PRINCE WILLIAM VISITS VR DOME

Recently we presented our unique new product – the VR Dome, which was created for Laduma (read more). Laduma market the VR dome a “CaVRn” and use it to create shared VR experiences that fully immerse the audience into an environment without the isolation of VR headsets.

In June, Laduma took CaVRn to the International Business Festival in Liverpool. Their booth was crowded with visitors including a very special guest – Prince William – who visited the dome to see this new format of product presentation. Check the video

SCHOOL STUDENTS DISCOVER AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AT THE ASIA OFFICE

Every few months Fulldome.pro hosts students from local schools in our Chiang Mai production studio. Using our 5 metre dome, the entire class and their teachers can supplement classroom learning with immersive fulldome education.

…and at the end of the show can test their knowledge with an interactive quiz.

See how the students from Lanna International School Thailand (LIST) enjoyed their recent field trip.

We also have one of our domes installed at Chiang Mai University. Its primary purpose is to teach students in the Media Art and Design department how to create fulldome content, but we have also had a LIST field trip visit to this dome when we have been busy at the studio. We don’t have a video to share their reactions, but the cards they sent to the office afterwards, show their appreciation and that it certainly left a big impression.

This is a working example of our EDUCATION DOME solution. Read more about EDUCATION DOME here

IAAPA ASIAN ATTRACTIONS EXPO

Fulldome.pro was proud to present our innovative products for theme parks at the IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo. This year we excited attendees with BIRDY and HEAD IN THE STARS – new products made in collaboration with CL CORP.

Our partnership with CL CORP has reinterpreted the understanding of attractions and reimagined them with cutting-edge digital technologies. We exhibited products with various screen orientations: vertical, near vertical, and inclined.

The first working prototype of BIRDY gave people a new experience: they were seated outside the ride, then the motion seats by CL CORP, turned and moved the viewer into the purpose-built vertical elliptical concave screen.

The other products presented at the expo – HEAD IN THE STARS and RUN THE RIVER – are different realizations based on the same underlying platform – a dome over a motion platform with special effects by CL CORP inside.

RUN THE RIVER is a virtual reality experience in which the riders sit in an inflatable raft on a motion platform. For small spaces, the riders wear VR headsets, but for larger implementations, the raft can be placed under or inside a dome. At the expo, we placed a small, near vertical dome in front of the raft to demonstrate how RUN THE RIVER can be used inside a dome, and to show visitors what the riders were seeing in their headsets.

HEAD IN THE STARS used a more familiar inclined dome and motion seats with effects to create a 360° roller coaster ride along the Great Wall of China.

All of these attractions create a fully immersive experience by using motion seats and platforms with different styles of domes and projection.

After three busy days of the expo, we had surprised hundreds of visitors, met with partners and clients, made new acquaintances, and shared unforgettable experience and emotions. We are thankful to the organizers of IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo Hong Kong for such a great event.

A DOME THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF

Fulldome.pro is the worldwide provider of an immersive environment –a new way to deliver an immersive experience to your audience. The way it works is very simple:

  • Step 1

Choose the dome that fits your request: this depends on the place where the dome will be installed or the number of people that it can accommodate.

  • Step 2

Get the starter pack with almost 50 fulldome shows to start your dome business. A wide range of genres gives you plenty of choices: immersive rides for theme parks, educational films for science parks and planetariums, a visual show for amusement areas, etc. And that’s not all: if you’re looking for something special to screen under the dome – your existing content or presentation or something new – our in-house production studio will prepare it for you.

  • Step 3

Receive the digital dome and start making a profit from your dome business.

Choose your dome here

PROFITABLE GROWTH

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE DOME TO PAY FOR ITSELF?

Showing a variety of content to diverse audiences will help to fill the seats in your dome from morning until night, day after day, to give you a fast return on investment. How long does it take? It depends on the size of the dome.

For example, you have a 10-meter dome that has 40 seats in it. Every show lasts +/- 20 minutes.

*We did not consider the cost of electricity, air conditioning and wages in our calculations.

Learn more about domes here

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CONCEPT: PERSONAL VIRTUAL REALITY DOME

The Personal Virtual Reality Dome immerses the viewer without totally isolating them from their surroundings. For attractions where an individual experience is required, such as gaming or a virtual tour, this single person dome provides an immersive experience with a small footprint and without the hygiene issues of a headset.

TOP 5 BIGGEST INSTALLED DOMES

Fulldome.pro provides many different sized domes. Often the size of the dome is constrained by the space available. But sometimes we are lucky enough to not face such limitations and have the opportunity to install large domes.

Here are some of the larger dome installations:

IDEAS READY TO BE REALIZED: Oasis Dome

Fulldome.pro is proud of every one of the hundreds of projects we have completed: from Asia to America, from 3 to 27 meter domes, from simple construction to unique designs with customized covers in different shapes and even elliptical screen shapes. But there are still a lot of ideas our team is ready to realize

Introducing one of our concepts – a new generation of spa and meditation centers – “Oasis Dome”. Several eco domes are perfect for exercise and meditation classes or massages and other wellness treatments. Just imagine a yoga class beneath immersive views or taking a virtual trip during a massage.

INNOVATIVE PRODUCT IMPRESS VISITORS AT THE CHINA ATTRACTION EXPO

The China Attraction Expo is an important event for everyone working with or in the attraction industry in Asia.

This year we presented our products for amusement parks – Birdy and Head in the Stars – made in partnership with CL CORP.  We demonstrated 3 meter dome with Head in the Stars motion seat by CL CORP, to make watching the show “Wall of China” unforgettable. Seats were synchronized to move with the on screen action and included special effects like wind and water spray.

We also presented a 1.6 m model of Birdy: an innovative attraction comprising a vertical dome with motion seats.

WHAT IS NEGATIVE-PRESSURE SCREEN

Our negative-pressure domes consist of three layers:

  • an outer cover
  • an aluminum frame
  • an inner projection screen 

A vacuum system is used to evacuate the air from between the outer cover and projection screen. The outer cover conforms tightly to the frame beneath it, while inside the screen is stretched upward and outward, towards, but not touching, the frame. The vacuum (or negative pressure) holds the screen in place. The high-performance, precision is sewn, fabric screen provides an excellent projection surface, with imperceptible seams. Our specially trained team and purpose built sewing rooms mean we can create screens to suit any dome, and strong outer covers to precisely fit over our aluminum frames. Likewise, our factory team carefully prepare all parts before testing each frame, screen, and cover, and then shipping to the customer.

Our negative pressure technology is what allows us to make such portable, easy to setup, yet high-quality domes and projection systems.

TOP 5 DOME FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE WITH FULLDOME.PRO

Our Festival Dome is highly sought after in the rental market, and it’s easy to explain why. Here are the key features that make our domes great for any event:

  • range of sizes
  • quick installation and onsite support from our team
  • diverse package of shows to attracts visitors
  • customized printed outer cover
  • custom content to suit your event

Here are the top 5 examples of festivals where our domes attracted hundreds of visitors.

Panorama Festival, NYC (2016)

20 meter/66 foot dome with abstractly geometric entrance and external digital mapping was one of the most exciting installations at the festival.

Lighting In a Bottle, California (2017)

Four domes that had been installed together looked impressively. Visitors were treated to different uses for domes: the VR dome, the Wisdome, a spiritual dome, and a gallery dome, for entertainment education, meditation, and reflection respectively.  
Black Rock Desert, Nevada (2017)

It’s not the first time we have installed domes at this famous annual festival (and it won’t be the last). But it was first time we brought such an distinctive outer cover. Do you know who this is?

Big New York Festival (2017)

This city festival challenges us every time (and we love it). So for 2017 we came back with a huge, 27 meter/90 foot dome, with standing capacity for over 800 people!

Coachella, California, 2017

Five domes for a private party at the famous Coachella festival. What is the collective noun for domes? An assembly, a lather?

Now we are gearing up for the new festival season. How can we help you excite people this year?

MAKING NEW FRIENDS WITH FULLDOME LIVE

At the Science Centre World Summit 2017, in Tokyo, Japan, our fellow exhibitor, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan asked us if they could try to use their astronomical simulator “Mitaka” on our 3 meter open dome. Fulldome Live allows us to take the output from almost anything and play it directly to the dome. All that was required was an HDMI cable and a few changes to Mitaka’s settings.  In a short time, what had been a private show on a VR headset became a public display in the dome. Mitaka is fully-featured and easy to use simulator, navigated by a game controller. Even if you don’t have a dome or VR headset Mitaka is available for download from the NAOJ website and can be used at home on your own PC.

You can read the NAOJ account of SCWS2017 and our improvised collaboration on their website and follow links to download the Mitaka software.

FROM IDEA TO REALITY: JEJU SHINHWA WORLD

Jeju Shinhwa World* has become one of the most visited place on Jeju Island. The park was developed over three years and has 15 amazing rides and various attractions for children and adults. CL CORP created unique and innovative 4D theatre that makes every visitor feel like they’re diving into the world of animated films. They invited Fulldome.pro to join the project to provide the dome screen and projection system.

Idea:

To create an interactive attraction that would be an immersive experience for visitors to Shinhwa Theme Park, using the latest technology for amusement parks.

How it Began:

CL CORP, a developer of immersive attractions, was tasked creating ride in which the audience would be reclined in moving seats under a dome screen with a 3D show. CL CORP have many years experience in creating attractions but not in dome projection, so CL CORP approached Fulldome.pro to partner with them to design and manufacture the dome and projection system that would make the ride truly immersive.  

The Execution:

Together, CL CORP and Fulldome.pro went to work designing the Rotary Park attraction for Shinhwa Theme Park. The engineers, manufacturing, factory, and construction crew all worked as a team to produce something truly amazing.

  

The Reality:

A key attraction at Shinhwa Theme Park, the Rotary Park zone combines creative content and innovative design, with the latest technology. CL CORP created a pre-show, which the audience passes through while queueing for the main ride, but the centerpiece of Rotary Park is the 20 meter dome with 130 Head In The Stars®  motion seats beneath it. The 20 meter negative pressure screen fitted snugly inside the purpose made dome roofed building and a 12 projector, 5K 3D projection system powered by a single Fulldome.pro Media Server was installed. Tuban Studios in South Korea created a special show using characters from the Rotary Park TV show exclusively for the attraction. Movement of the seats is synchronized to the action in the show, so while the audience remain in one place, they feel like they are being transported into the world of the characters on screen.
The result is a fully immersive experience to thrill every audience.

*Jeju Shinhwa World is opened every day 10AM-6PM. Get more information about Rotary Park attractions

LET 2018 BE FULL OF THE BEST IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES

As 2017 draws to a close, we reflect on our may triumphs and achievements, discoveries and surprises, great developments, and amazing experiences, and we appreciate having shared the year with you.

Now we have 365 chances to make 2018 even better – together.

Like many of you, some of our team will be taking a short break in the coming weeks, but our offices will still be functioning. If you want to get a head start on the new year contact your sales representative or info@fulldome.pro now!

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