Dome projection using a spherical mirror

The following is a collection of material related to the projection into a hemispherical dome using a spherical mirror, a projection technique developed by the author in 2003.

• The original paper presentation: Using a spherical mirror for projection into immersive environments.
  Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques in Australasia and South East Asia. pp 281-284.

• Photographic gallery of some installations using this technique

• Frequently Asked Questions
  Primarily targetted at those contemplating creating their own dome projection system based upon the spherical mirror.

• Immersive gaming: a low cost projection environment.
  Prepared for: DIME 2006, 25-27 October 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.

• A real time "warp-on-the-fly" movie player for spherical mirror projection as well as other projection scenarios.
  The equivalent as a Quartz Composer patch.

• A calibration tool that creates precise map files for spherical mirror projection.

• An interactive panorama viewer for domes including support for warping for the spherical mirror.

• An image warper to create prewarped movies.
  [Not recommended by the author]

• Notes on the use of Stellarium with spherical mirror projection.
  Comparison of image quality between fisheye and warped images.
  

• Current approach to projecting into an upright dome.

• The current mirror specification used by the author and supplied as a first surface product by Acril.

• The original web page created late in 2003. [Now out of date on a few points]

• One of the early presentations given to the Australasian Planetarium Society.
  [Now out of date on a few points]

• First art exhibition employing a spherical mirror.
  Graphite (ACM Siggraph) Dunedin 2005.

• One of the early presentations given on this approach.
  [Now out of date on a few points]

• Original attempt at projecting into an upright dome.

• While the author developed this technique for current digital projection, it has been used in the past for film, see Patent 2,299,682.