Images from "Orgins of Life" courtesy Mirage3D. Images from "Secret of the Cardboard Rocket" courtesy Clark Planetarium.

Mueller Planetarium enters a new era with Fulldome Digital Shows. Experience immersive high-tech adventures in a true 360 degree projected computer generated virtual environment.



The Fulldome Experience is the biggest advance in the Planetarium's capabilities since the theater opened almost 50 years ago. Audiences can fall through a black hole, witness the beginnings of the universe, fly through Saturn's rings, swim with whales and much more! Viewers feel like they are part of the unfolding scene, whether it's on the bottom of the ocean or in some distant part of the universe.


Mueller Planetarium's Fulldome Projection system, known as "Sphemir," was invented by Paul Bourke at the Western Australian Supercomputer Program facility of the University of Western Australia in Perth. The system utilizes a image projected on a 60cm spherical mirror. Show content originates as a fisheye image, then special software warps the image to compensate for the distorting effect of the spherical mirror. The result fills the dome with vibrant images.

More detailed information on how it works can be found here.