Awesome seeing our hard work pay off! Special thanks to The Seattle Times for putting the #holodome in their spotlight. Our video producer learned a ton working on this behemoth of a project!
"Imagine a special room that enables you to experience the violent clash of two black holes in outer space from the inside out or can put you in the middle of an NFL huddle staring face-to-face with quarterback Russell Wilson as fans rain down cheers that shake the ground beneath you.
It sounds a lot like the holodeck — that infamous and much-coveted piece of technology from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” fame — except that it’s real.
Starting May 5, for an extra $5, visitors to the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) can experience being in a “Holodome,” a technology being touted as a form of immersive reality that allows groups of up to five people to share the same experience and interact with each other without the use of virtual-reality headsets or glasses of any kind.
The staging area, before you enter the Holodome, is decorated in an eclectic style inspired by Jules Verne, and encourages visitors to start engaging with the fantastical right away. This is a place where parents and children alike are encouraged to look not just with their eyes but also with their hands: Run your hands along turf like at CenturyLink Field and open drawers filled with bizarre trinkets. Then at a secret door in a bookcase, visitors select one of four Holodome experiences, and step through the entrance."
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