Projectiondesign installs 6 projectors at Denver's Gates Planetarium

The Gates Planetarium of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (Us.) has managed to reduce its expenses thanks to the update of its projection equipment, installing six new DLP projectors from the F32 series from projectiondesign.

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Gates Planetarium has installed 6 DLP projectors of the F32 series of the Norwegian manufacturer projectiondesign as part of a major technology upgrade of the facility, that has the capacity to 125 people and is used to show a wide range of immersive movies, some of which are produced in the Museum itself.

Tim Nicholson, Director of Exhibition Technology and Systems Development, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Explained: “Our previous system was an installation of 11 projectors that proved unreliable and cost extremely high. The six F32 projectors have been combined by our system integrator to form a perfect dome display of 360 by 160 Degrees, at a high resolution of 3.300 by 3.300 pixels".

The specialist in immersive displays Global Immersion designed and integrated the multi-channel projection system as part of its Fidelity Bright digital solution, which includes the personalized management of the media and reproduction systems of the Planetarium, while the Museum team designed and installed other areas of the new technology, including multi-channel audio and lighting control systems.

“In addition to the contents of immersive films hosted on the Museum's servers, the Planetarium also offers live concerts "under the stars" and special events such as views of Earth from space using real-time navigation from the SCISS Uniview., added Nicholson. “So one of the special requirements we had was to find a simple way to switch between three different media server clusters—one for day-to-day operations., and two clusters for the development of special events-“.

Alan Caskey, Director of Global Immersion in the Americas, has indicated: "This reference space is one of many projects in which we have integrated projectiondesign technology.. The high reliability and performance features of these projectors offer an attractive commercial-grade solution for us and our customers.. Our own experience in working with these complex and demanding display solutions works hand in hand with the important advantages that the projectiondesign product range offers.. ”

In this sense, Neil Wittering, Marketing Director of projectiondesign, has targeted: "Immersive environments like the Gates Planetarium require high-end projectors in terms of image quality., Reliability and consistency, Not just between multiple projectors at any given time, but also through time. We are delighted that the Museum has managed to reduce its operating costs thanks to our F32 projectors., And we see these types of projects as validating our uncompromising approach to designing high-performance products for commercial applications.".

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