Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Apr 13, 2016 | Installations

Burke Baker Planetarium SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS World’s first True8K™ Theater 10 Cove Mounted 4K Sony VPL-GTZ280 Projectors  50 Foot NanoSeam Dome – 20° Tilt 50 Million Unique Pixels on the Dome Auto-Blend & Auto-Align System Houston, Texas – The renovated Burke...
Houston Reaches for the Stars

Houston Reaches for the Stars

Mar 25, 2016 | Featured

Astronomy knowledge is exploding at ever wavelength, taking us closer to the edge of space and the beginning of time. Now planetarium projection technology can provide the computer processing, data storage, resolution, and brightness to deliver the farthest...
Burke Baker’s Planetarium Reopening Out of this World

Burke Baker’s Planetarium Reopening Out of this World

Mar 14, 2016 | News Bytes

“This week Evans & Sutherland delivered on their True8K vision and exceeded all our expectations in Houston. The combination of high resolution, high contrast, high brightness, and rich color palette has turned our planetarium into a destination with record...
Burke Baker’s Planetarium Reopening Out of this World

Latest from our Team in Tromso, Norway

Feb 15, 2016 | News Bytes

After a very snowy day with gale force winds the team returned to the Eiscat site last night. The weather forecast was very poor but our own local analysis suggested the possibility of a hole developing over the mountainous valley of Ramfjorden, site of the Eiscat...
Burke Baker’s Planetarium Reopening Out of this World

On Earth as it is From Heaven

Feb 10, 2016 | News Bytes

As part of a new 8K show production in conjunction with Houston Museum of Natural Science, Evans & Sutherland has a photography team on the ground north of the Arctic Circle. They are photographing the Aurora Borealis, while coordinating with astronauts aboard the...