Ott Planetarium Announces The Nature of Science

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ottThe Ott Planetarium have released a new movie for their dome projector, called ‘The Nature of Science’. You can see the entire show on their website, but like they say: ‘but it’s much better in the planetarium!’. Indeed. Any shows planned here in the Netherlands? :)

Ron Proctor wrote:

The Ott Planetarium is pleased to announce the release of The Nature of Science. This 21 minute planetarium show is designed to communicate what science is and how scientists work. A companion website (thenatureofscience.org) is in development.

The full program can be seen online at: weber.edu/planetarium/productions/nos.html

The show is available in the following formats: 1k MPEG-2, 1k M2V+OGG, with support for 2k Domemasters, 4k Domemasters and NTSC DVD coming soon.

The Nature of Science was produced with Blender; a free, open source production suite (see blender.org). The Ott Planetarium has been producing fulldome video since 2005 and has been using a Blender-based production pipeline since 2006. Blender-produced titles include: Cosmic Journey, Astro Otters, Astro Otters Jr., and several short pieces.

For more information, contact Ron Proctor ([email protected]) or visit the Ott Planetarium website: weber.edu/planetarium .

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    • TxRx

      Wish the Scottish science fair in Edinburgh had picked this up instead of some of the lesser astronomy discussions they’ve been holding.

    • Chris Schultz

      Nice! Science is very cool, so it’s nice to see blender used to help advocate the study of science.

    • Michael W.

      “Astro Otters,” eh? Hmm.

      Either way, kudos to them!

    • http://robbielosee.googlepages.com Robbie Losee

      I just watched the video and I am wondering what sort of render/camera settings they used to get the “fisheye” effect for a planetarium dome.

    • http://www.blendernation.com Bart

      @Robbie: they released their camera rig a few months ago:

      http://www.blendernation.com/2008/12/28/ott-planetarium-releases-new-fisheye-camera-rig/

      Cheers,

      Bart

    • http://www.theprocessdiary.blogspot.com flawedprefect

      I am inspired in the way blender and the promotion of science have come together in such a way. Am downloading plans to build my own planetarium, so I can view this in all its glory. Once ordered from them, of course!