visitors to the Studio. We’re very proud of our astrodude, congrats Mr Bradbury! If you’d like to download his dometastic sonic adventure then click here >>
Fulldome UK 2012 can also boast the most real-time VJ sets in one dome in one night ever we think! The Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium played host to four real-time VJ sets from; United_VJs, rfid, SAT and immersive – AVOLITES MEDIA. Below are some pictures from the evening performances…
If you joined us at this years’ Fulldome UK, then why not join in the conversation on Facebook and share your thoughts on Fulldome.
A short while ago we announced the winners of our IPS 2012 prize draw and we thought we’d give you an update about their prizes…
Firstly, the first prize winner of our 6 month license of a show of their choosing (terms and conditions apply) was LWL-Museum für Naturkunde Westfälisches Landesmuseum mit Planetarium, Münster, Germany.
The planetarium in Münster, Germany, is part of a natural history musuem; it opened in 1981. The planetarium has a 20m dome and seats 250. It is one of the largest planetariums in Germany and has about 110,000 visitors annually. In 2010, a new fulldome projection system was installed which is among the most modern in the world, with an exceptional “8k” resolution of the projected image – to date, the only one of its kind in Europe. The planetarium is presenting shows on different topics, from star talks and general astronomy presentations to shows about spaceflight or natural history.
The winner of our runner-up prize was The St. Charles Parish Library Planetarium of Luling, Louisiana. Our little 3.0 has now been packaged up and is ready for his flight to the U.S.!
The St. Charles Parish Library Planetarium is a small, six meter dome attached to a public library. It is located just 32 kilometers west of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. For over thirty years, it has offered free, weekly, planetarium shows to the public. The planetarium also serves the local school systems and community organizations with its MEDIAGLOBE II star projector.
The much anticipated DomeFest 2012 took place in the summer this year. No sooner had we packed-up our domes from IPS 2012 we were back in LASM’s Irene W. Pennington Planetarium for a jam packed dometastic schedule.
With shorts, shows and talks from around the world the event celebrates the good and the great that Fulldome has to offer. We saw some amazing Fulldome content as well as sharing some shorts we created exclusively for the event.
You can watch our short, ‘Miracle of Life’ that won Best Narrative at this years’ DomeFest below:
To check out the other winners from this years’ event, who they are and what they won, follow the link to the DomeFest website here >>
Especially for you we’ve got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the anatomy of our biology Fulldome digital planetarium show, Cell! Cell! Cell!
We’ve selected a number of shots from the show and have deconstructed them to show some of the steps that go into making such a cell-tacular show.
For every show we make we go through an extensive production process, from carefully deciding which scenes to include and then building every last object inside the computer so it can be rendered for all to see.
Be sure to make each gallery full-screen to see all the details. If you head over to our Flickr page you can even download the 4k files (navigate to the original quality image) and see even more detail or put them up on your dome to experience them in all their immersive glory!
After months of intense work on We Are Aliens! we finally premiered the finished 2D Fulldome version of the show at the National Space Centre on 10 October 2012.
For every show we make we go through an extensive production process, from carefully deciding which scenes to include and then building every last object inside the computer so it can be rendered for all to see.
We’ve took shots from three scenes to give you an insiders look into the making of We Are Aliens! They cover various stages of production from storyboarding and concept art through to layout and final renders. Be sure to make each gallery full-screen to see all the details. If you head over to our Flickr page you can even download the 4k files (navigate to the original quality image) and see even more detail or put them up on your dome to experience them in all their immersive glory!
It doesn’t seem like that long ago we were talking about making We Are Aliens! now the show is ready to go. We Are Aliens! celebrated it’s World Premiere at The National Space Centre, the home of NSC Creative, on Wednesday 10 October 2012.
The event was a huge success with some amazing feedback from everyone who came…
Below we’ve got a selection of photos from the event…
NSC Creative is proud to announce the narrator for our latest Fulldome show is…
Yes, Mr Rupert Grint is the narrator of We Are Aliens! Deep in the heart of London Max, Paul and one of our 3.0s met Rupert to record the soundtrack to our new Fulldome show that asks, are we alone in the Universe?
Rupert’s young and charming tone is perfect for the show and we’re very excited that he’s been involved.
The show will launch publicly at The National Space Centre from October 20th 2012 and will be rolling out across the UK soon after.
Please get in touch and let us know what you think when you see the show.
The show is now available to license in 2D with its Fulldome 3D release scheduled for the end of November 2012.
After months of waiting since the teaser shown at IPS 2012, We Are Aliens! is less than a week away from it’s international debut.
The show which will have it’s premiere at The National Space Centre, Leicester, UK will be available to license from late October 2012 in fabulous Fulldome 2D, and late November 2012 for stunning Fulldome 3D.
We Are Aliens! explores the latest research in the search for extraterrestrial life. The film features input from UK scientists and attempts to answer the question, are we alone?
If you’d like to more information about the show please check out the show website or get in touch with us direct.
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival has just announced the finalists selected for its inaugural Science Media Awards Competition and…
Cell! Cell! Cell! our new 360′ Fulldome digital planeterium show is a finalist in the Best Immersive Cinema –Fulldome category, yeah!
It is a real honour to be a finalist in this internationally renowned and prestigious competition. This year’s entries included 280 films entering more than 450 categories to compete for 18 special awards.More than 80 international judges screened an aggregated 1500+ hours in order to determine the finalists, that’s a lot of awesome science films!
The 2012 award winners will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges preceding the three-day industry conference hosted at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science September 5-7, and will be announced at a Gala celebration on Thursday, September 6th.
After premiering at IPS 2012 in Fulldome 3D we now bring you the teaser trailer online as promised.
There are more viewing formats, downloadable files and information over on the We Are Aliens! blog >
We’ll be positng more information about our new 360′ Fulldome digital planeterium show We Are Aliens! soon with some behind the scenes concept art and work-in-progress shots.
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