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Wired: SonicVision Reaches for Stars

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 2, 2003

“Hundreds of people saw the light — and the music — here
Monday night, thanks to a supercomputer running Linux, a team of
video artists and one of the world’s biggest virtual-reality
simulators.

“SonicVison, a new show by the American Museum of Natural
History and MTV2, blends technology, music and animations displayed
on a 6,550-square-foot digital dome into a brain-melting fiesta of
sounds and sights.

“Set to open to the public Oct. 3, SonicVision features a
musical score with tracks from Radiohead, Coldplay, Queens of the
Stone Age, David Bowie, the Flaming Lips, Stereolab,
Fischerspooner, Boards of Canada and Moby…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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