For years, one of the best places to watch a movie in DFW was at the Omni Theater IMAX inside the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
However, the theater shut down in 2020 after nearly 40 years of showing films on their 180-degree dome ceiling. Now, the museum is finally reopening the theater, but with some major changes, as the dome will now feature a giant LED screen that will create an immersive experience like nothing else.
The Omni Theater had been projecting movies onto their dome ceiling using IMAX machinery since 1983. Now, 40 years later, the theater is going through some changes, as the IMAX technology has been replaced by a high-definition digital screen capable of showing films, creating interactive presentations and streaming live events. According to Fort Worth Star Telegram, the new screen uses thousands of LED digital modules instead of a projector.
“The brilliance, the brightness, the high definition — it’s going to feel like you’re there. For the first time, the museum will have a venue that is truly interactive,” said Orlando Carvalho, who has served as the museum’s interim president since the spring. The museum hopes to begin construction on the theater in 2023. Soon enough, DFW may have a new favorite theater.
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