Technology Overview
Software :
Sky on wheels is Digistar mobile planetarium , basked on the world’s most advanced digital Planetarium system manufactured by Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation of USA.
The technology combines a complete color star projection and astronomy package with full dome video playback and digital surround sound. It also offers real-time rendered and textured models making it easy to create meaningful, fun, and educational experiences in the 3D universe. The database is based on the Digital Universe dataset from AMNH and NASA. Just feed the longitude, latitude, the date and time, you will get the actual true sky of that place on the dome! Sky on Wheels comes with a rich set of astronomical objects and a selection of full-dome video shows. Please visit shows section to check available shows. The shows are available from 10 minutes to 42 minutes duration. Shows are available and suitable for all Grades. Some of the planetarium Shows are based on state, CBSE and NCERT Syllabus.
Hardware:
The Sky on Wheels consists of Inflatable dome of 5, 6 or 8 meter diagonal. The dark chip technology projector with a specially designed single fisheye lens positioned in the center of the dome to display a larger-than-life, seamless image. It takes 45 – 60 minutes to set the Sky On Wheels at the Venue.
The air conditioned inflatable dome can accommodate 35-50 children in small dome (5 or 6 meter diameter) and 75-80 children in large 8 meter diameter dome in one show who can experience the sky and outer space more realistically than ever. In one day during school time, about 500-800 students can see the show in a day.
Customer can choose any show or can have live astronomy shows conducted by educators and astronomers. Special shows based on the school syllabus are also available in all Indian regional languages.
Key features of Sky on wheels :
Product of Industry Leader Evans & Sutherland, USA.
More than 500 installations across the world including 35 in India
Digistar Software is based on Digital Universe database by NASA.
Leader in show content, so all types of shows available.
Can conduct live shows.
Shows in all local languages.
Easy to setup and operate.
Most reliable product
24 hrs service support in India
More than 30 High quality shows of large planetariums available on mobile system
Constant air circulation from the blower to the spectators creates comfortable
conditions
Easy system to regulate the intensity of the air flow from the dome
high quality single layer fabric with a density enough to completely block out external
light
Specially designed screen fabric provides highest quality of projection, contrast, color
accuracy and uniformity of light
Air conditioning for use in extreme climates optional