John McCormick has successfully constructed an inflatable 3.5-metre dome from lightweight PVC, and has used Paul Bourke’s dome projection techniques to project some full-dome images using a standard data projector and acrylic hemishperical mirror. This is a major step forward for the project, and a great achievement for John. We will release the plans for this dome Open Source. Watch this blog for the announcement.
Here are some shots of the dome in action:
John's hand-made inflatable dome, inflated with a domestic electric fan.
The dome lit from within via the hemispherical mirror
Full-dome internal projection of the calibration grid, using an off-the-shelf data projector. A pole is in front of the dome.
The artists standing outside the dome, with full-dome projection of image courtesy of Paul Bourke.
Artist and producer standing outside the dome, with full-dome projection of image courtesy of Paul Bourke.