MaximumPC 2002 09

Greatest

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MIRROR, MIRROR Several of the

projectors bounce light onto carefully

aligned mirrors to cast their images

on the screen. These 1920x1200

professional-grade projectors also

have custom-made frames attached to

their lenses to create the appropri-

ate aspect ratio for their images to

overlap perfectly.

SPACE BETWEEN THE WALLS Exploring space is more than just a

visual experience. An imposing set of monolithic subwoofers and

an array of Meyer Sound speakers hide backstage to provide the

thundering sound effects and Sigourney Weaver’s narration for

the show.

matrix, and the systems are remotely con-

trolled with a fi ber-optic-based KVM.

But the job doesn’t just end aft er all

the cables are connected and the com-

puters are up and running. Jon is busy at

work with innovations like tweaking the

soft ware to run on iPhones so program

presenters can pilot the show on the fl y

while fi elding questions from the audi-

ence. And for hardware upgrades, he

is looking forward to swapping out the

existing projectors for ones that’ll output

in 4K resolution—that’s 4096x2160 each.

Consider us offi cially jealous.

BRAINS

OF THE

OPERATION

Three clusters

of seven comput-

ers each render

and feed high-

defi nition video to

projectors using a

DVI matrix.

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