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Enabling Full-Dome Creativity
With SotHS we provide free content you can use for non-commercial projects and shows.
Mauna Kea – Fulldome (fisheye) timelapse video
While there is now a large number of truly breathtaking full dome planetarium shows (covering a wide range of scientific topics) available to planetaria worldwide, there is clearly a need for low-cost (or even free) full-dome content, to allow planetaria to stretch their programming capabilities. With this goal in mind, Science on the Half Sphere […]
Mauna Kea – Fulldome (fisheye) images
While there is now a large number of truly breathtaking full dome planetarium shows (covering a wide range of scientific topics) available to planetaria worldwide, there is clearly a need for low-cost (or even free) full-dome content, to allow planetaria to stretch their programming capabilities. With this goal in mind, Science on the Half Sphere […]
Planetarium Shows
We are in the process of developing a series of Creative Commons planetarium shows that you can edit with attribution and use within your own facility. Cosmic Castaways: The show tells the story of how stars are torn from galaxies during galactic interactions. Art * Science * Wonder
Cosmic Castaways: Getting Started with Blender
So you want to learn how to use Blender to create fulldome videos. May the Force be with you….
Cosmic Castaways – Fun with Blender by Annie Wilson
About half of the scenes in Cosmic Castaways were rendered using Blender, which is a free and open-source 3D animation suite of programs. I don’t think it was intentional — it was more of a case of what software would be better suited for each scene.
Cosmic Castaways by Curt Spivey – Part 5
George Lucas was right. “A project is never completed, just abandoned.” Cosmic Castaways is like a child. It started as a newborn that we were all excited and proud of. Now it is a freeloading twenty-something without a job that you just want out of your house.
Cosmic Castaways by Curt Spivey – Part 4
Your soundtrack is the backbone. My friend Alex Mak at the University of Toledo says it best: “You should be able to listen to and enjoy a soundtrack without a video.”