“A great image begins with a great lens by Konica Minolta.”

Mediaglobe III is a new Konica Minolta Planetarium product available in 2011.

The Mediaglobe III is designed for small to medium sized domes and features higher image resolution, higher contrast ratio, a newly designed precision fish-eye lens, and boasts the same easy-to-use 3D digital planetarium functions as our flagship model – Super Mediaglobe II.

Featuring:

• Highest resolution and contrast ratio of any small dome digital planetarium system. Projects a dome image diameter of 1500 pixels, more than 1.766 million dome pixels. Super high-definition fish-eye lens designed for dome projection.
• Advanced 3-D digital planetarium (space simulation) functions. Includes stars down to 12.4 magnitude. Powerful real-time simulations take the audience through the solar system and beyond.
• Projects high-resolution full-dome digital still and movie images. Still: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc. Movie: MPEG, AVI, MOV, MP4, WMV, etc. Sound: WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, etc.
• Easy-to-use operation and functions to create and play back stored programs. Featuring a new and more powerful graphical user interface.
• Realistic representation of natural sky phenomena and special effects: meteors, fireballs, cloud, lightning, rain, snow, even an aurora.
• “Dome Board” – a blackboard for the dome. Place arrows, lines, and letters – annotate the starfield or projected image.

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The Next Generation Konica Minolta Digital Dome Projection System

SUPER MEDIAGLOBE-II is the latest top-level model of the Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE series, the world’s first full-color single-lens digital planetarium. It projects simulations of the latest information gathered about our universe and presents it with leading-edge digital dome technology. Its 3-D digital planetarium functions simulate not just the earth and sky, but can take audiences to the edge of the known universe. The MEDIAGLOBE’s famous Graphical Control Interface (GUI) is now as powerful as it is easy to use.

Featuring:

• High-resolution 2400 pixels (image diameter) and 10,000:1 contrast single-lens projection system
  SUPER MEDIAGLOBE II is the first single-lens digital planetarium to adopt a new standard in high-resolution projection (4096 x 2400 pixels), four times more pixels than the best HDTV image and a native contrast of 10,000:1. Super high-definition fish-eye lens designed for dome projection.
• Advanced 3D digital planetarium (space simulations) function. In addition to showing stars down to 12.4 magnitude, 3D data of 118,000 fixed stars, proper motion data of fixed stars at any time from 1,000,000 BC to 1,000,000 AD, SUPER MEDIAGLOBE-II utilizes the comprehensive stellar database “Mitaka” from the *NAOJ 4D2U project.
• Easy-to-use operation and functions to create and play back stored programs. SUPER MEDIAGLOBE II features a new and more powerful GUI interface. Its improved customization feature meets the wide-ranging needs of both beginners and experts.
• New function provides realistic representation of natural sky phenomenon. In addition to the simulations of stars, constellations, and planets, SUPER MEDIAGLOBE II projects natural sky phenomenon including lightning, clouds, rain, snow and aurora that can be superimposed on the background sky or an all-sky image or movie.
• “Dome Board” is like a black board which can place arrows, lines, and letters on the dome screen at any location. “Dome Board” can be used to annotate the starfield or a projected image by superimposing arrows, circles or text messages.
• Projects high-resolution fulldome digital still and movie images and plays high-quality sound.

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>> Further information at Konica Minolta Planetarium Website

MEDIAGLOBE-II is a single projector planetarium system that produces high-quality real-time digital Planetarium functions and full-color all-sky Computer Graphics. It is a user-friendly system that has superior cost-benefit performance.

Combine the MEDIAGLOBE-II with external audio, DVD, DVR and/or computer work stations to create an awe-inspiring and versatile domed theater.

The MGII simulation range from the earth to the universe is more than 20,000 light-years radius for stars and constellations.

Wide yearly range of simulation from BC 500,000 to AD 500,000.

Impressive presentations by manual operation. Macro buttons can simplify complex sequences.

Reliable data base for fixed stars Hipparcos +BSC*: app. 118,000 stars 12.4 magnitude
*BSC – Bright Star Catalogue

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Fiber Optic and Light Valve technology for brilliant stars.

Infinium S

For domes 12 to 20 meters.
Up to 15000 stars in main star field Up to 250,000 individual stars in Milky Way.

Infinium L

For domes 20 to 30 meters. producing the world’s most
realistic and accurate star field.

Mediaglobe is currently out of production and is succeeded by Mediaglobe II (MG II). However, we proudly continue to upgrade, support and service this groundbreaking product.

The product that started the full-dome, full-color, digital revolution in small domes!

Projecting 6000 stars, sun, moon, planets, comets and meteors, the Mediaglobe is a giant celestial calculator that can instantaneously show the sky at any time, 30,000 years into future or 30,000 years in the past from any location on Earth. It can also step out billions of miles and show the position of sun and planets on any given date in history.

Because it is digital, the Mediaglobe can be programmed to project virtually any image that can be rendered on a computer, meaning that teachers can develop programs and lessons on any subject in the arts as well as the sciences.

Equipped with CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives, Network connections, as well as inputs for Audio and Video and its own built-in sound system, the Mediaglobe provides the ultimate in full-dome multimedia technologies.

The MG is the first planetarium system in the world able to project full color, full dome computer graphics.

Super Mediaglobe is currently out of production and is succeeded by Super Mediaglobe II (SMG II).

For the first time in the history of planetariums, Konica Minolta has made a single-projector, single-lens digital planetarium whose brightness, contrast, and resolution approach the quality of optical-mechanical planetariums in domes up to 40’ in diameter.

With Konica Minolta’s Mediaglobe II systems and the Next Generation SuperMediaglobe, small to medium size domes need no longer be enslaved to a costly and very limited optical-mechanical projector.

Powerful and easy-to-use Graphical User Interface: a universe at your fingertips.

Konica Minolta Optics: brilliant images with the fastest and sharpest fisheye lens in the industry.

High Resolution: realistic stars with film-quality movies & still images.

Superb Contrast; native contrast ratio of 10,000 to 1, producing pitch-black skies & brilliant stars.

No time-consuming projector alignments during the life of system. Only one lamp to replace & nearly zero system maintenance.

Small, compact, and powerful (smaller than any high-resolution system on the market today.) Quiet and air-cooled.

Includes Show Director Software, the same proven easy-to-use program creation tool now installed in Mediaglobe IIs across the US.

Unlimited possibilities and all of the above at a cost less than an optical-mechanical projector!

In October 2003, as member of newly established Konica Minolta Group, we started the new era as Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd.

After having completed the first planetarium in 1958, our continuous R&D released numerous “world’s-first” products like GEMINISTAR in 1997, an integrated planetarium combining brilliant pin-point stars with full-dome computer graphics, or MEDIAGLOBE in 2001, a full-color compact digital planetarium, and we are proud having contributed to astronomical and scientific education.

The great strength of Konica Minolta Group is state-of-the-art technology in fields like optics, sensing, mechatronics and imaging.

With our organizational skills, we conduct research and production in regions throughout the world. We have the sales capabilities of a world-wide network. We are also actively working to solve environmental problems, and have achieved ISO 14001 certification at our various facilities. We are a corporation active on the global stage.

Our office hours are from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
Telephone: 407.859.8166
Fax: 407.859.8254

E-mail:

Managing Director: Joanne Young, joanne {at} av-imagineering(.)com
Office Manager: Susan Hatfield, susan {at} av-imagineering(.)com
Manufacturing & Service Director: Mark Zellers, markz {at} av-imagineering(.)com
Omniscan Sales & Service: Mark Zellers, markz {at} av-imagineering(.)com
Project Development: Steve Hatfield, steve {at} av-imagineering(.)com

Mailing Address:

Audio Visual Imagineering, Inc.
6565 Hazeltine National Drive
Suite 2
Orlando, FL 32822

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