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Ips 2016 Proceedings IPS 2016 PROCEEDINGS Organisers: This compilation © 2017 by The International Planetarium Society, Inc. All rights reserved. Individual papers remain the property of their respective author(s). Opinions expressed by the authors are personal opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the International Planetarium Society, the Copernicus Science Centre, their officers or agents, or the Editor. Editors of the Proceedings: Monika Malinowska, Kamil Deresz Graphic design: Michał Romański I still remember very well the exciting and fruitful days of our conference. 510 participants from 46 countries came and worked together sharing experiences, new ideas and passions and, frankly, enjoying themselves enormously. Planetaria are able to create such unworldly atmosphere and bring it to Warsaw. I hope that reading these proceedings you recall not only the hard facts but also the people who you share them with. We are very grateful to all participants, the whole organising team and our generous sponsors. Together, we did it! Weronika Śliwa, Ph.D. Head of Heavens of Copernicus Planetarium Chair of the IPS 2016 Program Committee Dear Fellow Planetarians, IPS is proud to provide these outstanding Proceedings from our IPS2016 Conference in Warsaw, Poland. This compilation of important documents written by planetarium professionals from different cultures and nations are one of the incredibly valuable benefits of your membership. For those of you who were with us in Warsaw, these Proceedings afford you the opportunity to review and reflect on some of the fascinating and useful sessions you attended and a chance to read what you missed during concurrent sessions. Those of you who were unable to attend the conference, enjoy reading through this wealth of research and experience from your international colleagues. On behalf of the IPS Council, we wholeheartedly thank Robert Firmhofer and the entire staff of the Copernicus Science Centre, our generous sponsors and all of you who attended for making the spectacular and inspirational IPS2016 Conference possible. Our days were filled with the very best of new ideas, new technologies, new teaching methodologies and much more. These Proceedings represent our collaborative efforts and provide a beneficial contribution to the future of Planetariums worldwide. Wishing you all great success! Joanne Young IPS PRESIDENT 2015-2016 Managing Director, Audio Visual Imagineering, Inc. 05. FUNDRAISING 16 Contents ECLIPSE! Are you ready? [id: 70] 16 01. KNOWING AND BUILDING YOUR AUDIENCE (SURVEYS, DIALOGUE, ANALYZING AND 07. THE PLANETARIUM AS A MULTI-MODAL BUILDING PROGRAM) 8 FACILITY (EG. PUBLIC SHOWS, COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITIES AND How to evaluate astronomical fairs? [id: 259] 8 RESEARCHERS) 18 Public Perception of Planetariums [id: 109] 8 The value proposition of planetariums – an identity crisis? [id: 106] 18 One year experiences with digital planetarium in Slovak Central Observatory in Hurbanovo [id: 181] 8 Public Engagement with Interactive Domes [id: 256] 18 Do scientists care about domes? [id: 93] 19 02. ORGANIZATIONAL GOOD PRACTICES Best of both worlds [id: 158] 19 AND GREAT FAILURES (VARIOUS MODELS OF ORGANIZATION & OPERATION) 10 Great failure ins Planetarium Design – How to avoid them 08. BUILDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 20 [id: 239] 10 Space Sciences outreach by special events around the People are planetarium guiding stars [id: 262] 10 world [id: 134] 20 Progress of Shanghai Planetarium Construction Social Media as a tool for a continued experience [id: 115] 10 [id: 166] 21 Let’s group: ideas to strengthen the links between planetariums [id: 29] 22 03. EXPANSION RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES 11 The dome matters [id: 135] 23 Serving the audience during planetarium reconstruction [id: 28] 11 09. SPECIAL EVENTS: STAR GAZING Looking Back and Looking Ahead [id: 83] 11 ETC. (BEST PRACTICES, FORMATS, CHALLENGES) 23 Beyond the Stars: The Planetarium as a Community Resource [id: 15] 14 #AstroEverywhere – Engaging audiences inside and outside our museum walls [id: 18] 23 2017. Year of the Madrid Planetarium [id: 265] 15 Introducing the REAL outdoor Planetarium [id: 150] 24 Life Laser Star Party: From Star Pointer to Constellations 04. PLANETARIUM BRAND & MARKETING Plotter. [id: 65] 24 STRATEGIES 15 Astronomical urban revolution [id: 34] 24 From Earth to the Universe and Its Innovative Distribution Model [id: 198] 15 Planetariums and Film Festivals [id: 36] 15 10. PLANETARIUM EXHIBITIONS 25 How to brand and market your planetarium using an Augmented reality in the planetarium [id: 44] 25 organisational DNA [id: 199] 15 EVA simulator DIY: gamification and virtual reality for STEM [id: 240] 26 Navigating Across the Solar System [id: 227] 27 IPS 2016 PROCEEDINGS 5 Exhibition in planetarium [id: 253] 27 Reflections from Montreal [id: 264] 32 Sound objects in the dome [id: 42] 32 11. PROJECTION TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 28 Fusion – Starfield projection technology [id: 41] 28 16. OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PACKAGES. 33 Projection technology for planetariums, What’s up? Why Astronomy Visualisation Metadata is a Cool Concept [id: 157] 28 for Planetariums [id: 206] 33 Connecting with Your Audience through Hybrid Solutions Using WordlWide Telescope [id: 5] 33 [id: 8] 28 Stellarium360: Shaders (r)evolution [id: 153] 33 Open Source Planetarium Software [id: 191] 34 12. FISHEYE PHOTOGRAPHY 30 Four-Dimensional Digital Universe Viewer ‘Mitaka’ An innovative way to do 4k fulldome filming: Ultrafast [id: 114] 34 Daytime TimeLapse [id: 57] & [id: 50] 30 FullDome timelapse photography as a powerfull Fish-eye video filming techniqe [id: 245] 30 17. AFDI – RELEASE OF FIRST PLANETARIUM INDUSTRY STANDARD & The fulldome camera in your pocket [id: 215] 30 FUTURE 35 13. BENEFITS AND THREATS OF VAST 18. PLANETARIUM DESIGN, UPGRADE/ DEVELOPMENT OF VR/AR TECHNOLOGIES 31 RENOVATION – DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS FRAMEWORK THE ULTIMATE DOME. Fulldome Interactive possibilities (SESSION ORGANIZED BY IPS DESIGN AND [id: 86] 31 OPERATIONS COMMITTEE) 35 Challenges of the VR Planetarium Show [id: 151] 31 The future of immersive learning: VR vs Dome 19. PLANETARIUM DESIGN AND [id: 213] 31 BUILDING 36 Large Group Interactive Full-Dome Simulation Games Sharjah Center for Astronomy and Space Sciences for [id: 111] 31 Education [id: 145] 36 A Vendor-Neutral Assessment of Fulldome Projection Systems: The Limitations Imposed by Physics, and 14. FISHEYE VIDEO FILMING Suggestions on How to Mitigate [id: 112] 36 TECHNIQUES 32 Ancient Chinese Style Planetarium [id: 376] 36 A new approach to shooting 360 degrees [id: 220] 32 A Vendor-Neutral Assessment of Fulldome Projection Fulldome filmmaking in the deep ocean [id: 92] 32 Systems: The Limitations Imposed by Physics, and Suggestions on How to Mitigate [id: 46] 37 Behind the Scenes: Fulldome Show Production at the Charles Hayden Planetarium [id: 73] 32 The Impossible Renovation that Worked! (with centimeters to spare) [id: 164] 37 15. FROM SURROUND SOUND TO SPATIAL 3D-SOUND: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF 20. SCIENCE AND DATA VISUALIZATION 38 IMMERSIVE SOUND IN PLANETARIUMS 32 Exploiting shaders – journey to the black hole 3D Audio in Show Production [id: 195] 32 [id: 236] 38 IPS 2016 PROCEEDINGS 6 Science and Data Visualization Showcase[id: 192] 38 26. AUDIENCE PERSPECTIVE IN LIVE SHOWS – BEST PRACTICES 45 Audience perspective in live shows – best practices [id: 21. SCIENTIFIC DATA VISUALIZATION 299, 300, 301] 45 (ACCURACY & BIG DATA) 38 veRTIGE: Using simulation data to teach about galaxies [id: 156] 38 27. FROM ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY TO YOUR DOME 47 Globular clusters: live 3D models and scientific data [id: 90] 39 Lessons from the Bloemfontein Workshops [id: 302, 231] 47 Visualization Design for Solar Superstorms [id: 7] 39 From astronomical discovery to Your dome [ ] 48 Putting the “Planet” in Planetarium [id: 233] 41 28. FROM ARTIFICIAL TO REAL STARS 49 22. STAY UP-TO-DATE EVERY DAY -TOOLS FOR THE SKY AT NIGHT SHOWS Landscapes generates by fisheye lens for studies in (CALENDAR OF SKY- AND HISTORICAL cultural astronomy for digital planetariums [id: 40] 49 EVENTS, ASTRONOMY NEWS FROM THE BIG OBSERVATORIES, FRESH SCIENCE TO THE What does a natural starry sky look like? [id: 168] 49 DOME EVERY DAY) 41 From the Earth to Mars [id: 208] 41 29. TRANSLATIONS 50 Uniform Circular Motion in a Static Universe: Avoiding Millennia-old Mistakes [id: 218] 41 Benefits from a multilingual challenge [id: 47] 50 Follow the space exploration [id: 91] 42 The useful materials for live presentation [id: 39] 51 Translations of live shows [id: 255] 51 23. BEST PRACTICES IN LIVE TOURING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE – PART A 43 30. WHAT MAKES A FULLDOME STORY LHC on your dome, and other sciences [id: 228] 43 CATCHY 53 Using Astronomical Datasets in Public Shows A Tale of Two Domes [id: 132] 53 [id: 238] 43 Education with excitement (working title) [id: 30] 53 Teaching Scale with a Digital Planetarium [id: 21] 43 What’s Never Been Seen – Successful Visualizing for Fulldome Storytelling [id: 174] 53 24. DATA TO DOME 44 31. 360 COMPOSITION 56 25. SEAMLESS VIDEO-SYSTEM 45 Mass Measurement of Eye movements under the Dome – Proof of Concept Study [id: 352] 56 When the live show meets prerendered content [id: 246] 45 Domography: Leading the eye around the dome [id: 226] 56 Seamless dome? Seamless show! [id: 371] & [id: 177] & [id: 370] & [id: 369] 45 Mass Measurement of Eye movements under the Dome – Proof of Concept Study [id: 258] 56 Destination Solar System – Live Dome Theater [id: 209] 45 IPS 2016 PROCEEDINGS 7 32. FULLDOME PRODUCTION: LEGACY OF 37. ART UNDER THE DOME (BUILDING FILM INDUSTRY 57 GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS, CHALLENGES IN REACHING THE AUDIENCE) 66 Writing for Immersive Media [id: 217] 57 From Astronomy to Art [id: 170] 66 Considerations about fulldome language and production techniques [id: 130] 57 Digital Art [id: 85] 66 Fulldome. Multidisciplinary platform for people from Music, Art, and Technology: Innovation under the Dome different backgrounds. [id: 189] 57 [id: 74] 66 Leave Fulldome to the Pros [id: 52] 58 38. COLLABORATION – OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND INNOVATION 67 33.
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