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Opening of the Cabot Space Center
For over a year, something really big has been quietly been brewing in the Oakland Hills. Now it's time to unveil the most technologically advanced planetarium in the United States, and I want to invite you to the upcoming launch events.
To start off with a bang, the Chabot is launching with the eye candy
royalle, "SonicVision" (produced by the Museum of Natural History in
NYC) with Moby on the music mix. (Think old planetarium laser show on
steroid-laced super-hyperdrive--with contemporary music.) Featured
music includes U2, Moby, Eno/Byrne, Radiohead, Audioslave, etc. Check
out the press releases for more details. Here are links to the press
release in both doc or pdf formats -
http://www.cabaretchocolates.com/chabot/SonicVision_Release.pdf or
http://www.cabaretchocolates.com/chabot/SonicVision_Release.doc
and here's a recent SFGate piece that features a bit about it.
http://tinyurl.com/72q8y
We have three events going on and invite you to extend the invitation
to your network of people whom you think would benefit by experiencing
this sneak peek.
Wednesday is the SonicVision Launch event's West Coast premiere. We are targeting press, opinion leaders and VJs, CJs and DJs.
7:00-7:30pm - light refreshments
7:30 - 8:10pm - SonicVision show
8:10 - 8:30pm - talk and Q & A
rsvp to rsvpWednesdayb@chabotspace.org
Links to the Wednesday night event are below.
http://www.cabaretchocolates.com/chabot/Chabot_Invite_Back.pdf
http://www.cabaretchocolates.com/chabot/Chabot_Invite_front.pdf
Thursday is more of a overall dome system technical overview event with
a program consisting of trailers for our shows, 2004 Domefest winner,
15 min. pre-rendered flight for Digital Sky, Talk and Q& A. This
event is geared towards Technology opinion leaders, Stellar society,
donors, prospects and civic leaders
7:00 - 7:30pm Light refreshments
7:30 - 9:00pm Program
rsvp to rsvpThursdayb@chabotspace.org
Friday Night is Members Sneak Peek Night Friday
Audience: Members, Volunteers, Selected guests
Two shows, 7:30 and 9:00.
rsvp to rsvpFriday730b@chabotspace.org
rsvp to rsvpFriday900b@chabotspace.org
On Saturday, the dome opens to the public. These launch events
represents the culmination of Alex Barnett's strategic vision, loads of
hard work from a top notch team, and about 2 million dollars worth of
the latest high-resolution, multipipe (6), interactive, realtime, 3d
computer graphic display technology.
Imagine your brain being flooded with interactive, 3D realtime graphics
fed by 6 super bright, high resolution projectors, pumping out a
combined 8.3 M pixels, in a 360 degree, 70 meter dome above your
head--with a killer digital sound system to boot.
Since the dome projection display system is realtime3D, interactive
with both OpenGL and DirectX backends, Alex and the team have big plans
for the Dome. The most notable plan is to tap into the vast pool of
local talent and provide a big huge digital sandbox to play in
developing innovative content. We will be announcing more details in
the October timeframe but will be publishing the interface specs much
sooner. To get on this list, send and email to: sockets@chabotspace.org
stating you wish to be on the announcement list. I'll be there all
nights and gladly will discuss the program with you. I look forward to
seeing you there.
--timothy childs
Directions to the Chabot: >http://www.chabotspace.org/visit
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