by chris@bouncingball.pro | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
For me, the intersection of planetariums ans biomedical data began in 2010. I was working at the Chaffee Planetarium, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and our parent institution, the Grand Rapids Public Museum, announced it would rent a plastinated cadaver exhibit. On the...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | Jul 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
“What are your biggest takeaways from IPS?” A colleague asked as a group of us eating lunch after the International Planetarium Society’s business meeting and closing ceremonies of the 2026 conference. Thinking back through the week of IPS 2026 Fukuoka, an answer very...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | Jun 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last fall I worked with the Elumenati to help build easy-to-use OpenSpace Night Sky profiles and control panels to support their integration of OpenSpace into their WorldViewer flexible immersive software suite. We continued to grow our collaboration, and I was...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | May 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
“It wasn’t traditional astronomy programs that first really piqued my interest in planetariums,” I was talking to dome innovator Ed Lantz following one of the sessions at Dome Fest West, “it was actually seeing Laser Zeppelin when I was nine that really got me...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | May 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Stiftung Planetarium Berlin is now excitedly joining the OpenSpace community after working with Tau Immersive to bring OpenSpace into their planetarium systems! The story of the Stiftung Planetarium Berlin is one of reunification and vision for progress. The...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | Apr 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Artemis II has returned safely to the Earth after bringing human beings on their first journey to the Moon in over 50 years. The world watched with joy, hope, and inspiration as four astronauts, sent back stunning photos, videos, and sincere heartfelt messages as they...
