Robin Sip

Robin Sip, Director of Show Production & Content, Evans & Sutherland, and CEO of Mirage3DRobin is founder and CEO of Mirage3D and an award-winning pioneer of special venue 3D cinema. Founded in 1999 and based in The Hague, Netherlands, Mirage3D, is a leading fulldome producer. He originally trained as a computer engineer, then became a 3D modeler and later a writer/director. Robin entered the field of domescreen exhibition in 1988, gaining experience in the Omniversum Space Theatre in The Hague. He subsequently gained fulldome production experience with Evans & Sutherland, and the London planetarium. Robin has produced and/or directed 20 fulldome shows, including a number of popular favorites and financial successes, including Dawn of the Space Age, Origins of Life, Natural Selection, and Dinosaurs@Dusk. Mirage3D’s productions have played in over 700 fulldome theaters and science centers around the world. Of note, Dawn of the Space Age became the world’s first 3D fulldome film and it is the most licensed fulldome film in the industry.In 2016, Robin accepted the position of Director of Show Production & Content at Evans & Sutherland. His focus is on improving live action capture for the dome by designing new camera rigs which are being used for commissioned films as well as the next Mirage3D/E&S fulldome-VR production: MARS 1001.His cinematic VR production work to date includedDarwin’s Voyage and Flying Dinosaurs.Current VR production: Mars 1001.