Fulldome Reality, England
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The FullDome Reality system is both a ‘state of the art’ digital Planetarium and an immersive Cinema. Any environment captured by a camera can be played back allowing the communication of your message to your audience in a unique, affordable and stimulating new medium.
Exciting Planetarium presentations can be performed using Stellarium based ShiraPlayer with the addition of CGI films created by innovative film makers.
The FullDome Reality are using ShiraPlayer on their systems. For more informations:
www.fulldomereality.com/
www.fulldomereality.com/en/equipment/
Fulldome,SOLUÇÕES PARA AMBIENTES IMERSIVOS, Brazil
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Jose Carlos Rocha from Brasil is building projectors using fisheye lens to use in Planetarium. Also he is producing inflatable domes and Fulldome movies. Now he is testing and using ShiraPlayer. For detailed informations: www.fulldome.com.br
Jose Carlos Rocha has also translated ShiraPlayer User Guide in Brazilian Portuguese Language. So thanks to him. You can download file from here http://www.sureyyasoft.com/index.php/downloads/
Broadway School, Birmingham, England
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Ms.Valerie Barber has succesfully installed ShiraPlayer onto the Broadway School Cosmodome Planetarium system.
Broadway School is a large senior school in Birmingham, England. Mr Stephen Hill is the primary contact person and he has indicated that he would be happy for the school name to be used for publicity regarding ShiraPlayer.
Ms.Barber said that " Thank you very much for your help answering questions regarding ShiraPlayer. ShiraPlayer is an excellant piece of software!"
The planetarium is a 6 metre dome, Dell laptop and Dell 7609wu projector. They are using a mirror system in the planetarium.The dome is in use today teaching students astronomy. Brodway School Web Site : http://www.broadway-school.co.uk/index.php
Etna Planetarium Sicily,Italy.
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John Verga who is responsible Vulcano (Etna) museum in Sicily Italy. (http://www.etnaplanetarium.com)
He has got 5 meter inflatable dome used a spheric mirror and Mitsubishi full HD projector.
He has choosen ShiraPlayer becuse of spherical projection feature without problems.
Also he has used spherical parameter with "texture_triangle_base_length=4" for best result.
Havens Foundation, Evansville, Indiana, USA
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The Havens Foundation is foundation that provide astronomy education outreach at no charge (free) to schools, youth groups, and other civic organizations at Evansville, Indiana, USA. The foundation provides for other charities also but the astronomy outreach is the primary focus.
They have an observatory with a slide-off roof. Next to the observatory is an education building where they can set up the portable dome and spherical mirror system that bought from e-Planetarium comp. if there is bad weather when groups come out to the observatory.
Jim Havens who owners of Havens Foundation has specifically chosen the following reasons.
1. Spherical mirror display has not include problem.
2. Instead of seeing controlling windows on Dome, displaying on control PC is perfect.
