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Projecting Data on a Sphere

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the higher-def dept.

necro81 writes "The NYTimes has an article in today's Science section that describes a four-projector system that displays images on a spherical screen. The Science on a Sphere system, developed at the Goddard Space Flight Center and used in some planetariums, can display and animate vast amounts of visual data from the Earth, Moon, Sun, and the other planets. The sphere is suspended by thin wires, and animating the image data gives the illusion of a free-floating, rotating world."

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  1. Get the fleet ready by Asshat+Canada · · Score: 1, Funny

    We are using this to plan our attack on the Death Star.

  2. Perfect for mission briefings by amliebsch · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's just what I need to show my pilots where the shield generator is located.

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    1. Re:Perfect for mission briefings by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

      Many Bothans died for this post...

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  3. uh didnt anyone tell them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is pointless - don't they realise the precipitous drop in attendance at Plane-Ariums around the world? I dont see how this is any different.

    ""Laser"" Floyd in your own house, though... woot!

    -math

  4. I need two... by butterwise · · Score: 0, Funny

    Perfect for my pr0n.

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  5. Re:Halograms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    My cat sleeping on the keyboard has typed more insightful posts.
    Is your cat halographic (sic)? If so, FRAG THE FELINE!
  6. Ooo Pretty.... by JayDot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Birthday Trip to the planetarium...

    Who wants to open the pinata?

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  7. Sphere screen envy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great, just when I thought I had satisfied everyone's flatscreen envy I will now have to satisfy their sphere screen envy!

  8. Snakes on a Sphere? by JLavezzo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Use this technique with a showing of "Snakes on a Plane".
    You'd get ... "Snakes on a Plane on a Sphere"

  9. the actual earth by fred+fleenblat · · Score: 1, Funny

    is an ellipsoid.
    is that too much to ask?

  10. Halo graphics by tepples · · Score: 3, Funny

    Could this be giving birth to the beginnings of 3D halographic techonology?

    No, that was the Xbox.

  11. Brilliant by GimmeFive · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are some arses here at the office that could now be used for IMAX.