DAVID McCONVILLE  
 
DAVID McCONVILLE is an award-winning media artist and researcher specializing in history and development of dome-based display environments. His research focuses on developing intuitive and interactive immersive displays for visualizating and communicating worldviews. He is co-founder of The Elumenati (www.elumenati.com), a full service design and engineering firm specializing in the development and deployment of immersive projection environments for clients ranging from art festivals to space agencies. He is also on the board of the Buckminster Fuller Institute (http://www.bfi.org) helping to realize Fuller ' s vision of a global network of Geoscope displays for visualizing Earth data. David is based in West Asheville , NC , where he is conducting independent research as a PhD candidate in the Planetary Collegium (http://www.planetary-collegium.net).

Our worldview shapes our perception of reality and profoundly effects how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the Earth. When the famous "Blue Marble" was transmitted around the globe after it was shot by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972, it provided a photographic view of the world that intuitively communicated the fragility and isolation of our home planet. Today, the need to both intellectually and emotionally understand the Earth as a interconnected system has never been greater. Experiencing the "Overview Effect," whether though virtual simulations or physical experiences, can play an important role in this realization. It symbolizes the epiphanic insight that, to paraphrase R. Buckminster Fuller, we are all astronauts aboard Spaceship Earth. Cooperation, integrity, and comprehensive, anticipatory planning are the keys to humanity ' s long-term success.

-- David McConville
 
 
     
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