Pizza Eye Surgery Saves Hemispherical Projector

Jamie Zawinski (JWZ) revived a Gekkin WorldEye hemispherical projector at DNA Pizza in San Francisco after a power outage killed the original unit. Rather than replacing the expensive, out-of-production device, he fitted a cheap consumer projector and a bargain fisheye macro lens into the original dome casing with minimal engineering. Despite the 16:9 aspect ratio not perfectly filling the dome and some edge blurring, the improvised setup works well enough for its purpose as a giant animated eye display. Software-side tweaks are planned for further improvement.

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