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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
Notice:	Please do DIR/TITLE before starting a new topic on a movie!
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Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

640.0. "360 degrees projection" by 3149::TEAM::LEUNG (Stranger in a Strange Land) Fri Sep 09 1994 22:26

	Note 229.11 was mentioning a type of cinema shown in Epcot Center
	in Florida.  The screen is just above eye level, about 10 feet 
	high, but it wraps around you 360 degrees.  I remembered seeing 
	a movie on "America the Beautiful" in Disneyland (Los Angeles) 
	years ago.

	Since that note is really about Omnimax and Imax, I'll start a 
	new topic and ask my questions here.

	What is this cinema/technology called ?

	My guess is that multiple cameras are used to take the pictures and
	multiple projectors are used to show the movie, how does it get
	all synchronized ?

	Any idea on who makes such technology ?

	Thanks.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
640.1		REGENT::POWERS		`Mon Sep 12 1994 13:48`	10
	What you see is what it is: 9 cameras in a ring shoot out, 9 projectors around the hall play it back. (You can see the projectors shooting out between each pair of screens.) Synchronization is easy - just start at the projectors on the same frame and they stay in synch by counting frames. (There may be inter-projector signals to help ensure this.) The three-screen version was called Cinerama in the '60s. I've never seen the 360 version other than at Disney parks and the occasional world's fairs.
640.2	Circle-Vision 360	11666::HERRING		`Tue Sep 13 1994 16:23`	6
	This attraction at Walt Disney World is called Circle-Vision 360. It is in Tomorrowland, and is currently closed as part of a general overhaul of Tomorrowland. When it reopens the attraction will be called Transportarium, but it will feature a Circle-Vision presentation. Steve H.
640.3		34838::PENFROY	Just Do It or Just Say No?	`Tue Sep 13 1994 18:46`	9
	Epcot Center also has a Circle-Vision 360 theater in the Canada exhibit. They show a 360 degree view of flying through parts of Canada. You can turn around and see out the back of the plane or look ahead and see the front view. There are no seats in the theater so you can turn around at will. Really pretty neat. Paul
640.4	Computer Graphics, too...	QUARRY::reeves	Jon Reeves, UNIX compiler group	`Wed Sep 14 1994 22:20`	3
	One of the Disney installations includes a computer graphic segment. I saw a documentary on the making of that piece somewhere. Obviously, a slightly different technique from the live action :-).
640.5	Disney only	3149::TEAM::LEUNG	Stranger in a Strange Land	`Thu Sep 15 1994 19:49`	5
	Interesting to note that the only places that anyone have seen such movies are at Disney locations. I wonder if Disney have a lock on the technology. Maybe it is only suitable for theme parks, but then I don't remember seeing it elsewhere, not that I have been to a lot of amusement parks.
640.6	Canada and China too	11666::HERRING		`Fri Sep 16 1994 16:35`	8
	Re: .3 Paul is right, Epcot Center at Disney World does feature Circle- Vision presentations. I believe both Canada and China provide 360 degree films. France also has a very wide screen film, perhaps 180 degrees, and the audience can sit down. Steve H.
640.7		58776::S_BURRIDGE		`Fri Sep 16 1994 16:44`	4
	I remember seeing a "360-degree" film at Expo '67, when I was a kid. Subject was the RCMP "Musical Ride." I haven't seen any since. -Stephen