Abstract

Fulldome is slowly emerging from its planetarium shaped incubator into a brave new world of digital projectors, real-time visualisation software, independent content producers and transdisciplinary collaborations. This article takes a slow zoom through the evolution of fulldome. It reflects on the technologies and institutions that have shaped the fulldome orthodoxy and the recent emergence of a digital framework where all the different kinds of technologies, disciplines and media forms fit together. The fulldome may no longer be full of stars, but the emptiness that lies beyond its domed surface offers new imaginings of a ‘future in space’.

DOI

10.1080/14626268.2012.666252

Publication Date

2013-05-11

Publication Title

Digital Creativity

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

48

Last Page

57

ISSN

1462-6268

Organisational Unit

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Keywords

fulldome, data, model, visualisation, infundibulum

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