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| OBERKOCHEN/Germany, WOLFSBURG/Germany, 06.10.2009. Carl Zeiss has received an order for a powerdome®VELVET digital full-dome projection system from the Wolfsburg Planetarium in Germany. After its extensive modernization during the period between 2009 and 2010 Wolfsburg’s “gateway to the stars“ will be one of the first users of the future-oriented projection technology from Carl Zeiss alongside the Bochum Planetarium. It can be used to project video images over the entire dome with a surface area of 350 square meters. The digital system supplements traditio- nal planetarium technology from Carl Zeiss, with which the Wolfsburg Planetarium has been equipped since 1983. This full-dome projection technology is increasingly being combined with traditional planetarium projectors all over the world. While the visualization possibilities of conventional technology are largely limited to astronomic content, digital projectors can project full-dome video images of any content desired—with outstanding quality and maximum brilliance in VELVET. This makes it possible to present subjects from any field of science using very attractive visualization techniques. The video images generated with VELVET adapt to the sky projection, allowing the artificial sky to shine unchanged in all its naturalness. While traditional video projectors considerably brighten the image background and rob the stars of their brilliance, black in the image remains black on the dome with VELVET. This is all guaranteed by the leading edge technology developed at Carl Zeiss using special optical know-how that incorporates DLP® technology from Texas Instruments. The optical and mechanical components feature many trend-setting innovations from Carl Zeiss. In the Wolfsburg Planetarium six VELVET projectors are arranged at the edge of the dome. Each projector generates one of six partial images which, when combined on the dome, result in the complete 360° x 180° image—all with outstanding clarity. The “powerdome” computer system delivers the image data to the projectors. More than 400 million pixels are transmitted a second. The computers also ensure the smooth coupling of the digital projectors with the STARMASTER opto-mechanical planetarium from Carl Zeiss. The digital planetarium supplements the astronomical projections with additional constellations and a large number of other objects that exactly follow the movements of the opto-mechanical sky. The integration of the new technology by Carl Zeiss in the Wolfsburg Planetarium is scheduled for the beginning of 2010. The facility is due to be reopened next spring. An extended program with a wide diversity of subjects and fascinating images will then await the visitors.  The VELVET video projector from Carl Zeiss provides brilliant images with a level of contrast never achieved before. Gudrun Vogel Communications Carl Zeiss Phone: +49 3641 64-2770 Fax: +49 3641 64-2941 E-Mail: 
g.vogel@zeiss.deVolkmar Schorcht Marketing and Project Management Planetariums Carl Zeiss AG Phone: +49 3641 64-2283 Fax.: +49 3641 64-3023 E-Mail: schorcht@zeiss.deNumber: 0162-2009-ENG PL Number of Words: 476 Number of Characters: 3723 |
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