Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation has announced that the Science Museum of Virginia, in Richmond, Virginia, has selected the E&S Digistar 5 digital projection system for its new dome theater set to open in early 2014. The Science Museum will be opening up the full expanse of the cosmos to its guests -inviting everyone to explore the universe with the company in a truly spectacular fashion. The upgrade will also include the re-skinning of Science Museum of Virginia's existing 23 meter (75 foot) diameter dome with Spitz NanoSeam perforated aluminum panels matched so precisely edge-to-edge that they disappear under projection, and E&S' auto alignment and auto blending technology to combine all five 4K projectors into a seamless full dome image.

The Digistar 5 fulldome 3D system will include five 25,000 lumen DLP projectors at 4K resolution running at 120 Hz. The combined resolution of these projectors will produce over 29 million pixels on the Museum's giant 23 meter (75 foot) diameter dome, almost three times the resolution of a 4K full dome theater, and over 14 times the resolution of HDTV. This system will offer a brightness of 4 fL on the dome, currently the higher brightness ever projected in a giant screen digital full dome theater.