Elumenati Projects

Check out some of the projects we’re particularly proud of. These reflect the quality of our solutions and our inventive approach to helping clients create unparalleled immersive experiences.

  • The GeoDome Panorama enables Magnopus to create immersive experiences for our wide range of clientele, and is the perfect environment for group virtual reality reviews during our creative process.

    —Ben Grossman / Magnopus Co-founder
    Magnopus  View Project
  • We relied on The Elumenati's WorldViewer .... Their platform-agnostic tool worked seamlessly in the dome and made it relatively simple to author not only the live, narrated shows we presented, but also displayed all of the autorun content.

    —Ned Gardiner, PhD / Contractor to NOAA Climate Program Office / WorldViews Network
    The Eye at the Aspen Ideas Festival  View Project
  • Elumenati’s Cobra Panoramas take the simulators in our new Kinetic Zone to the next level. They enable visitors to explore physics in a visually dynamic setting. Within this exhibit, we are able to provide a virtual world that presents real world forces in motion.

    --JoAnn Newman / Orlando Science Center President & CEO
    Orlando Science Center  View Project
  • When the Children’s Museum of Manhattan began work on our exhibition six years ago, it was our dream to be able transport visitors around the world. With the help of the Elumenati’s amazing GeoDome Panorama and WorldViewer, that dream became a reality.

    --Andrew Ackerman / Executive Director, Children’s Museum of Manhattan
    Children’s Museum of Manhattan  View Project
  • Our new Elumenati projection system has made our 6' globe come to life. The brightness and quality of the projected image make a major difference in the impact the globe makes on viewers. We are extremely happy and look forward to adding more content for our guests to explore.

    —Chuck Kopczak / Curator of Ecology, California Science Center
    Elumenati Digital Video Globes  View Project
  • The Cyclorama allows us to create a shared, stereoscopic VR experience for dozens of simultaneous viewers. With WorldViewer we can load content from 360 video rigs, 3D animation, and real-time game engines. Our project had many unique requirements, and The Elumenati showed tremendous flexibility to meet these goals.

    --Zach Duer / Immersive Environment Specialist, ICAT at Virginia Tech
    Cyclorama at Virginia Tech  View Project
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Lake County Forest Preserves’ Lobby Screen

Museum visitors interact with information on a custom-designed lobby display lit by edge-blended projectors, with content driven by WorldViewer.

Save the Children GeoDome Theater

“At least one person from each group told me they had never had an experience with content like this before,” said Ian Carr, Save the Children’s Director of Technology Innovation.

Product feature: GeoDome Globe (52500)

The 52500 is a high-resolution GeoDome Globe bright enough for trade show displays. Create group virtual reality experiences on the globe, exploring 360 video, interactive datasets from NASA and NOAA, and more.

Elumenati’s evolution in the VR world – new Cyclorama video

Hey, we made a video! Our co-founder, D’nardo Colucci, narrates the evolution of The Elumenati and VR technologies.

Children’s Museum of Manhattan – Let’s Dance!

Children and families can dance along with world class dance companies in a GeoDome Portal with WorldViewer, in CMOM's new Let’s Dance! exhibit.

Neurological Rehabilitation VR

The Neurological Rehabilitation VR project is using a customized GeoDome Panorama with their OptiTrack Motion Tracking system.

Asheville Museum of Science

AMOS’ GeoDome Panorama helps connect visitors to STEM education and the unique Western North Carolina landscape, using WorldViewer and NASA JPL’s Eyes.

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum

The museum uses its GeoDome Theater to promote the understanding of history, science and service, and its newly upgraded 6' globe for interactive exploration of NASA's Eyes.

ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration

Visitors use a touchscreen to interactively explore Earth and space science on our 4m panorama, powered by a 200 series OmniFocus projection system, using WorldViewer and Eyes on the Solar System.

Digital Globes and Upgrades

We are now offering complete digital globe solutions, as well as upgrades for existing Magic Planets® - offering OmniFocus™ projection technologies and Elumenati support for clients around the world.

The Eye at the Aspen Ideas Festival

The Elumenati supplied an OmniFocus 30530 projection system and a custom-built, negative-pressure screen inside one of Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes. Our WorldViewer software drove the presentations — an interactive exploration of the ways in which humans and Earth systems are linked, with a focus on building resilience.

Children’s Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Clinic

Developed through a collaboration with U+B Architecture and Design and hospital staff, this unique projection wall creates a sensory escape for patients as they use the Kinect to create patterns that imitate the natural flow of ripples and currents in water.

Immersion Theater at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center

One of our most versatile installations — featuring the full complement of immersive software for Earth and space science — this dynamic theater engages visitors in seamless interactive tours.

Magnopus

"As part of the Magnopus production pipeline, the GeoDome Panorama with a 4m screen, 500 Series lens, and 2.5k Barco projector has been an integral part of our workflow." - Ben Grossmann, Co-founder

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

Visitors to NASM – on the Mall in Washington, DC – can interactively explore real NASA mission data in four Elumenati Cobra Panoramas, driven by NASA JPL’s Eyes platforms. In the Orbital Vistas: The Earth from Space gallery, two systems use Eyes on the Earth to fly along with NASA’s fleet of Earth Science missions and […]

Children’s Museum of Manhattan – America to Zanzibar

A GeoDome Panorama is part of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan’s America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far exhibition, using WorldViewer for a 3D exploration of mosque architecture from the Maldives to China.

Cyclorama at Virginia Tech

32' in diameter, the Cyclorama features four edge-blended OmniFocus projectors with laser light engines. WorldViewer delivers 120 Hz stereo content at 4K resolution per screen from a single rack mount computer.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JPL's GeoDome Theater is the first to include Eyes on the Earth and Eyes on the Solar System, as well as Uniview and WorldViewer - the result of years of collaboration with The Elumenati.

Science Panorama at NCMNS

A kiosk with a custom user interface launches WorldViewer content in this immersive theater, with a 23’ panorama and OmniFocus 30530 projection system.

Orlando Science Center

To illustrate how real world physics is interpreted in the virtual world, Orlando Science Center created an area featuring driving and flight simulators. Through the use of three Elumenati Cobra Panoramas attached to the simulators, visitors engage in an active exploration of the fundamentals of physics.

Metropolitan State University

The Metro Dome project at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota will use their GeoDome Theater system in a variety of ways — including undergraduate education, community engagement, and other science outreach programs.

Minnesota State University Moorhead

MSUM complements their existing starball with a 30270 projection system and Uniview.

Lehigh University

Lehigh’s GeoDome brings an outreach program to students and to families who visit the DaVinci Discovery Center of Science & Technology. It was also recently featured at a camp for students with autism.

Citilab

Citilab uses their GeoDome Theater in an outreach program with real-time presentations of climate change research, and was part of the COP15 international climate summit in 2009.

University of Wisconsin at River Falls

UWRF is working with the UW-Madison Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center to bring new ways for students and community members to explore the universe.

Jackson Middle School Observatory

A GeoDome Portal in the Observatory classroom welcomes about 125 students a day and hosts additional shows during evening hours.

Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium

The Owsley Brown II Portable Planetarium program, in a GeoDome Theater with Uniview and WorldViewer, launched in 2012.

American Museum of Natural History

AMNH's GeoDome Theater will complement programming in the Hayden Planetarium, where Uniview was developed as a collaboration between NASA, AMNH, and SCISS.

University of Minnesota Duluth – GeoDome Theater

University of Minnesota Duluth’s Marshal W. Alworth Planetarium chose the GeoDome Theater system for their new portable planetarium outreach program launching September 30, 2015. A substantial donation from the Charles L. Matsch Estate aided the funding effort for acquisition of this system. The GeoDome Theater will be named in honor of the donor. The system […]

Wauwatosa West High School

Wauwatosa West High School Planetarium chose our 200 Series based GeoDome Evolver system for their facility renovation effort during the summer of 2015. The GeoDome Evolver system is used primarily for K-12 astronomy education.  The Gary E. Sampson Planetarium serves on-campus students, the local school district schools, as well as schools from surrounding areas.  A […]

Connecticut Science Center

At the Connecticut Science Center, students from school systems in the Hartford metro area are using WorldViewer to learn Earth science and astronomy, working in teams to create projects for final presentations on the dome. An OmniFocus 200 series projection system lights up the 9m planetarium dome, and content also includes Eyes on the Solar […]

University of Minnesota Duluth – GeoDome Evolver

University of Minnesota Duluth’s Marshal W. Alworth Planetarium chose our 200 Series-based GeoDome Evolver system for facility upgrades during the summer of 2015. The GeoDome Evolver system is used primarily for their public outreach program. Traditional planetarium programs are offered in addition to touring the known Universe via Uniview. Alongside traditional programming the planetarium will […]

Caribbean University

The GeoDome Network expanded to include Puerto Rico when Caribbean University’s Bayamon campus acquired a GeoDome Theater. They’ll be using it for an astronomy education outreach program in public schools. In the GeoDome, DomeView Pro enables them to use a range of astronomy software platforms including Stellarium, Celestia, and Starry Night. They can also play […]

Seminole State College Planetarium

Seminole State's OmniFocus 500 series projection system features WQXGA resolution.

The Whidbey GeoDome Project

In 2011 and 2012, thousands of people experienced Whidbey's GeoDome Theater at its inaugural event at the Next Fifty, a six-month celebration of the anniversary of the World's Fair in Seattle.

AARNet

AARNet, Australia's Academic and Research Network, uses a GeoDome Theater with Uniview as part of their mission to bring high-speed broadband experiences to schools to revolutionalise the 21st century curriculum.

University of Toronto

A GeoDome Theater with Uniview serves as the main planetarium at the University of Toronto. Its uses include helping undergraduates grasp astronomical concepts through real-time visualization.

North Carolina Museum of Natural Science

The NCMNS GeoDome showcases a real-time presentation that inspires teens ages 12-17 to understand the effects of climate change on marine mammals and inspires them be part of the solution.

Richard Stockton College

Richard Stockton College joined the GeoDome network in 2010 with a Theater. Their programming is based on Uniview and DomeView Pro.

University of North Dakota

UND's Simulation Immersion in Teacher Education (SITE) initiative integrates a digital simulation learning environment into school-based science instruction.

Chester County Intermediate School System

Four schools in the Chester County intermediate School System share a GeoDome Theater with Uniview.

Como Elementary School

Como Elementary School’s OmniFocus 200 series projector is placed in front of the starball, enabling simultaneous operation of the starball and SX3, increasing pixel density in the audience's main focal area.

Mankato East High School

Mankato East upgraded its 9m Spitz planetarium with the GeoDome Evolver and Uniview, adding interactivity and networking capabilities.

Mayo High School

Mayo's planetarium features a 500 series projector with Uniview operating simultaneously with their starball, hosting networked presentations with the Minnesota Regional Planetarium Network.

Southwest Minnesota State University

With a digital projector and Uniview as well as a Spitz starball, SMSU hosts collaborative presentations as part of the Minnesota Regional Planetarium Network.

University of Michigan Exhibit Museum Planetarium

As part of renovations to the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum Planetarium, a GeoDome Evolver replaced the original opto-mechanical starball system.

NOAA Office of Education and Climate Program Office

NOAA's GeoDome Portal showcases climate data visualization at events and conferences. The Elumenati have worked closely with NOAA on a number of projects and presentations.

NOAA Pacific

NOAA Pacific's GeoDome is used in local outreach programs to educate and inspire stewardship through content focused on critical issues affecting global and local ecosystems.

RENCI at UNC Asheville

The GeoDome Portal at RENCI brings the latest communication tools and technologies to bear on pressing problems, and illustrates the impact of development on environmental balance.

California Academy of Sciences

The GeoDome Theater at CAS has been a great success as part of its exhibits: with a custom cover printed to look like an igloo, the GeoDome became the main attraction in the "Tis the Season for Science” exhibit.

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

This GeoDome Theater brings the “Great Space Escape” program, a tour of the night sky and the solar system using Uniview, to local schools.

Worldviews Network

This three-year project links a network of participating planetariums and GeoDomes across the country and create visualizations and programming that educate audiences about global change issues.

Journey Museum

"Journey Into Space" is an outreach program that utilizes a GeoDome Theater to improve student, educator, and general public understanding of earth/space science and its relationship to NASA goals and objectives.

The Bell Museum and MN Regional Planetarium Network

The Bell Museum + Planetarium Exploradome uses a GeoDome Theater to bring the wonders of the universe to schools and community sites. They're the founding member of a network of GeoDomes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North & South Dakota.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Goddard's GeoDome Theater provides programming at its visitor center and in outreach programs. In October 2009 NASA Goddard’s GeoDome was invited to be part of a Star Party hosted on the White House lawn.

Michigan Science Center Cobra Panorama

The Voyager display is an Elumenati Cobra Panorama system where visitors interact with NASA JPL’s "Eyes on Exoplanets" — NASA's Exoplanet Archive, enabled for Elumenati immersive environments with our Omnity software.

Immersive Learning Lab

"We were able to reach a wide variety of disciplines across grade levels - Special Ed, English Language Learners, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Math, Broadcast Communications and more. This flexibility is a HUGE selling point for school districts." Kathy Kraemer
, Instructional Technology Coordinator

21st Century 3D Cyclorama

We designed a 360-degree panorama, 42 ft in diameter and 16 ft high. Four OmniFocus 600 series projectors filled the space with active stereo content at 4k resolution, all running on a single PC through an Omnity-based software solution.

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

We designed and deployed the Science Panorama, an immersive theater with a 25’ semi-permanent panorama, a 500 series projection system, and a kiosk with a custom user interface launches WorldViewer content at the new Nature Research Center at NCMNS in Raleigh.

MATC School of Media and Creative Arts

In the Computer Simulation and Gaming Department's 4m Panorama and an OmniFocus 200 series projector, students develop interactive, immersive content with virtual fly-throughs of the city and more.

RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit

RISE ABOVE is a unique traveling exhibit housed in a 53’-long customized trailer with sides that slide out to create a 30-seat theater with a 180-degree panoramic screen.

The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher

Megalodon: Diving with North Carolina’s Ultimate Predator is a new interactive exhibit at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher.

The Field Museum

The Cave Art interactive installation uses Wii controllers inside our open dome and projection system to teach museum visitors the theories of cave art.

Discovery Place

At The Innovation Wall, visitors use touchscreens to create and remix "virtual graffiti" that is projected holographically on an acrylic screen.

Manitoba Museum

The Ancient Seas exhibit uses our customizable OmniPlayer software for high-res multi-screen video playback, running three projectors from a single PC.

Renaissance Computing Institute

RENCI uses custom content in a GeoDome Portal, as well as Unity3D tools we developed for importing GIS data, to engage citizens in dialogue about critical local issues.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

The Earth Science Center at NASA JPL features an Elumenati digital video globe. We installed an OmniFocus dual-projector system in 2013, which runs the Eyes software platforms as well as Global Imagination's StoryTeller® software.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Several NOAA centers have GeoDome Portals or Elumenati interactive kiosks, and we've partnered on two recent grants awarded for environmental literacy education.

NVIDIA Immersive Dome

We designed a custom dome and hosted immersive shows for nearly 1000 visitors at NVIDIA's booth at SIGGRAPH 2005.

UCLA Design | Media Arts

We provided technical support for the artists as they prepared fulldome renderings for display with an OpenDome and an OmniFocus projector.

Cirque du Soleil

We collaborated to create video balloons with multiple projectors, floating over the audiences at the Varekai and Zaia shows.

Science Fiction Museum

At the interactive video globe, visitors see the planets on an internally projected sphere five feet in diameter.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

An OmniFocus digital projection system turned the planetarium at RPI into a Molecularium, an an audio-visual journey through the molecular-scale world.

Matrix Art Collective

Michael Somoroff's art exhibit, Illumination, features a downward-facing OmniFocus projector in wrap-around panorama mode.
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