Sky-Skan, Inc. and LodeStar Astronomy Center of the University of New Mexico have teamed up to bring the Full-Dome Animation Theater to SIGGRAPH 2005, being held 31 July to 4 August in Los Angeles, California.Sky-Skan, Inc. and LodeStar Astronomy Center Unveil Full Dome Video at SIGGRAPH 2005
Nashua, NH, USA - 28th July, 2005
Sky-Skan, Inc. and LodeStar Astronomy Center of the University of New Mexico have teamed up to bring the Full-Dome Animation Theater to SIGGRAPH 2005, being held 31 July to 4 August in Los Angeles, California.
The Full-Dome Animation Theater is presented as part of the SIGGRAPH 2005 Animation Festival, where Sky-Skan’s 27-foot dome projection screen complete with spatial audio, lighting, and their flagship DigitalSky system will treat the 30,000 SIGGRAPH 2005 attendees to highlights from DomeFest 2005, LodeStar’s 3rd annual international digital dome festival. Installed in a 6-channel configuration, DigitalSky will provide over 5 million unique onscreen pixels, more than four times that of a typical fisheye projection system. The Full-Dome Animation Theater is open to SIGGRAPH attendees beginning Saturday, 30 July at 6 pm in Hall G of the Los Angeles Convention Center.
DomeFest 2005 – held 15-17 July in Albuquerque , New Mexico – was a remarkable success, with more than 500 people treated to the finest examples of immersive digital art, science, entertainment, education and experimental works created around the world. DomeFest 2005 drew 41 submissions from eight countries and provided over 110 minutes of content, from which the expert jury selected 14 pieces, resulting in the 40-minute show being presented at SIGGRAPH. Following SIGGRAPH 2005, the DomeFest 2005 show will begin a world tour, being shown in dome theaters in Auckland, New Zealand; Boulder, Colorado; Glendale, California; and Athens, Greece, among others.
For further information:
Information on Sky-Skan Digital Theater and DigitalSky may be found on the Internet at www.skyskan.com, or by contacting Steven Savage, President Sky-Skan, Inc. at +1-603-880-8500 or via e-mail at office@skyskan.com.
More information on DomeFest 2005 may be found on the Internet at www.domefest.org or by contacting David Beining, DomeFest Chair & Fulldome Animation Theater Director, +1- 505-841-05985 or via email at dbeining@unm.edu.
More information on SIGGRAPH 2005 Full-Dome Animation Theater and and its presentation program may be found at http://www.siggraph.org/s2005/main.php?f=conference&p=caf&s=fulldome.
About Sky-Skan
For over 35 years, Sky-Skan has been the world's leading provider of media technologies and facility design for dome theaters. Sky-Skan's products and services include their trademark SPICE Automation show control system, digital dome video and audio systems, and complete turn-key facility design and construction management services. Sky-Skan's ever expanding line of digital theater solutions seamlessly integrates real-time scene rendering, stunningly realistic star field simulation and high-definition full dome media playback.
There are over 70 Sky-Skan Digital Theater installations installed or under contract and over 250 SPICE Automation systems installed in dome media theaters, planetaria, large format film theaters, museums, and science centers worldwide, including the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC; the Eugenides Planetarium, Athens, Greece; the Melbourne Planetarium, Victoria, Australia; and onboard the luxury ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2.
Sky-Skan maintains sales, production facilities and technical support on 3 continents with its offices in Nashua, NH USA; Munich, Germany; and Melbourne, Australia; and has affiliate offices in Japan, Korea, and South America. More information on Sky-Skan, DigitalSky, SPICE Automation and other technologies can be found at www.skyskan.com.