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Powerdome – 360° Degree Dome Projection

Powerdome Projektsions-System in der Urania Potsdam
© Yvonne Dickopf

The 360° fulldome projection system is a powerdome system specially customised for the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Urania by the company Carl Zeiss. The Powerdome system can be used to project real-time media and interactive visualisations in an immersive fulldome environment.

Utilisation

The dome projection system is used in cooperation with the Urania-Planetarium "Wilhelm Foerster" e. V.
Dates and use by arrangement.

Courses
Course list see Incom-Workspaces

Location
Urania "Wilhelm Foerster" e.V.
Gutenbergstr. 71-72
14467 Potsdam

Further information

Equipment

Carl Zeiss Powerdome Spacegate Quinto

The 360° fulldome projection system is a Powerdome system specially customised for the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Urania by the company Carl Zeiss. The Powerdome was further developed by the Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam so that the system can now also be used to display interactive real-time visualisations.

  • 5-channel digital projection system
  • Zeiss projectors, DLP technology
  • Zeiss lens, DIGIGON 126
  • project-dependent geometric iris
  • controllable iris for black image background
  • 5-channel image generator
  • PC cluster with software for image generation, image geometry and blending in real time
  • Configurator, editor, video player
  • 2D planetarium software
  • Real-time application computer

Contact

Prof. Klaus Dufke
Professor for Multimedia Design, Multimedia, Motiongraphics
Boris Müller
Professor für Interaction Design