Rosco Spectrum: Developed and produced by the creative minds at SPE Partners, with a team of Academy Award®, and Emmy® and GRAMMY® Award-winning artists, National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey is a fully immersive entertainment experience that enables its visitors to dive deep into the ocean – in the heart of Times Square – without getting wet!
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It's incredible to see where media and lighting are evolving to. Projections and LEDs are incredible to see doing such amazing effects. The photographs and video shown within the article are truly breathtaking. Being there within everything - the movement, the color, the effects - must be incredible. The idea of being able to immerse patrons into a underwater adventure with lights and projections is incredible. Who knows what is next. The possibilities of this kind of effect-based experience is unimaginable. I would love to see where National Geographic turns into their next full immersion experience. And how theatres and other attractions may use similar concepts to make a fully new adventure for the public to learn, to explore and to immerse into the wonders of the world. And how we could combine these new found possibilities with different mediums to exceed even further. The possibilities are incredible. I can't wait to see what is next.
First, the execution of the lighting and projections were astounding. The Virtual Ocean Odyssey reminds me of a planetarium in the sense that you feel as though you are in the environment when in reality you are not. This is a whole new platform for lighting and media designers that I was unaware of. With the advancements of virtual reality and lighting/projections, I hope more events like this will start popping up. Secondly, this article gives me hope that aquariums are not run as sanctuaries can be shut down and replaced with something like a Virtual Ocean Odyssey. This can provide designers with more opportunities, the community with more events, and less animal cruelty. It amazes me every day how much lighting design is shifting and growing as an industry.
This article is incredible. The projections and the lighting was amazing. I know it is hard to recreate a realistic effect only using lights and projections but they really exceeded my expectations with this exhibit. This way of doing realistic lighting and projections could pave a new way of recreating natural environments which can be hard to see without advanced technology. I am intrigued to see how other exhibits will adopt this technology. Also, I hope that this type of technology can become available cheaply to the public because artists and designers can use it to help advance they projects.
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