Running Cables and installing servers

Server rack for Global Immersion. 8 high high speed computers running in perfect synchronization. All computers have a connection between the computer and the display screen.  In line with our Fulldome system where everything is VERY LARGE, we have many cables. One is not enough.  In order to get 4 K images onto the dome [...]

Phase 2: Asembling the projector stands

 Jack contemplates the Theodolite Theodolite information The first step is knowing just WHERE to put the stands, since so much depends on their perfect placement. In this image Global Immersion engineer Jack Langley uses the theodolite to plan the location of the projectors. These folks have been putting in some very long and late hours [...]

Phase 2: The projectors and their placement

When completed, phase 2 will display extremely bright and high resolution video imagery covering almost all of our dome. Full dome video will consist not just of per-created sequences, but also of live created and manipulated in real time video images. Images of astronomy, biology, geology, and other scientific disciplines. Artistic creations will be included [...]

Routing 16 DVI cables from the server room to the projectors.

CABLES. Lots of cables While there are lots of cable ducts, they don’t go where we really need them to go. And the old ducts are in the way of the air flow we also need.  So we had to remove the old cables in them, and then remove the ducts. Its a tricky problem, [...]

Making a place for air to flow to the projectors

What is only 3 feet tall, but 20 feet wide? Answer: The crawlspace under the pit! There is a reason it is called a crawlspace, and it’s NOT because of the excessive headroom. Mike Lawrence, chief projectionist at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center begins to disassemble the old cable ducts that were installed in [...]

The first truck for phase 2 arrives with the projector stand

After 3 days on the road the truck arrived with the projector stand, tool chests and miscellaneous parts for the installation. This watershed moment marked a huge step in manifesting this incredible project and follows months of planning and discussion between Global Immersion and the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. Dave McGrew skillfully negotiates the [...]