Futuroscope Fulldome in cosmic projection

Located in the department of Vienne, north of Poitiers, it has several 3D cinemas along with other attractions and shows, and the site has seen more than 35 million visitors since the park opened in 1987.

The planetarium, uses a Fidelity Brigh digital full-dome system provided by immersive theater provider Global Immersion. Six projectiondesign F32 series high-performance DLP projectors with SXGA+ resolution projectors have been matched and optimised for the planetarium’s show. Global Immersion was contracted to upgrade the existing system with a six-channel Fidelity Bright system including a full content management and storage system.

In 2002, Destination Cosmos opened alongside the 21 existing pavilions in the park, housing a fulldome theatre and an interactive pre-show area to engage visitors with astronomy and space science.
Destination Cosmos has become one of the highest attended Planetariums in Europe since its launch, with approximately 800,000 visitors walking through its doors each year. The 21-meter tilted dome theatre has been screening a French-dubbed version of AMNH’s fulldome productions ‘Search for Life’ to an audience of up to 350 people at a time.

The Fidelity system used at Futuroscope’s includes a custom Fidelity Media Server cluster – Global Immersion’s high-resolution, uncompressed fulldome server system. This open-architecture setup will be used to present AMNH’s latest production, ‘Cosmic Collisions’.

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