Formal Unveiling of ODU's OmniGlobe Will Be March 22

The OmniGlobe, a spherical display of remarkable versatility, will be formally introduced at an unveiling event at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in the instrument's display area in the first floor lobby of the Old Dominion University Oceanography and Physical Sciences Building.

ODU President John Broderick will welcome guests to the unveiling, and the public is invited. (See below for a link to RSVP). A reception will follow in the nearby Pretlow Planetarium.

The $150,000 OmniGlobe can take spectators on an interplanetary trip to Jupiter, send them via time travel back to the early Earth, or even zip them around the modern-day globe to pinpoint the fieldwork being done by ODU researchers.

Thanks to two projectors and a hemispheric mirror inside the five-foot globe, and to an unlimited amount of digital imagery that can be provided by the instrument's computer component, the OmniGlobe can portray spherical objects ranging from the Earth and its moon to Jupiter and its moons.