Klänge, Musik und Soundscapes

Posted by on Jan 28, 2015 in Fulldome, Thoughts, Vortex | 2 Comments
Klänge, Musik und Soundscapes

Last year I was contacted by my good friend Jürgen Rienow of Kiel University in Germany to ask if he could use an image from Vortex for their 2014 Yearbook of Immersive Media. The topic for the book was sound and music within immersive spaces so he also asked if I’d write an article on my […]

VORTEX VR – A Unity Fulldome 3D Player for the Oculus Rift

Posted by on Mar 9, 2014 in Featured, Vortex | 9 Comments
VORTEX VR – A Unity Fulldome 3D Player for the Oculus Rift

The Oculus Rift has been gaining momentum over the past couple of years and if you haven’t heard, it’s tipped as being the VR system that will succeed. The new Crystal Cove prototype was a big hit at CES earlier this year winning the best of CES award and appearing on every tech blog from […]

Vortex at B3 Biennale.

Posted by on Oct 30, 2013 in Fulldome, Vortex | No Comments
Vortex at B3 Biennale.

Video by Ralph Heinsohn B3 is a film festival… Primarily for flat-screen films. It is a flat-screen film festival that has a fulldome section within the program. There aren’t many standard film festivals that do. Vortex has been selected to be shown in the fulldome shorts section of the program. Awesome! To see the short […]

Fulldome Festival 2013 Zeiss Planetarium Jena

Posted by on Jun 11, 2013 in Fulldome, Vortex | No Comments
Fulldome Festival 2013 Zeiss Planetarium Jena

This was my first time at the fulldome festival in Jena, my first time in the oldest planetarium in the world and my first time experiencing the delights of the famous festival sausage. Vortex won a Janus Award for best spatial sound, which me and Rene went up to collect. Flavio couldn’t make it to […]

Vortex Domes

Posted by on Mar 13, 2013 in Fulldome, Vortex | No Comments
Vortex Domes

Since its release a few months ago, VORTEX has  has been requested by many planetariums around the world. I’m filled with a sense of pride every time I get an email requesting access to the 4k download. To think that a tiny minutes worth of my work will be projected inside some of these incredible […]

VORTEX at Fulldome UK

Posted by on Nov 20, 2012 in Fulldome, Vortex | No Comments
VORTEX at Fulldome UK

It’s been an intense weekend at the National Space Centre for Fulldome UK. Two solid days packed with the best in fulldome from all over the world. VORTEX won an award for ‘Best Sonic Experience’, which fills my heart with joy, and my soul with some kind of creative adrenaline. An international crowd gathered from […]

VTX Slideshow

Posted by on Oct 26, 2012 in Vortex | No Comments
VTX Slideshow

See the full size flickr set here.

Thinking Spatially about Sound

Posted by on Aug 1, 2012 in Vortex | No Comments
Thinking Spatially about Sound

A shot from Rene’s spatial sound studio at Fraunhofer IDMT in Berlin. You can just about see the multitude of speakers that span the perimeter of the room, and there are many speakers located above. Things got a bit busy leading up to IPS2012 so I wasn’t able to blog about the conversations going between […]

VORTEX 8k Fulldome Still

Posted by on Jul 31, 2012 in Vortex | 2 Comments
VORTEX 8k Fulldome Still

Above is a cropped in close up of an 8k frame from VORTEX. Click here or on the image above to see the full 8k frame. This is the first frame I’ve managed to render, memory has been an issue, even with 32 gigabytes. Rendering at 8k really is a whole different beast. When I […]

Domefest Official Selection

Posted by on Jul 9, 2012 in Fulldome, Vortex | No Comments
Domefest Official Selection

I’m very pleased to announce that VORTEX has been selected for screening at Domefest 2012! I need to buy Flavio and Rene a bottle of whisky each in celebration. DomeFest 2012 will be held at the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium and ExxonMobil Space Theater at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in Baton Rouge, LA. […]