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An Audience-Interactive Multimedia Production on the Brain
journal contribution
posted on 2005-05-01, 00:00 authored by Roger B Dannenberg, Rob FisherA multimedia planetarium show, “Gray Matters: The Brain Movie,” was
created to teach fundamental scientific concepts about the human brain. During the
show, the planetarium dome represents a giant brain enclosing the audience. Audience
members play the role of neurons in various simulations and representations of brain
function. This leads to new ways of thinking about audience interactivity in theaters,
with many applications to art and entertainment. Some of the problems of large
art/science collaborations are also discussed.