Audio Visual Imagineering

A NEW OFFER FROM THE PRODUCER OF “MANY INSPIRED STEPS”

“Many Inspired Steps”, the exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first humans on the Moon has been downloaded and presented around the world, including in: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, New Zealand, Nigeria, United States, and Zanzibar.

“Many Inspired Steps” was created by Dr. Thomas A. Lesser, formerly Senior Lecturer at the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium in New York City and distributed by Audio Visual Imagineering, Inc. Neither Dr. Lesser nor AVI charged any fee for the exhibition.

Due to the extraordinary success of the exhibition, Dr. Lesser and Joanne Young of AVI are interested to know if there might be a need for other similar, free astronomy-related exhibitions. If yes, please reply through “Contact Us” and rate the topics you would most like to see by placing those below in order in your reply (most wanted first):
Solar System
Exploration of Space
The Sun
Age/scale of the Universe
The Moon
Other, please specify

Assuming the exhibition’s panels were 2×3 feet (as are the panels for “Many Inspired Steps”), approximately how many panels would work best for you?
Less than 20
25-30
More than 30

Thank you for sharing your insights,
-Joanne and Tom

AVI’S CUSTOMIZED OCULUS QUEST

AVI will be demonstrating VR laser shows during the 2019 Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) Conference from October 23 – 26, 2019. The Conference will be hosted by the Ritter Planetarium on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. Attendees visiting our booth will be able to enter the laser rock world by wearing our special VR headset with headphones, immersing themselves in a 360 laser show.

The Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) is a professional organization dedicated to supporting astronomy and space science education through planetaria.

We were in Jacksonville lighting up the downtown skyline with coherent light at the second annual Jacksonville Lantern Parade!
Parade-goers can be seen along the river walk to the right.

Jacksonville Lantern Parade Lasershow Lasers projected onto the CSX building during the second annual Jacksonville Lantern Parade, hosted by Jacksonville Magazine. A second building (not pictured) located…

Progress MS-10 launch as seen from the ISS.
Awesome!

ISS Timelapse - Progress MS-10 launch (16 novembre 2018) Original timelapse by Riccardo Rossi (ISAA) - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License - Raw photos courtesy of http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov...

A beautiful homage to humanity's farthest message to the stars.

"A Message from Earth is a celebration of the Voyager Golden Record in its 40th year.

A Message from Earth A Message from Earth is a celebration of the Voyager Golden Record in its 40th year, featuring contributions from 40+ people influenced by the original.

Congratulations to the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia!

The Clay Center is upgrading their planetarium to include AVI's 2.5K OmniStar digital projection system, powered by Uniview 2.0.

East Coast Control Systems' Advanced RGBW LED cove lighting will also be installed as part of the upgrade..

Is that Bill Rouse in the pit?

For those who haven't yet seen this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udAL48P5NJU

Gigapixels of Andromeda [4K] First & Last photo by Cory Poole: https://www.facebook.com/CoryPoolePhotography Music is 'Koda - The Last Stand' from Silk Music... Listen: http://bit.ly/1yS...

Charles Townes, the inventor of the laser and Nobel Prize winner in Physics, is now peacefully beaming through the infinite universe.

Nobel laureate and laser inventor Charles Townes dies at 99 Charles Hard Townes, a native of South Carolina who built the first microwave amplifier -- the maser -- and designed the first laser, died Jan. 27 at the age of 99. After receiving the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics, he went on to pioneer the use of lasers in astronomy.

Awesome NASA video summary of 2014 - check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0qgrEtoGeY

Orion Year End Music Video

PHOTO: Mark Reed presenting at the JPS-Hurst Planetarium in Jackson, Michigan!

The JPS-Hurst Planetarium now has AVI's 1.6K OmniStar system, powered by Uniview. The theater also has East Coast Control Systems RGB LED cove lights. With the generosity of the Hurst family, private donors and grants, the planetarium was updated this past June.

Mark has always worked tirelessly to keep the planetarium relevant. He spent over two years generating public interest and promoting the benefits of an updated planetarium.

AVI is thrilled for Mark, the Hurst family and the community of Jackson!

https://www.facebook.com/HurstPlanetarium

The Troy Ohio Bicentennial Laser Spectacular was a rousing success last night with 3 shows for the Troy community!

More to follow!

http://www.troyohio.gov/397/Troy-Bicentennial

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