antarctica Archive

Ice Museum Explained ISVRI 2011 (2011)

Posted on March 22, 2011 | No Comments
An attempt to explain some of the ideas behind ‘The Ice Museum’ fulldome movie. This was made for the ISVRI 2011 conference in Singapore, where it is being presented by my collaborator, Paul Bourke. The audience is, of course, a scientifically-interested one, so that is...
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The Ice Museum – Previsualization (2011)

Posted on February 10, 2011 | 3 Comments
A brief (4min 30sec) previsualization of some sequences for my forthcoming fulldome feature ‘The Ice Museum’ (2012) – a documentary about the intellectual origins of Antarctic science and the people who made it possible. The circular fisheye fulldome sources (down-sampled 2k resolution) have been reprojected...
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‘Frozen in Time’ at the Melbourne International Film Festival (2010)

Posted on July 30, 2010 | No Comments
‘Frozen in Time,’ the first ever fulldome movie shot in Antarctica will be showing at the Melbourne International Film Festival on Friday August 6th 2010. It is showing at the Melbourne Planetarium as part of a curated program of fulldome screenings. More details and bookings...
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Hobart Fulldome: An Imaginary Immersive Space

Posted on July 9, 2010 | No Comments
A concept visualisation for a Hobart Fulldome cinema and visualisation centre, along the Hobart waterfront at Sullivan’s Cove. Two simple platonic shapes for a platonic concept – of course, I would expect architects to do much better – but it could be very simple. It...
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Interview on 936 ABC Hobart

Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
This came out of the blue – a radio interview with Michael Veitch on 936 ABC Hobart. A nice, intelligent man who asked interesting questions: hopefully a conversation that will develop. Anyway, here’s the audio: Peter Morse i-v
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Visualizing GVDem2008

Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
Some months ago I attended a workshop held by the CEAMARC group of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML), held at the Australian Antarctic Division. It provided me with a fascinating overview of the extensive activities of both CAML and CEAMARC, and opened the...
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Heritage Visualisation on iPhone

Posted on April 11, 2010 | No Comments
Mawson’s Huts Interactive Guide on iPhone An experimental iPhone app for heritage visualisation. A simple two-digit navigation system is demonstrated for interactive realtime walkthrough of Mawson’s Huts, Antarctica, using the Unity game engine. Users can explore the interior and exterior of Mawson’s Huts and a...
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Antarctic Clouds (2010) HD

Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
HD Timelapse cloud sequences from Cape Denison, Antarctica. We often forget to look above ourselves towards the sky. This is a movie about doing that – in Antarctica – at one of the most remote places upon the Earth: Cape Denison. It’s an idea in...
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MHF 2009-2010 Visualisation Presentation

Posted on March 21, 2010 | No Comments
A high-speed overview of visualisation activities I undertook during the 2009-2010 Mawson’s Huts Expedition to Cape Denison, Antarctica. A screen version of the talk presented at the MHF seminar at the Australian Museum, Sydney, 18 March 2010.
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MHF 2009-10 Video Blogs

Posted on February 1, 2010 | No Comments
During the 2009-10 Expedition I shot a series of vlogs capturing some of the main events of the season – admixed with some light polar humour. The vlog was commissioned and sponsored by Telstra International and is available on their website as well as via...
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