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About us
Knowledge
Latitude is
an
authorized
distributor
for the
world well
known
portable
domes from
e-Planetarium.
Our
planetarium
shows are
truly
immersive
because they
present the
viewer with
images, in
front,
behind,
above and on
both sides
of their
seat.
Students
love these
shows, and
they are a
great
vehicle to
teach Earth
and space
science.
Discovery
Dome
Discovery
Dome started
in 1998
after two
wild and
crazy
ladies, Dr.
Carolyn
Sumners of
the Houston
Museum of
Natural
Science and
Dr. Patricia
Reiff of
Rice
University,
won funding
under one of
NASA’s first
Cooperative
Agreements,
to create
the world’s
first
full-dome
digital
earth
science
planetarium
shows. In
December
1998, they
opened the
first
fulldome
multiprojector
planetarium
in the U.S.,
using
Digital Sky
from
SkySkan. In
2003 the duo
won another
NASA
competition,
this time to
make it the
technology
affordable
for small
museums and
school
districts.
Their first
portable
system
debuted at
the December
2003 AGU
meeting,
using
fisheye
projectors
from
Elumenati.
Never afraid
of new
technology,
the domes
now offer
mirror
projection
as a
lower-cost
alternative
to fisheye
systems.
Their
tireless
efforts to
make the
technology
affordable
has resulted
in the
growth of
the
Discovery
Dome network
from its
initial 6
partners in
2003 to over
40 locations
in 13
countries.
E-Planetarium
Portable
Domes
Features:
- Unlike
other
inflatable
domes, the
Dome is
designed and
developed to
meet today’s
digital
technology.
- It’s
durable,
lightweight
for easy
transport.
- Ours was
the first
with this
special
airlock
doorway.
- The dome
was designed
at
full-height
to allow
easy
"walk-in"
entry with
minimum air
loss per
admittance.
- Even
wheelchairs
can enter
through the
door with
minimum loss
of air and
without
disturbing a
show in
progress.
NEW
Newtonian
Projection
System
It is a
low-cost
projection
option to
fisheye or
other mirror
systems. It
is compact
and
lightweight
for portable
systems, and
is a perfect
solution for
small
planetariums
who want to
keep their
existing
mechanical-optical
star
projector
and offer
digital
movie
content.
Fisheye
projection
systems
e-Planetarium™
offers a
variety of
OmniFocus™
projection
systems from
Elumenati™,
providing an
extremely
wide field
of view
(ranging
between 135
and 210
degrees).
The image
quality is
even,
remains
in-focus,
clear and
capable of
illuminating
an entire
dome from a
single
source due
to unique
patented
equal-angular
projection
design.
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Discover the
Difference!
Fulldome
Video with
Sound
museum-quality
fulldome
shows are
available on
all science
topics;
project a
dynamic
night sky
with stars,
planets,
constellations,
and more.
Upgradeable
Components
highe-end
off-the-shelf
components
can be
upgraded as
new
projector or
computer
technology
is released
- never be
stuck with
old
technology
again!
High
Definition
Resolution
true
1920x1080
gives sharp,
vivid,
images which
fill
virtually
the entire
dome!
Double
the Pixels!
almost twice
as many
pixels
projected as
Digital
Starlab or
the new
Digitarium
Gamma from
Digitalis!
(They use
only a 1080
circle - we
use all 1920
across. See
the
comparison
chart for
details.)
Walk-in
Dome
stand up
entry, no
crawling
required;
continuous
entry and
exit without
disrupting a
show;
handicapped
accessilble!
Special flap
to allow
projection
even on the
doorway.
Custom
Projection
Surface
minimizes
wrinkles,
crosstalk,
and sound
echoes.
Self-closing
vents allow
ventilation
without
bouncing;
resists
deflation
when large
groups exit.
Highly
Mobile
fast set up
(less than
20 minutes),
easy to
operate,
lightweight,
easy for one
person to
carry in a
compact car
or check as
airline
luggage.
Ease of
Use
MediaSHOW is
designed for
ease of use
in having
full control
of images,
movies,
sequences,
and clips.
Training
takes just a
few minutes
and is
included in
the price.
Open
Source
Astronomy
Stellarium
is a
collaborative
software
application
that uses
the talents
of the
entire
community to
provide the
best
software!
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