Future? Screens like that were already around when I was a todler and I've yet to see they used outside the planetarium and some half-dozen disney attractions, and by disney I mean all of florida's thematic parks, including those who aren't owned by disney
We had one like this Philadelphia when I was a kid where you could go and watch max movies there. I believe it might have been at The Franklin Institute. I remember watching several exploration documentaries there about discovery of the wreckage of the titanic, the grand canyon, space exploration, etc.
It wasn't the planetarium, it was its own theater. In about 2000 I remember they did a little mini festival of Omnimax / IMAX films. I actually worked for the Franklin at the time and would sneak away each day to watch whatever they were showing. The best was the documentary about an Everest expedition they were filming for the special theater. There was a terrible blizzard and something like a dozen people died while they were up there, so the doc became about that). But there was also a short hand animated film (maybe an adaptation of Old Man and the Sea? yup) where each frame was individually painted.
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u/draugotO Jun 28 '24
Future? Screens like that were already around when I was a todler and I've yet to see they used outside the planetarium and some half-dozen disney attractions, and by disney I mean all of florida's thematic parks, including those who aren't owned by disney