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[O9-01]ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATABLE IMAGES IN THE AGE OF AI-BASED MEDIA PRODUCTION
*Tobias Wiethoff1 (1. Bochum Planetarium (Germany))
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Fulldome Showproduction、Immersive Videos & Panoramas、AI Tools & Techniques
The easy availability and straightforward use of AI-based image and video generators open up great creative freedom. They make it possible to achieve results with ease that once required years of training and experience in digital image production.Alongside these new opportunities, however, the ubiquitous spread of synthetically generated visual worlds also leads to a sense of oversaturation among viewers: individual AI-generated works increasingly fade into the mass and interchangeability of purely digital images.Against this backdrop, the geographically locatable, real image gains new relevance. This is particularly interesting in the context of the planetarium.Non-synthetic immersive media production techniques for planetariums — for example in the form of photographic panoramas, have a long history that reaches back to the era of analogue, slide-based all-sky projections. This tradition continues today with high-resolution 360° video.In contrast to artificially created or fictional visual worlds and spectacular special effects, which often form a central part of cinematic movie experiences, documentary immersive imagery that can be assigned to real locations and landscapes naturally aligns with the thematic and conceptual scope of the planetarium. This is because, just like optomechanical star projections or digital cosmological simulations, these images are not arbitrary or merely decorative; they reference real situations of the physical world.Program producer Tobias Wiethoff (“100 Years of Eternity,” “Our Heavenly Story”) offers insights into conceptual considerations and technical approaches to working with 360° panoramas and videos in conjunction with AI-based tools.The interplay between geographically locatable immersive imagery and the well-tempered use of synthetic AI image generation not only points to a central production method of the future. It also reveals the contours of a new, planetarium-specific visual language emerging in the age of AI-assisted image production. (Duration: 10 to 15 Minutes)