Projection Dome

The 360 Dome workspace facility is designed for experimenting with immersive projection and audio. The Projection Dome is only operational during Blackbox IBB opening hours and is used for classes, seminars, and standalone student projects.

1. Introduction

Introduction

The HKU Projection Dome The 360 Dome workspace facility is designed for experimenting with immer...

What is a Projection Dome?

Why would we design in a Dome instead of a normal projection? The spherical shape of the Dome cre...

2. Prepare your source files

Manuals

Manual convert 2D video to sphere map

Convert 2D video to sphere map with after effects https://youtu.be/fQPeUuhEXdg

3. OBS and Dome

Example for sending media over NDI using OBS

Installing OBS

Download OBS from the official website If you're using OBS from your own laptop/pc, make sure to ...

Adjusting the Canvas Size

Go to the top menu OBS -> Preferences -> Video Change the Base (Canvas) Resolution to 4000x4000 p...

Other usefull stuff...

NDI output vanuit Max/MSP https://cycling74.com/forums/jit-ndi-externals-for-sending-videoaudio-o...

8 speaker system

The Dome setup has an audio setup containing 8 speakers, 1 amplifier, 1 sound interface. On the M...

Connection issues

Tips for wired connection with Windows laptop:Turn off WIFI connectionTurn off all firewalls!Fire...