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| BOCHUM, JENA/Germany, 27.03.2009. The Bochum planetarium is the first in the world to receive a VELVET projection system from Carl Zeiss. The city placed an order this week with the planetarium manufacturer for the delivery and installation of the digital system for all-dome displays. This includes the eight digital video projectors to complement the UNIVERSARIUM optical-mechanical star projector from Carl Zeiss installed in 2000. It will enable visitors to not only experience a brilliant night sky, but also to embark on spectacular, virtual journeys to the depths of the universe. These contents are provided by the UNIVIEW software from Swedish company SCISS included with delivery. A system upgrade for the UNIVERSARIUM enables the coupling of the two projection systems. The Zeiss planetarium in Bochum will reopen in March 2010. VELVET generates dome images and videos with unparalleled contrast and outstanding clarity. This enables more attractive programs, while the technology meets the needs of the modern transfer of knowledge. For the very first time, the powerdome® VELVET system from Carl Zeiss provides the technical foundation to visualize with a 3D effect current knowledge about the structures and elements of the universe in a planetarium. The system developed by Carl Zeiss is the first digital dome projection system to meet all customer requirements without limiting image quality. With this technology, Carl Zeiss is the only manufacturer to offer the possibility of intelligently connecting analog planetarium projections with digital video projection. This means, for example, that the digital projection, e.g. of constellations is synchronous to the night sky of the planetarium projector. The powerdome® VELVET will replace more than 80 slide and special effect projectors in Bochum. SCISS used the extensive databases of the American Museum of Natural History in New York to create the program contents. Audiences will be able to enjoy the panorama of Saturn’s rings on the dome while the Huygens probe is passing by or to view the sky with x-ray eyes. Furthermore, Carl Zeiss is delivering a workstation with several networked computers as the production of the all-dome programs entails significant requirements on the image data.  Exterior view of the Bochum planetarium. Gudrun Vogel Communications Phone: +49 3641 64-2770 Fax: +49 3641 64-2941 E-Mail: 
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