Welcome
In 2023, The Wisdome Project introduced innovative visualization dome theatres. Tekniska Museet and Wisdome Stockholm have taken the lead in assembling a Creators Toolkit—a compendium aimed at enabling anyone and everyone to create experiences for the dome, and beyond.
Throughout spring 2024, Tekniska organized hack events to explore the dome through light, video, and sound. The learnings became the foundation for this toolkit.
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Wisdome arenas
The following locations are part of Wisdome and have a fulldome facility. The facilities vary slightly in technical specifications and size.
Visualiseringscenter C, Norrköping
Curiosum, Umeå
Tekniska museet, Stockholm
Universeum, Göteborg
Science Center, Malmö
Wisdome Stockholm
Wisdome Stockholm is an advanced dome theater located at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. The system is designed to deliver high-quality stereoscopic visualization in a fulldome format. The dome is 15 meters wide and covered by a seamless projection surface that is managed by six Barco XDL-4K30 projectors in a 3D 6P configuration. The sound system is a multichannel 9.1.1.
Technical overview
Video system
Presentation Projector: The Barco F80-4K12 is separate from the dome's 3D projection and used for external presentations.
Signal Transmission: The video signal is transmitted via KVM and fiber to the projectors.
Control System: The image system is managed via a Crestron CP4 and a KVM Switching Manager on the file server.
Real-Time 2-Cluster: Comprising 6 computers used for development, research, experimentation, and artistic activities. Controlled by an independent master computer.
Realtime Cluster: Features 6 computers plus 1 spare, used for OpenSpace. Controlled by a main master computer.
Video Cluster: Contains 6 computers plus 1 spare, employed for movie screenings with Watchout. Managed by Crestron and the main master computer.
Image Generation: Three computer clusters are controlled by two Master computers.
Resolution: Approximately 8K total resolution on the projection surface.
Projection: Using six Barco XDL-4K30 projectors, each projector displays separate image sections to create one seamless surface.
Control Room
The Wisdome Stockholm interface is accessed through the control room and its two screens. The screen on the left is the Crestron Control Screen. The second screen comes with a mouse and keyboard and is used to interact with the computers in the server. It's setup with an additional virtual screen which can be used for browsing.
Read more about the interfaces and how to use them in these PDF.
The Cluster & Nodes
The dome features 6 projectors stitched together, with each projector having a computer connected to it. We refer to the computers as "nodes" and each group of nodes is referred to as a "cluster". There are 3 clusters:
1. The Video cluster
This cluser is used for playback of dome video such as Making Magic.
2. The Realtime cluster
This cluster is primarily used for running OpenSpace.
3. The experimental cluster
This cluser is used for experimental audiovisual applications, for example TouchDesigner, Unreal, PureData and Resolume.
Software
C-Play is an open source cluster video player and used as a media server for the Master Computer.
C-Troll
C-Troll is a suite of applications that make it possible to control applications in a distributed computing environment. It provides the ability for a central Control computer to control a number of Nodes and start configurable programs on these clusters. The suite consists of four applications: The Tray, C-Troll, the Editor, and the Starter.
Visualiser
This web application enables users to upload their own image or video and preview how it will appear in the dome format.
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