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Birmingham Southern College is turning their planetarium into a state of the art "GeoDome." The building will remain the same, with its domed ceiling and original theatre chairs, which can hold to 45 to 50 people. The GeoDome will focus on Alabama geography, with a 20-foot long floating screen that takes viewers from  BSC to Turkey Creek, to Little River Canyon and other Alabama landmarks. The GeoDome will have a part-time supervisor that will not only run grade-school tours but will be available to work with BSC students who wish to use the GeoDome. The second phase of the renovation will include a virtual classroom on the bottom floor.
The '''GeoDome''' is a 50-seat educational theater in the former [[Meyer Planetarium]] building at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]. It was developed by the [[Southern Environmental Center]] as a way to showcase [[Alabama]]'s geographic and biological riches. A feature video presentation is being developed for the GeoDome by biologist [[Scot Duncan]].
The screen will in 4k projection technology, which is 30-40 times clearer than HD.  
“This classroom will have Oculus Rift, the whole nine yards," says Hazelhoff, who is director of the Southern Environmental Center and in charge of the project, referencing one of the popular virtual reality systems used by filmmakers, designers and other creative tech professionals. He hopes for the virtual classroom to tie in with the media and films studies program and science departments. With the technology, students will be able to walk around a 3D heart or show their own student-produced films.
The entire campaign will cost approximately one million dollars and will completed at the end of 2018.


The exterior of the building was re-landscaped with stormwater mitigation terraces and the roof enhanced with plantings. A future phase of the project will convert the former planetarium's lower-level classroom into a virtual reality laboratory. The $1 million renovation is expected to be completed in [[2018]].


 
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Roald Hazelhoff, director of the Southern Environmental Center (SEC) at Birmingham-Southern

Latest revision as of 15:04, 7 December 2017

The GeoDome is a 50-seat educational theater in the former Meyer Planetarium building at Birmingham-Southern College. It was developed by the Southern Environmental Center as a way to showcase Alabama's geographic and biological riches. A feature video presentation is being developed for the GeoDome by biologist Scot Duncan.

The exterior of the building was re-landscaped with stormwater mitigation terraces and the roof enhanced with plantings. A future phase of the project will convert the former planetarium's lower-level classroom into a virtual reality laboratory. The $1 million renovation is expected to be completed in 2018.

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