Digistar Users Group Meeting 2022

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Swiss Museum of Transport / Verkehrshaus der Schweiz

Experience the past, present and future of mobility in Switzerland's most-visited museum. A wealth of interactive attractions brings its road, rail, water, air and space focal points to life. With its boating pool and numerous activity areas, the large arena is a great place to linger – whatever the weather. Completing the unique museum experience is the up-to-the-minute Media World visitor experience and the museum featuring the popular Swiss painter Hans Erni.

There will be a Welcome reception at the Museum on the evening of 28/09/2022 as well as a sponsored dinner in one of the Museum's exhibition halls on 30/09/2022 during DUG2022.


Planetarium

Travel with us to the realm of the stars. Regardless of the weather, we use the latest technology to conjure up an incredible starry sky on the planetarium dome. Experience an unforgettable space walk from the comfort of an upholstered seat in Switzerland’s largest planetarium at the Swiss Museum of Transport.

Opened in July 1969 by John H. Glenn via satellite link from New York it is a Digistar site since 2014. The Lucerne Planetarium has been an active community member ever since. NNumerous cloud submissions have been contributed over the past few years. The first freely available planetarium show in 8k - "Out There" - was produced in Lucerne almost entirely with Digistar 5 and is available for Download on the website of the European Southern Observatory ESO. The dome in Lucerne has always been keen on new technologies. It was among the first planetariums in the world to adopt Fulldome video technology in 2001. In September, it will feature a state-of-the-art Digistar 7 installation ("8k") based on six Sony GTZ-380 laser projectors in its 18m dome. It was one of the first large planetariums in Europe to go "digital only" by removing its star projector during the installation of its Digistar 5 system back in 2013. It is also one of the few large domes in the world to still have an omnidirectional seating arrangement.

The planetarium features many different types of content to explore for the museum's visitors and a general audience. Daily shows range from pre-produced content (translated into four languages) to sophistcated and interactive live presentations.

There are concerts and other cultural events as well. With its unique architecture and stage setup it's a magical place for both performers and audiences. It features a brand-new 17.2 3D audio system.

There will be a re-opening event on Friday evening (September 23rd) where the newly installed hardware will be inaugurated. In the evening of the 24th there will be a concert in the dome which conference attendees can attend as well (at 18:00 or 20:30):

Live chamber version of Gustav Holst ́s „THE PLANETS“.
You'll hear the famous music THE PLANETS by Gustav Holst live and
compounded with impressive planets spectacular in a planetarium or
outdoor on sceen. We create a new and very special line-up for three
musicians to adapt Holst ́s very first version for just 2 pianos.


The city of Lucerne

Lucerne ranks amongst the world's prettiest cities and is rich in sights and attractions. Contributing to Lucerne's cityscape alongside the world-famous Chapel Bridge and Water Tower are the Musegg Wall, the Jesuit Church, the Spreuer Bridge, the Lion Monument, the KKL culture and convention centre and a host of other sites of interest.

Lucerne (Luzern in German, Lozärn in Swiss-German) is a beautiful small city in the heartland of Switzerland, across the lake from Altdorf, where legend has it William Tell shot an apple off of his son's head. Lucerne is a fine city to visit, and is a great base from which to explore famous Swiss sites such as the mountains Rigi, Pilatus, Titlis and the Rütli meadow.

The first city to join the Swiss Confederation, today Lucerne is a lovely small city with a thriving tourism industry, owing mainly to its status as a gateway to Central Switzerland. The city is a centre of Swiss history and legend. Tourism in Lucerne has a distinguished history dating from the mid-19th century, with Mark Twain being just one famous tourist at the time. In A Tramp Abroad he recalls the nascent souvenir business, and other budding examples of the tourism trade.

"The commerce of Lucerne consists mainly in gimcrackery of the souvenir sort; the shops are packed with Alpine crystals, photographs of scenery, and wooden and ivory carvings. I will not conceal the fact that miniature figures of the Lion of Lucerne are to be had in them. Millions of them." — Mark Twain

And even for immersive history buffs there's something to see: The Bourbaki Panorama in the city hosts one of the last remaining 360° panorama paintings (1881) still on display. Nearby is the Alpineum which displays large format panorama paintings of the Swiss Alps from the early 20th century.

Switzerland

To really understand Switzerland and the Swiss you have to know the country's history and culture. Here's a brief summary which explains quite well why the people of this peculiar alpine country are the way they are:

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Ticket Shop

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+41 (0)41 375 75 75
info@STOP-SPAM.verkehrshaus.ch

Verkehrshaus der Schweiz
Haldenstrasse 44
CH-6006 Luzern

Öffnungszeiten

365 Tage offen!
Sommerzeit
10:00 - 18:00 Uhr
Winterzeit
10:00 - 17:00 Uhr