Project Team: Ruth Comley, Eben Meyers, Jen Smith, Greg Wieder, Ross Popoff, Josh Hailpern
Instructors: Kerry Handron
Fall 2004
The dome is a miniature, portable, inflatable planetarium. We, the ETC students on the Interactive Dome Project, have been charged with developing interactivity as a new feature of the dome. * How can interactivity work effectively in a dome environment? * What can we build to show off the capabilities of the dome? The Interactive Dome Project is an exploration of these questions. As the initial project in a series of projects exploring and prototyping interactive dome experiences, we are focusing on three main aspects: * Getting a 3D engine running with the appropriate spherical projection output. * Exploring effective (and ineffective) uses of interactivity in the dome environment. * Building and packaging a portable, interactive prototype experience.