Friday, November 17, 2017
Specialty projection screens: Strong/MDI and Eclipse Screens
InPark Magazine: Custom screen configurations and projection surfaces are often essential to creating successful media-based attractions and immersive projection environments. Examples include dark rides, 4D experiences, motion simulators, flying theaters, museum exhibitions, brand experiences and haunts. Two leading experts in the field, Eclipse Screens and Strong/MDI Screen Systems, have joined forces to offer custom, turnkey solutions that integrate their complementary products and services, with multiple showcases and demonstrations during the 2017 IAAPA Attractions Expo.
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I never got all the hype about elliptical screens. Maybe it’s because I don’t know the science behind it but every time I see one on display they look the same as the flat one. I know the technology has been around for a number of years because when I was in grade school our class went to see a movie at the Omni theatre at the museum of science. I always thought that the elliptical screen was meant to surround the viewer with graphics but ever since they rolled this concept into consumer TV I am beginning to wonder what is really behind this technology. This article brings up some good points about this topic. I agree that it is very important to invest the money in a custom projection installation. It should cater exactly to what the attraction is and what it is serving. During my freshman year at CMU, I was loosely involved in an elliptical projection and I am confident that it added significant value to the experience.
Elliptical screen systems to me always seemed like something that someone had a great idea that just didn't quite reach its full potential or is something that has a lot of room to grow and to innovate. The technology seems to have been left pretty stagnant for awhile aside from the integration in to smaller and smaller display systems changing the purpose of their initial intent. I remember as a kid going to the movie theatre and seeing one for the first time feeling some what overwhelmed and engulfed by the experience but not thinking much more then just oh boy thats big and even today the same holds true. I somehow feel like it might be something like 3D projection that might need to take a couple of setbacks or a relook in order to obtain its true and best form.
I think companies like this are really great. Projection theatre is what I see the future of theatre as and companies like this are truly on the leading edge of our industry. Their ability to create new work that is unlike anything that has come before it is incredible. I think visual reality technology like theirs is one of the purest forms of immersion possible which I find very exciting. This is the closest we have come to seamless animation with the real world. I am anxious to see the point at which the two become indistinguishable, which I do think will happen in our lifetimes. I want to be able to step into a room or machine and be completely convinced that I have been transported to a new world. When this is possible, I think we will have reached a pinnacle that we have been working towards for a long time.
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