What is the Dynamic Earth Application?
Were frequently asked if the Magic Planet can show real-time weather. In response weve developed an application called Magic Planet DynamicEarth which downloads high quality images of global weather (IR cloud images, to be specific) from the Internet every three hours. In conjunction with StoryTeller, its like a weather Digital Video Recorder – you can see the most recent weather live, or pause and go back to see a replay of the last eight weeks. In addition, you can get live earthquake imagery. In the future, you can expect a wide variety of near-real-time imagery to be available including weather forecasts, sea surface temperatures, etc. Theres a modest annual fee for the service. • What computer hardware is required to run the magic Planet? StoryTeller and OnStage software require only a standard notebook or desktop computer running Microsoft Windows XP with a second video output port to drive the Magic Planet projector. The computer should have: • 1 GB of memory; • a 3D graphics ac