E&S Digistar 3 Draws Record Crowds at Amarillo's New Discovery Center.Business Editors SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2003 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S(R)) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ESCC ESCC Eastern Shore Community College ESCC East Sussex County Council ESCC Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ESCC Enhanced Serial Communication(s) Controller ESCC Electrically Self-Calibrating Cavity )--The Space Theater at Amarillo's Don Harrington Discovery Center Don Harrington Discovery Center is an interactive science center in Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A., targeting towards young children with hands-on science exhibits and a planetarium. , which installed an E&S Digistar(R) 3 digital theater system DTS (also known as Digital Theater Systems), owned by DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI), is a multi-channel digital surround sound format used for both commercial/theatrical and consumer grade applications. earlier this year, has set records for attendance since it opened in late July. The new Space Theater with Digistar 3 is part of the Center's $1.2 million renovation. The theater has been showing Fantastic Universe Fantastic Universe was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. , a show developed by the Discovery Center staff using show content provided by Evans & Sutherland, and is scheduled to begin showing E&S' Wonders of the Universe program later this month. "The Don Harrington Discovery Center is proud to feature the world's ultimate digital theater system," said Discovery Center Executive Director Ganesh Ganpat. "In our Space Theater, Digistar 3 is taking visitors beyond the stars with educational and entertaining presentations. It's an immersive experience that takes our audiences' imaginations to new places and expands their definition of 'the big picture.' We are very pleased with the number of visitors we are getting, and we believe Digistar 3 plays a key role in our success." About Digistar 3 Digistar 3 is a ground-breaking digital theater product, providing all dome video playback, real-time computer graphics Real-time computer graphics is the subfield of computer graphics focused on producing and analyzing images in real time. The term is most often used in reference to interactive 3D computer graphics, typically using a GPU, with video games the most noticeable users. , and a complete 3D digital astronomy package. Digistar 3 eliminates the need for dozens of additional special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. projectors, significantly reducing the cost of building and running a planetarium planetarium, optical device used to project a representation of the heavens onto a domed ceiling; the term also designates the building that houses such a device. A modern planetarium consists of as many as 150 motor-driven projectors mounted on an axis. or domed theater. About Evans & Sutherland's Digital Theater Division Created to establish an entirely new level of quality in terms of experience, equipment, and support, Evans & Sutherland's Digital Theater Division's systems set the standard for the 21st century by letting audiences experience cutting-edge, full-dome, and large-screen digital entertainment. The Digital Theater Division develops systems and programming that transform the company's sophisticated simulation technology to 360-degree domed and large-format theater experiences. This technology allows audiences to be immersed in full-color, 3D computer-generated worlds and interact with them. With products like the all-digital Digistar II Digistar II is a planetarium projection system by Evans & Sutherland - Digistar Users Group. It was released in the early 1990s as a descendant to the earlier Digistar, developed in the late 1970s. The system has been replaced by its full-dome descendant, the Digistar 3. , full-dome color video, and StarRider(R), E&S was the first company to offer technology that allowed planetariums all over the world to break away from the two-dimensional skies of the optical projector. Digital Theater's target markets include planetariums, science centers, themed attraction venues, and premium large-format theaters. E&S domed theater systems are installed worldwide, including numerous sites in the United States, Europe, Asia, Central America, and Australia. About Evans & Sutherland Evans & Sutherland produces professional hardware and software to create highly realistic visual images for simulation, training, engineering, and other applications throughout the world. E&S visual systems are used in both military and commercial systems, as well as planetariums and interactive theaters. Visit the E&S Web site at http://www.es.com. E&S, Digistar, and StarRider are registered trademarks of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. |
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