Image Gallery of Dome Installations

Generally using the spherical mirror approach invented by the author

Compiled by Paul Bourke



Orbital Visions

Orb Lounge, 7m dome



Wollongong Science Centre

3m iDome



Ladybug camera (Fulldome video capture)

 

 



Christ Our King Church in Bellefontaine, Ohio

 

 

 

 



APS (Australasian Planetarium Society) conference, Perth May 2008

6m inflatable dome

Courtesy David Carson



Cosmology Gallery, Gravitational Discovery Center.
20m Bucky-Ball dome

View from the top of the Leaning Tower of GinGin

 

Projection onto 2 of the 5 pentagonal panels

 



King Middle School Planetarium, Omaha

 

 



"Treehuggers" installation by Gatze Zonneveld

 

 

 

 



Game playing in the Adelaide planetarium
By Timon Burney

8m Diameter dome

 

 

 



Toongabbie East, Syndey

 

 



Kuching Planetarium, Sarawak, East Malaysia
15m diameter

 

 

 

 

 

 



Go-Domes Projector/Mirror rack.

 

 



Universidad Panamericana
Mexico City

 

 



Hogar de los Planetarios Portatiles: Mirror stand
Argentina

 

 



Mueller Planetarium. Nebraska, USA.
10m diameter

 

Dawn of the Space Age (Mirage3D)

Secret of the Cardboard Rocket (by Clark Planetarium)

 

Kaluoka'hina, The Enchanted Reef (Softmachine)

Kaluoka'hina, The Enchanted Reef (Softmachine)



Auckland Museum (Temporary)
New Zealand

 

 



Dept of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Rochester, USA


 

 



Museo Interactivo de Xalapa
Mexico

Courtesy Ramon Vargas

 



Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

 

 



Gravitational Discovery Centre
Western Australia
High definition (1920x1080) projector tests



 

 

 

20m diameter bucky-ball dome



WASP, UWA

3m Diameter dome
Polar test pattern

Fisheye from Hampi, courtesy of Sarah Kenderdine
It's a Matter of Time

Origins of Life, Mirage 3D
Cosmological Simulation



3m upright dome at ICinema, UNSW
Projection option 2


Polar test pattern
Background microwave radiation



Gravitational Discovery Centre, Western Australia
20m diameter dome


 

Half bucky ball pre building instllation
Mac OS-X on the dome



Adelaide planetarium
South Australia
8m diameter dome


 
 



Bangalore planetarium
India
15m diameter dome


 
Frame from "Moonlight" by Andrew Quinn



Terry Renner

 

 



Graphite 2005 (ACM Siggraph), Art Exhibition
5m diameter inflatable


Graphite 2005 Art Exhibition
Graphite 2005 Art Exhibition



Various (temporary) projector/mirror rigs
Test rig, Swinburne University
Adelaide planetarium



Hawthorn Town Hall
Melbourne
7m diameter inflatable




3m upright dome at ICinema
UNSW
Projection option 1

Panorama courtesy of Greg Downing



Ribbed dome test (SkySkan)
Fisheye lens and projector
Swinburne University