Software : Fishtank

FULLDOME DISPLAY and GAMING SOFTWARE

Fishtank is the world's first multipurpose software designed for mirror domes… it allows you to play fisheye content, prewarped content, fulldome games and now also show 360VR movies! The New 360VR format is a "full sphere" movie format.  Most folks can see just a portion of the scene using goggles and turning your head around.  With Fishtank and our mirror projection system, you can see all the action - a full half sphere at one time - and you control which half!  Look up, down, or even behind you.

Mirror-based systems bounce a specially-distorted image or movie off a mirror to fill the interior of a planetarium dome. Originally designed for planetariums and full-dome immersive shows (just as you’d see in a major digital planetarium), we have made fulldome affordable by this exciting technology. The distortion (warping) is done on a fisheye image to make a warped show. We typically pre-warp any show that we sell in our ePlanetarium systems, to get the crispest image and smoothest playback, and allow you to use our player MediaShow or any quicktime player to play back the movies.

The Fishtank player, however, not only lets you play back any pre-warped show (available from our online store), BUT ALSO lets you play back ANY fisheye movie from any distributor (or a fisheye movie you make yourself using a fisheye lens!).

The newest exciting development is that you can play NEW fully immersive games! Using a high-end laptop and a standard Xbox™ controller (wired or wireless), you can be immersed in game action! We offer a selection of new fulldome games: Capture the Flag, Asteroid Shoot, and Tilt!, plus immersive adventures of driving a race car, flying a jet plane, and even operating a humanoid robot. (More games coming soon… and if you have your own unity-based game, we can partner with you in making it fulldome!) Some of the games are designed so you can play against a friend over the internet. Be on the leading edge of gaming! (Watch the movie linked below to see some of the action)

Unlike helmet-type VR headsets, this software in our domes allows you to share the experience with your friends! Plus, you use your peripheral vision instead of having to move your head to see the objects approaching you!  Everyone can see the action in all directions at the same time: SHARE the VR®

RENTALS: Having a VR gaming night or do you want to show the 360VR movies you took with your special camera? Stop watching them on your phone - put them in the dome and have your movies surround both you AND your friends. Have a 360VR movie competition! With any Discovery Dome with the Fishtank software, you can show 360VR movies to a crowd: SHARE the VR®!

Fishtank comes preinstalled on all new ePlanetarium systems, or is available separately from our online store. Available for OSX and Windows (VR requires Win 10 or OSX).

 

• ePlanetarium at Video Gamers United Convention
  In this interview from the Video Gamers United Convention, ConfidentGamers.com learns how ePlanetarium can convert Unity-based games to full-dome for a totally immersive experience.