Who is involved?
Ideas and development
Rick Companje
Nico van Dijk
Hanco Hogenbirk
Danica Mast
Address:
Globe4D p/a Rick Companje
Tuinbouwstraat 22
3513 ED Utrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31(0)6 2851 6908
Phone 2: +31(0)6 3397 6342
Email: info [at] globe4d [dot] com
Supported by
Charlotte Lemmens
Maarten Lamers
Syntens
Supervised by
Michael Lew
Content
- Continental Drift animation: C.R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project
- Waterworld & Watermars animations by Spullenmannen
- Daylight and Seasons animations by NASA
Media Technology
Globe4D was created as a Multimedia Systems project for the Master of Science in Media Technology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
The Media Technology MSc programme is a place where students are encouraged to formulate their own scientific questions, and to translate personal inspirations and curiosities into their own research projects. To answer these questions, students create actual products, because we are convinced that by doing and creating, new scientific insights into the underlying question are encountered. The programme is a joint initiative of Leiden University’s computer science institute (LIACS) and the Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts.
Photo by Jeff Han
Events
CINEKID 2007 - OCTOBER 14-21, 2007, AMSTERDAM
Cinekid Festival is an annual Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children that is held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Every year during the autumn break more than 35,000 children are given an opportunity to attend one or more of the 200 media productions that Cinekid presents: feature films, children’s documentaries, short films, animations, TV series and single plays, cross-media productions, interactive installations and set-ups and workshops. The main festival is held in Amsterdam, but approximately 30 satellite festivals are held in cities all over the Netherlands.
TODAYSART 2007 - SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2007, THE HAGUE
TodaysArt strongly believes in fresh and vigorous creativity and in new forms of expression. The festival welcomes rising talents who boldly explore the possibilities of the new and controversial, offering them a place in the spotlights to openly express their talent talent in the field of Music, Visual Arts, Photography, Dance, Fashion, Multimedia, Theater, Film and Video.
Wired NEXTFEST 2007 - SEPTEMBER 13-16, 2007, LOS ANGELES
WIRED Magazine is bringing its vision of a new world’s fair to Los Angeles. Experience more than 160 exciting exhibits from scientists, researchers, and inventors around the globe. WIRED NextFest features innovations in communication, design, entertainment, exploration, health, play, robots, transportation, security, and green living.
ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 - AUGUST 5-9, 2007, SAN DIEGO
Short for Special Interest Group for Computer GRAPHics is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics (CG) convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974.
ACM Multimedia 2006 - OCT. 23-27, 2006, SANTA BARBARA
ACM Multimedia is the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)’s annual conference on multimedia, sponsored by the SIGMM special interest group. Topics: Multimedia content analysis, processing, and retrieval; Multimedia networking, sensor networks, and systems support; Multimedia tools, end-systems, and applications; and Multimedia interfaces.
Kunstroute 2006 - SEPT. 22-23, 2006, LEIDEN
Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal organiseert jaarlijks de KUNSTROUTE. Tijdens deze open atelier- en galerieroute in Leiden zetten kunstenaars en galeries hun deuren open voor een groot publiek. U kunt kennis maken met vele kunstwerken en de makers ervan. De Kunstroute 2006 was met 5000 bezoekers, 134 deelnemende kunstenaars, 63 locaties en 11 galeries een groot succes.
Awards
- Emerging Technologies Award at Laval Virtual 2007 for SIGGRAPH ‘07
- Entertainment & Education Award at Laval Virtual 2007
- Best Video Program Award at ACM Multimedia 2006
July 25th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
Have you ever thought about selling this idea?
August 15th, 2006 at 4:48 am
Hello!
I´ve seen your Globe4D and I think is a great work.
I´m a philosophy graduated form one of Madrid universities. I´ve developed by myself a map of all human knowledge that fits perfectly in your Globe4D.
I think we should get together and prepare for a blast next time Globe4D goes to public shows
I cannot go through the details now, but please let me see… I´m sure we can work ir out
Please answer mw:
José
Carteles y pinturas de “Rafal Oblinski”
October 25th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Great work! My compliments.
Now the globe is partially visible. Fantasising about the 4D globe, I figured that in the future the globe should be completely visible and made HOVERable, f.e. by using opposite magnets (globe and table) and laser-controlled browsing. When making the table and hole wider, could it house a second beamer?
Floating in the air, that’s the kind of feeling –I think– a 4D globe needs!
If you like I can draw you a sketch.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
Great invention!
With growing interest I read the NRC.Next article last week. I’ve a fascination for Globes and state-of-the-art inventions. The Globe 4D seems to elegantly combine both!
As graduated Political Geographer I made some advertisement for the Globe 4D on the European Geography Association website: http://egea.geog.uu.nl/forum/topic/3286/#pid90859
I think it’d be a wonderful idea for the future to project changing historical political borders and visualize nation-building processes on the Globe 4D.
Keep up the good work and congratulations with your Multimedia Award!
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:54 am
What about adding interactive pictures, videos when touching the sphere, like culture vids from the part of globe that is pressed. Just a suggestion. I know you can do it..its my challenge to you geniouses:)
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:22 am
What I want to know is when will this marvel be available for purchase by the public?
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I´ve seen your Globe4D at kshitiz,iit-kgp. Its amazing .. Very good visualization and elegant design.It has multiple application and i feel it will be a good training tool for doctors.. with slight modification (multiple projector and motion tracking ). With best wishes