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Australian Museum Exhibit Sports 3D Bees

Posted by simoniker on from the skeleton-floats-from-balcony-at-you dept.

BoogieChile writes "According to The Age, the Victorian Museum in Melbourne, Australia has opened a new display called The Virtual Room. In this display, visitors don polarizing 3D glasses to view a series of eight two-metre-wide screens arranged to form a seven-metre-wide octagon, enclosed in a 15-metre-wide darkened theatre. Not only are all the screen images in 3-D, but by walking from screen to screen you can see the same scene - dinosaurs at the edge of a lake, for example - from a different angle. I saw this on the news last night, and it looked really cool - there was a display of Phar Lap, 'Australia's wonder horse', displayed galloping around the track in 3-D, modelled from precise measurements taken from his stuffed body which also lives at the Victoria Museum. Programs on Tasmanian tigers, the ancient Devonian sea and the Cambodian city of Angkor Wat are set to follow, as are interactive programs. Run from screen to screen, for example, and a swarm of 3-D bees will follow you."

12 comments

  1. Pharlap? by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I thought that was just a DOS Extender. But it would explain the horse in their logo.

    1. Re:Pharlap? by jazir1979 · · Score: 1

      You philistine!

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  2. 3D bees? by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 1

    I hadn't heard that.

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  3. People really seem to care! by Deflagro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    With all the posts and interest i see, people really care about the topic! I can't say i've seen such a low amount of posts. I think it's intersesting. I wish the article had more pictures though. I hate when an article talks about stunning 3D displays, etc and no pics or drawings or any visuals. Anyhow, i'm at work and figured i'd say something.

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    1. Re:People really seem to care! by MrsPReDiToR · · Score: 1

      Thats cos although its a really interestinmg topic Im in the UK and my chances of actually seeing the exhibit are as high as me winning the lottery in every country. Oh wait thats not right, if I won the lottery in any country I could afford to see the exhibit! Seriously it sounds great and yes its a shame we dont get pics.

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    2. Re:People really seem to care! by Deflagro · · Score: 1

      Agreed, I'm in the US and i'll never get to see that exhibit. I could fly for 20 hours I suppose and pay thousands of dollars, but not likely.

      I guess pics wouldn't do it justice but dammit, I'm curious.

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  4. Release the 3D Dogs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    or the 3D Bees...or the 3D dogs with the 3D bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot 3D bees at you...

  5. 3D Bees by John+Miles · · Score: 1

    Twice the power of ordinary bees!

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    1. Re:3D Bees by rco3 · · Score: 1

      Sigh.

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    2. Re:3D Bees by Tackhead · · Score: 1
      > 3D Bees
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      >Twice the power of ordinary bees!

      Oracle, MySQL, Access?

      No, that's still only two and a half DBs.

  6. Been there, done that by Pseudonym · · Score: 1

    I was at the museum on the 31st. The "virtual room" amused me for about 30 seconds. Mind you, I was watching the brain show, not the bees. The bees might have been more fun.

    I thought the Graeme Base exhibition was far more fun, but that's probably just me.

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