January 2016

The organizers of TEDx Chiang Mai 2016 invited Fulldome.pro to participate in their inspiring event. We provided a 5 meter/16 foot diameter dome inside the venue which ran a livestream of talks in the main hall and displayed announcements of upcoming speakers in a presentation produced specifically for the event by the team at FullDomeLab. During breaks in the program this dome showed a range fulldome content and during the lunch break hosted a talk by renowned digital artist Android Jones, who introduced Samskara – his collaborative creation with 360Art.

On an outside balcony of the venue, we installed an 8 meter/26 foot closed dome that ran several fulldome films created by 360Art in Chiang Mai, including Chiang Mai Deep Trip, Gopal: Prince of the Cow’s Planet, DinoPlanet and the always popular Samskara. The outdoor location, in the hot Thailand sun, presented challenges for the team to keep the dome cool, but these challenges were met and the audience remained comfortable throught the day.

One of the biggest areas of interest at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada was 360, with several big name companies announcing new products. Ricoh showed the Theta S, the first truly 360° spherical camera that captures the entirety of a scene in a high-resolution photo or video, in a sleek, pocket-sized design. And what better way to showcase a revolutionary 360° camera, than in a revolutionary fulldome theater supplied by Fulldome.pro. The 7 meter/23 foot dome we installed at CES for Ricoh generated almost as much interest as the Theta S camera it was demonstrating with several other exhibitors wishing they had thought of using a dome to create an immersive group experience instead of using personal devices to show 360° content.

Mobile domes and the innovative, automatic projection calibration system from Fulldome.pro make setting up a fulldome theater fast and easy, meaning short-term installations for trade shows, exhibitions and festivals are now practical and cost effective. The Ricoh Theta S captures high-resolution spherical images of nearly 14 mega-pixels and records HD video at 30fps, with a maximum recording time of 25 minutes. Its high quality spherical images can be uploaded to theta360.com, shared via Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, and posted to Google Maps, Google+ and YouTube’s 360° Channel.

To find out more about the Ricoh Theta S check out theta360.com or look for ricoh.theta on Facebook.