Antares FullDome Productions is very happy to welcome Immersive Theatres as new distributor of our fulldome films for digital planetariums and is very much looking forward to a great collaboration!
Written by Alexander Zaragoza on 05 Octubre 2011
ASH Enterprises based in Rockford, Michigan, offers among other, following company services; warped media, dome removal / re-installation / cleaning / painting, cove light installations, complete turn-key planetarium systems, theater design consulting and equipment acquisition / project management. Ash Enterprises is dedicated to bringing quality services and equipment to the planetarium community at affordable prices.
The company has been serving the planetarium community since 1971 and all employees have planetarium and astronomy backgrounds making them familiar with any planetarium equipment from all perspectives.
Antares FullDome Productions is very happy to welcome ASH Enterprises as new distributor of our fulldome films for digital planetariums and is very much looking forward to a great collaboration!
For further information on the Antares FullDome Productions films for planetariums, please visit
www.antares-fulldome.com
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Written by Alexander Zaragoza on 28 Septiembre 2011
Immersive Solutions arranges a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fair and exhibition event scheduled in Nigeria for the month of October this year.
This is a premier event targeted at the education sector in Nigeria with the aim of promoting interest in the STEM fields. The STEM Fair is an event intended to promote literacy in STEM disciplines among school children and to raise awareness and knowledge of science, engineering, technology and mathematics in a fun, interesting, active and interactive way.
Planetarium shows are scheduled to run during the event – one of the goals is to accomplish through this event, the introduction of planetariums as a teaching aid with hope to kick-start not just an interest in portable planetariums and planetarium shows but also create market and sales opportunities for these.
The yearly average failure rate of 75% in science and mathematics subjects in the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) examinations is a cause for concern and creates a bleak future for Nigeria’s technological development. The Fair offers a way to promote interest in these subjects in a fun and meaningful way and bridge the gap between classroom teaching and real life application of STEM principles.
Mojisola Omole at Immersive Solutions says;
“Immersive Solutions is delighted to partner with Discovery Dome and Antares FullDome Productions to bring the planetarium experience to Nigerian students, a first of such in Nigeria and West Africa. Children will benefit immensely from the educational and entertaining films that will be featured in the portable planetarium at the event. Our goal with the STEM Fair is to revive interest in science and mathematics and inspire children to build careers in STEM disciplines so they can drive Nigeria’s technological growth. Engaging and helping children learn through fulldome movies is one way of achieving this goal.”
Exhibitors and visitors are expected from the various industry sectors and over 50 top schools in Nigeria have indicated interest in participating in the event. Antares FullDome Productions and Discovery Dome will be represented at the event by Immersive Solutions Limited. Immersive Solutions, Antares FullDome Productions and Discovery Dome see the possibilities in the science education sector in Africa and intend to seize this opportunity by providing learning solutions in the science and technology fields. There are few planetariums in Africa and fewer still portable types. Knowing how much learning is possible using planetariums, the three companies have teamed up to feature planetariums and fulldome shows as part of the outreach to educational institutions.
Sergio López Borgoñoz at Antares FullDome Productions says;
¨We hope that we can awaken an interest in the science of astronomy through our fulldome programs and that they hopefully will stir the imagination among the young and encourage further exploration of it. Portable planetariums are an ideal solution for popularizing scientific content, as they can show immersive and spectacular educational films and as they can be taken to where the students actually are located. This is very important in Nigeria as many schools have limited traveling possibilities and the fixed planetariums are yet very few.¨
Patricia Reiff at Discovery Dome says;
“Our portable planetarium is not just for stars – we immerse and excite students in all fields of STEM research by means of fulldome content, including earth science, biology, human body, history, and of course astronomy. The students take an “out of this world” journey that engages as it instructs. We are eager to bring more Discovery Domes to Nigeria, to join our other Discovery Domes in Ethiopia, Morocco, Zambia, and South Africa. And it can go anywhere with just a small generator.”
Objectives for the STEM fair
• To expand the student’s boundary of knowledge and curiosity
• To promote understanding of science and its application to our world
• To promote better teaching of science and enhance the quality of education
• To empower young individuals to use scientific knowledge and technological know-how to address pressing problems in the communities
• To build an informed nation and promote social and economic development
Event details
Theme of Fair: “Science in my world”
Date and time: 25 – 28 October 2011, 8.00 – 16.00
Host: Grange School, GRA Ikeja
Venue: Grange School Grounds (over 6000 sqm space), GRA Ikeja
Attractions: Career talks, STEM project competition, quiz competition, science-based shows, Educators’ forum, and awards dinner.
Participant’s profile
Over 100 schools are expected to visit this event and participate in Fair activities. Schools will compete in the STEM Project competition in 5 categories to win various prizes and can also compete in the daily quiz competition at the junior and senior levels.
The Educators’ Lounge will open daily to STEM tutors for deliberations on ways of enhancing the quality of science and mathematics education in the Nigerian schools.
Expected visitors
• Graduate, undergraduate and pre-university students
• Primary and secondary schools
• Parents/guardians with their wards
• School board/owners
• School administrators/educators: principals, head teachers, teachers
• STEM field experts
• General public
For more information on the STEM fair and exhibition, please write to Mojisola Omole at Immersive Solutions; momole@immersive.com.ng
For more information on Antares FullDome Productions, please visit www.antares-fulldome.com
For more information on Discovery Dome, please visit www.discoverydome.com
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Written by Alexander Zaragoza on 13 Septiembre 2011
The 13th KINO EXPO 2011 International Convention & Trade Fair is now taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia, 12-15 September 2011. Antares FullDome Productions’ distributor Yaroslav Gubchenko from Fulldome Film Society (Russia) is there right now so don’t miss the opportunity to meet him!
KINO EXPO Convention is the central event for local cinema professionals and the meeting place of Russian and international cinema business communities.
At KINO EXPO the local offices of major studios, Russian and international independent distribution and production companies present their upcoming films and product reels directly to the local exhibitors.
KINO EXPO Trade Fair is the world’s third largest motion picture equipment exhibition, also incorporating various entertainment systems and technologies for the shopping malls with large entertainment segment.
KINO EXPO effectively brings together film exhibition, distribution and production communities, contributing to further development of local and international cinema industry.
KINO EXPO 2011 program main features:
- 13th international trade fair, with extensive foreign participation, showcasing the latest in motion picture industry equipment and services, entertainment systems and technologies, D-Cinema technologies and services for film exhibition and production
- Presentation of newly designed shopping malls, chain cinema operators and entertainment systems’ operators
- Screenings of new blockbuster films and upcoming product presentations by major studios, Russian and international film companies, prior to Russian release and special sponsored events
- Conferences and seminars, dedicated to film exhibition, distribution and production business issues, presentations of new products
- Business development seminar
- National Cinema Industry Awards Ceremony
- All Industry Opening Reception
For more information about the 13th KINO EXPO 2011 International Convention & Trade Fair, please visit; http://kinoexpo.ru/eng/index.htm
For further information on the Antares FullDome Productions programs and shows for planetariums, please visit www.antares-fulldome.com or contact Alexander Zaragoza by writing to azaragoza@antares-fulldome.com
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Written by Alexander Zaragoza on 13 Septiembre 2011
Antares FullDome Productions will be represented at the ¨CAP 2011 – Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2011¨ through its business partner VFX Alliance this October 10-14 in Beijing, China.
VFX Alliance has offices in Berlin, Bejing, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong and Münich and is distributing Antares fulldome films for planetariums in Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, and Taiwan). VFX Alliance is a full service media production company that offers a full range of design, film- and post production services.
The CAP 2011 conference in Beijing builds on the work of the previous conferences in this series and the huge success of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). It will bring together producers of astronomical information (research scientists), public information officers (connected with large observatories and space missions), and mediators (science reporters and writers, staff members from museums, planetariums). As well as the legacy aspects of IYA2009 activities, CAP2011 will focus on how to use online and social media to excite the public and how outreach activities can be encouraged in the developing world. In general the participants are encouraged to present statistics and numbers showing the output of their work in a quantitative form.
Some of the major themes in this year’s edition will be;
Social media for astronomy outreach
Media relations in the digital age
Audiovisual & multimedia communication incl. tools and techniques
Crowdsourcing/citizen science projects
Alternative ways for communicating astronomy with the public
The challenges of the digital era
Using astronomy outreach to excite children with science and technology
Evaluation of outreach projects
Social impact of astronomy communication
Astronomy communication in the developing world
The legacy of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) Year of Astronomy (IYA2009)
For more information regarding the CAP 2011 conference, please visit http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/index.html
For further information on the Antares FullDome Productions programs and shows for digital planetariums, please visit www.antares-fulldome.com or contact Alexander Zaragoza by writing to azaragoza@antares-fulldome.com
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Written by Alexander Zaragoza on 20 Agosto 2011
From these links you can download the trailers (in fulldome format for viewing in your planetarium) of our popular astronomy programs and shows. All trailers are in 4K except ¨Astronomy: 3000 Years of Stargazing¨ that is in 3.2K.
¨Astronomy:3000 Years of Stargazing¨
Duration: 34 min. Audience: general audience
The sky, and everything that happens in it, has always piqued our curiosity.
Eclipses, the regular cycle of the seasons, and the motion of the stars have fascinated us since our earliest ancestors looked up to the sky.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/Trailer_3000_Years_3k/T_3000y_3200px.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/Trailer_3000_Years_3k/audio%203000y/audio%203000y.zip
¨The Birth of the Solar System¨
Duration: 22 min. Audience: general audience
How did our solar system originate? What chain of events led to its creation?
Just as detectives look for traces of evidence to solve a mystery, astronomers analyze the evidence that points to the formation of the Sun and planets.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/Trailer_SolarSystem_4k/audio/sourround/audio_solar_system.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/Trailer_SolarSystem_4k/T_SolarSystem_4k.zip
¨Chronicle of a Journey to Earth¨
Duration: 20 min. Audience: general audience
Travel to a unique planet — to call your home!
Imagine that you are a traveler from the depths of interstellar space. As you approach our solar system, what will you find?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/Trailer_Chronicle_4k/T_Chronicle_4k.rar
¨Moles – What is Out there?¨
Duration: 2×17 min & 35 min. Audience: 4-8 year olds
MOLES’s story revolves around a young mole named Plato. Plato lives deep underground in a dark burrow full of mystery and surprises together with his mum and dad.
He is a restless, curious and thoughtful creature. Plato is fascinated by the light that penetrates the entrance to his home. Sometimes it is lit; sometimes it is off… Why could that be?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/MolesTrailer/Audio/Trailer_moles.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/MolesTrailer/Sequence_4k/01.rar
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9311278/MolesTrailer/Sequence_4k/02.rar
For further information on the Antares FullDome Productions programs and shows for planetariums, please visit www.antares-fulldome.com
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