Immersive Industry Sees Promise in Full Dome Exhibition

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Questions of distribution animated industry talk and private debate at this year’s NewImages Festival, as delegates considered new strategies to connect accomplished immersive works with the widest…

, as delegates considered new strategies to connect accomplished immersive works with the widest possible public.

“Unlike VR, [the Full Dome model] creates a social, group-based, and shared experience based on immersion,” says SAT general director Jenny Thibault. “The business model [for traditional VR] is quite complex. Producing a work requires competitions, coordination and support. You can’t do volume exhibition, as it’s very expensive to have headsets for everyone. So we encourage VR producers to develop a dome version as well, because there is already a whole network throughout the world.

 

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