Laser Show Venues?

[DZ]

Well, I suspect they have an omniscan because of the size of the theater, a pic on thier website and the show line up. I could be wrong! If it is an omniscan, the shows should be great!

It looks like there are several planetariums in Texas that are running laser shows.

[mixedgas]

Well: I just found one close to home, I didn't know about:
about 55 minutes worth of driving, but a lot of speed traps. Small dome.
Steve,

Lasers will light up planetarium at Bay Village's Lake Erie Nature & Science Center

Posted by mneff May 08, 2008 11:47AM

Skylase Laser Light Spectacular
When: 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 3 and 8 p.m.
(no 3 p.m. show May 31) Saturdays, May 24-June 21; 11:30 a.m. June 11-12; 12:30 p.m.
June 13.
Tickets: $3 per person at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.; $5 per person at 3 and 8 p.m. $1 discount for combination Astronomy/Laser Light tickets.

Bay Village's Lake Erie Nature & Science Center will do its best rock-concert imitation beginning Saturday, May 24 when full-dome lasers light up the Walter R. Schuele Planetarium.
Schuele Planetarium Director Jay Reynolds said the matinee laser light shows that will follow the center's daytime children's astronomy programs will include the laser animated Legends of the Night Sky, an award-winning, lighthearted look at the stories behind the constellations.
All programs will feature laser lights, choreographed to music by the Beatles, the B-52's and more. The lasers are powered by a Skylase system from Audio Visual Imagineering Inc.
The laser shows will be offered Saturdays through June 21, and weekday matinee shows June 11-13. Reynolds said campers enrolled in Lake Erie Nature & Science Center's Summer Space Camp June 17-20 will get to see the Skylase presentations.
Laser Light tickets are $3 per person for the 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. early matinee shows, with a $5 per person admission fee for the longer 3 and 8 p.m. laser programs. The early matinees will run 15 to 20 minutes. The planetarium produces star shows for children of all ages, including the Twinkle Tots program geared to families with infants and toddlers.
Laser shows at 3 and 8 p.m. will be about 45 minutes long and appropriate for older children and adults. Combination Astronomy/Laser tickets will be available with $1 discount. Music selections for the longer 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday shows will be posted on the center's Web site on the preceding Friday.
The center's at 28728 Wolf Road in Bay Village. Call 440-871-2900.

[mixedgas]

[quote=mixedgas;83304]Well: I just found one close to home, I didn't know about:
about 55 minutes worth of driving, but a lot of speed traps. Small dome.
Oh, never mind, they rented it from AVI at 400$ a week.
Steve,

Lasers will light up planetarium at Bay Village's Lake Erie Nature & Science Center

Posted by mneff May 08, 2008 11:47AM

Skylase Laser Light Spectacular
When: 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 3 and 8 p.m.
(no 3 p.m. show May 31) Saturdays, May 24-June 21; 11:30 a.m. June 11-12; 12:30 p.m.
June 13.
Tickets: $3 per person at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.; $5 per person at 3 and 8 p.m. $1 discount for combination Astronomy/Laser Light tickets.

Bay Village's Lake Erie Nature & Science Center will do its best rock-concert imitation beginning Saturday, May 24 when full-dome lasers light up the Walter R. Schuele Planetarium.
Schuele Planetarium Director Jay Reynolds said the matinee laser light sho

[DZ]

Skylase is AVI as well. If I'm not mistaken, the Skylase is the same as the Omniscan, except that it uses solid state lasers and is meant for smaller theaters.

I wonder if that theater is new, I can't find the specs on it.

[LaserWizard]

At the Mayborn Planetarium in Killeen, TX, it is an OmniScan, and they have refitted it with solid state lasers. It is mind numbingly bright for a dark dome! Chuck Rau, who runs the show,s also has a very cool new software system that is in beta, developed with LaserDome by Raven Systems in Ohio. It is object oriented, and the user creates patches by drawing lines to connect the modules that he wants to use. Very hush hush!

I went by the Burke Baker Planetarium in Houston, they have an old LFI system that has about 5 years worth of dust on it! Last time I was in Corsicana (2003?)I went by the planetarium there, we fired up the laser sytem. I recall it kind of worked but had a lot of problems, and no budget to fix them.

Yes, let's get together all the PL folks in Texas and meet in Killeen one Saturday, March 7 or March 28 would work for me at the moment.

- Tim Walsh