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This museum is a project of the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Its mission is to preserve and foster public accessibility to the history associated with the Nevada Test Site and the nation's nuclear weapons testing program. Mad Systems provided all audiovisual equipment for this museum, including a series of interactive touchscreens, the Ground Zero special effects theater and the introductory video triptych. |
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| The Ground Zero special effects theater uses both front and rear projection. Guests entering the theater find themselves in a bunker. They hear a countdown, see an atomic explosion through the “window” (rear-projection screen) and feel the rumbling and shockwaves. The front-projection screen is lowered and the story of the test site is told. Top left, entrance to the theater. Top right, theater interior |
