Chromadome is a collection of tools for outputing 360 image streams out of Microdose. Chromadome includes both Fulldome, 360 and Panoramic output modes.
🤖 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS :
Chromadome is extremely GPU intensive and requires a lot of power and video memory to run at a smooth framerate.
- We highly reccomend
Nvidia Quadro RTX6000orNvidia RTX3090or greater if running Chromadome in production environments.
¶ 🌐 Output Modes
¶ Fulldome Output Mode
Format: Fulldome
Resolution: 2600x2600
- Fulldome is the standard output format for planetariums
- Current supported maximum output resolution is 2.6K
¶ Use in Planetariums
- Fulldome Output Mode can be plugged into a realtime planetarium projection system and used to generate live performances
- Using a second system with a capture card, fulldome performances can be captured and replayed as videos in planetariums
- When using Fulldome Mode, one can play Microdose standing in the center of a dome without wearing an HMD
- Playing without the HMD on requires outside-in tracking, such as a Valve Index or HTC Vive
¶ Use in VR Platforms
- Fulldome Mode can be plugged into any fulldome stream such as a custom world in VR Chat or AltSpace
- The 360 Fulldome feed can be projected onto the sky of the world, or into a structure that the player can move through
- ⬇️ 360 Fulldome FBX - Basic dome geometry UV mapped for Spherical Fulldome Projection
¶ 360 Output Mode
Image Format: Equirectangular
Output Resolution: 8192x4096
- 360 Output Mode generates an equirectangular image and stretches it to the size of the screen
- A virtual display at
8192x4096is reccomended for recording and outputting 360 streams - Virtual displays can be created using Nvidia Quadro control panel
¶ Spherical Panorama
Image Format: 360 Panorama - Spherical Projection
Output Resolution: 8192x2048
- COMING 2021
- Outputs a Panoramic 360 image which can be mapped onto circular walls or ultra wide panoramic walls
¶ Cubic Panorama
Image Format: 360 Panorama - Cubic Projection
Output Resolution: 8192x2048
- COMING 2021
- For venues where you can project on 4 walls
- Outputs a Panoramic 360 image which can be mapped onto circular walls
- without upper and lower quarants of the cube map
¶ 🔌 OSC
Chromadome features can be enabled using the Touch OSC layout for Microdose VR.
Below are the Chromadome settings in Touch OSC as it appears in Alpha 1.3:
