PLANETARIUMS
7thSense’s Delta Media Server used with content by NSC Creative, a computer animation studio specialising in immersive fulldome experiences
7TH SENSE Matt Barton
Behind-the-scenes solution powers creative visions
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K-based 7thSense’s Delta Media Server system delivers fully uncompressed media playback for dome displays and is available in a range of hardware and software
configurations, enabling the company to support multi-channel display layouts. Many planetariums worldwide are
powered by Delta Media Server, including the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences in the US, Moscow Planetarium in Russia, and the Hayden Planetarium in New York, US. Its technologies have also been supplied to a number of non-planetarium dome projects, such as the National Military Museum in the Netherlands and the Marvel Experience, a dome attraction touring North America. “What’s unique about Delta is that we’re now able to drive multiple projectors from a single server,” says company director Matt Barton. “In the past, you’d need at least one server per projector, and then another machine to control the other machines.
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“The next step in dome
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This set-up is still in play for the really high resolution and meaty systems, or those needing advanced production capability, but the new simpler configuration of a single box makes things more affordable and manageable for many venues wanting to play content to their audiences.” 7thSense’s systems come with Full Dome Mode as part of the software package. This enables simple workflow of uncompressed, native fisheye dome masters with full warp, blend, auto-alignment and slicing. “For content creators, this allows their media to be shown the way it was intended,
and with no introduction of compression artefacts, loss of visual quality or detail,” says Barton. “For theatres, this gives them an incredibly reliable, fast, high- performance media solution.” 7thSense recently completed projects at the ShowDome at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh and the National Space Centre in Leicester, both in the UK – each had custom systems with new features and capabilities. The company typically works with and supplies its technologies to specialist integrators, but occasionally works direct with theatres. “A common trend is that many customers come to us with very specific needs and requests, and we often add new features to help the customer achieve what they are after,” says Barton. 7thSense is increasingly seeing 8K 60fps dome displays as content catches up with system potential. The company believes the next step in dome display technology will be making the planetarium experience even more realistic and immersive, encouraging more audience involvement in how data visualisation is shaped. l
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