Immersive Vision Theatre

michaelkissick Headline, Projects 28/10/201418/04/2020Dome, fulldome, Immersive Vision Theatre, IVT

The Immersive Vision Theatre (IVT) has been a core transdisciplinary instrument in i-DAT’s research and production for a number of years. We have now rebooted the project thanks to the collaboration with Gaianova (http://gaianova.co.uk/)and the European Mobile Dome Labs (http://emdl.eu/) EU Culture Programme funded research project. With the re-ignition of the FulldomeUK (http://www.fulldome.org.uk/) festival at the National Space Centre the future of fulldome is eluminescent.

The IVT is a transdisciplinary instrument for the manifestation of material and imaginary worlds, and forms a substrate for i-DAT’s research at http://dome-os.org/

More details of fulldome related projects, hiring the space or inflatable dome for shows or enquiries about fulldome productions/research, check out the IVT page here: http://i-dat.org/ivt

TOPLAP UK presents…

henriettaknight News 08/09/200914/11/2018Immersive Vision Theatre, Livecoding, slub, TOPLAP, Wrongheaded

TOPLAP UK presents: Livecoding at Plymouth University’s Immersive Vision Theatre

20th September 2009 6pm

What is livecoding? Recently featured on the BBC website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8221235.stm) livecoding is a virtuosic computer music and video performance technique which involves the creation of a sound and/ or video generating computer program in real time in front of an audience. The performers’ screens are projected so that the audience can see the creation of the program as well as seeing and hearing its output.

Who is performing? In this performance, slub (Alex Mclean and Dave Griffiths) and Wrongheaded (Matthew Yee-King and Click Nilson) will perform in the state of the art Immersive Vision Theatre at Plymouth University, which is described as a ‘transdisciplinary instrument for the manifestation of material, immaterial and imaginary worlds’ (http://www.i-dat.org/toolbox). It features full dome projection and a sophisticated spatial sound system. This is the first time that livecoding has been performed using such a system – a world first in Plymouth! As such, this performance represents a prototype for a planned tour of UK planetaria. Expect a variety of high tech electronic sound and visuals as well as some algorithmic choreography.

Contact: Pete Carss peter.carss@plymouth.ac.uk

Further info: TOPLAP UK (the loose organisation behind the gig) http://toplap.org/uk/

Alex Mclean (slub): http://slub.org/ http://yaxu.org/

Dave Griffiths (slub): http://www.pawfal.org/dave/

Matthew Yee-King (wrongheaded): http://www.yeeking.net

Click Nilson (wrongheaded): http://www.irefusetobeontheweb.com

The Immersive Vision Theatre: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk//pages/view.asp?page=18227

Marc Fournel Canada Council for the Arts Grant – New Media Residencies:

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i-DAT has been awarded a Canada Council for the Arts ‘Grants to New Media and Audio Artists: New Media Residencies’ for the sound and installation artist Marc Fournel. This follows initial funding from the Canada Council for the Arts for a research visit to i-DAT in September 2007, where Marc presented a first version of his installation SKIN-PÔ. This new award will enable Marc to develop a project incorporating Arch-OS and the Immersive Vision Theatre (Full Dome). Watch this space for further developments:

Dome Fugue v1.0:

michaelkissick Projects 20/02/200814/11/2018Festival, Fugue, Full Dome, Immersive Vision Theatre, Nascent, Voices III, William Day

1.30: Sunday 24 February 2008. The Immersive Vision Theatre and i-DAT present the ‘Dome Fugue v1.0’. This is a specially commissioned sonic experience to celebrate the re-birth of the William Day Planetarium as a transdisciplinary instrument for the manifestation of material, immaterial and imaginary worlds. This pre-launch rendering of the ‘Dome Fugue v1.0’ will be performed in the Full Dome using its cutting edge spatialised sound system and accompanied by immersive generative visualisations. ‘Dome Fugue v1.0’ has been composited by i-DAT, researchers in the Nascent Art & Technology Research Group and The Immersive Vision Theatre ‘Domies’. The piece lasts 23 minutes 56.0409053 seconds, a scaled down sidereal period (a single rotation of the Earth relative to the stars). The Dome has seating for 35 people. The newly developed Immersive Vision Theatre was brought to life by the Experiential Learning CETL (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) under the direction of Dr Ruth Weaver. The future management of the Dome lies with the Centre for Creative Design and Technology, a cross faculty (Arts & Technology) initiative and a transdisciplinary catalyst for innovation to influence the evolution of new creative design practices and strategies.
Dome Fugue v1.0 is part of ‘Voices III’ the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2008. Friday 22 – Sunday 24 February 2008. http://cmr.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/event.htm