Wonderdome
Entertainment Quarter
Sydney, Australia
Until 30 January 2022
The last couple of years have seen the incarnation of quite a few visually immersive experiences on terra australis.
Most of them were interesting, however, not each one managed to actually come close to accomplish the dissolving the boundaries between the third dimension and digital realities in a bid to let the audience experience an entirely new one.
Housed in a pop up 360 dome, the aptly titled Wonderdome employs cutting edge technology to transform what is thought possible within the confines of cinematic entertainment:
Merging elements from movies, music and underlying artistic concepts, Wonderdome creates with projections emanating from twelve individual sources and the employment of a blur edge blending technique an idiosyncratic virtual reality where one feels like being an active part of the experience. The fact that Wonderdome creates a seamless experience on an overarching screen instead of complementary individual ones only adds to the cohesive appeal.
Diverse in nature as far as the themes of the immersive worlds are concerned, ranging from exclusive Australian productions centred around the celebration of indigenous dance and song via David Attenborough narrated National Geographic and playful children friendly films to vibrant space odysseys and more abstract, aesthetically challenging artistic concepts, the common denominator is that Wonderdome presents a new way of not only watching but literally experience films.
Once seated in bean bags with supporting neck rests, one is in the perfect position to get lost in world of stimulating, superb imagery, which results more often than not in emotionally heightened reactions. I cannot wait for technology to advance for regular feature films to be experienced in the Wonderdome manner.
