Tri-surface image projection system and method

A system comprising:

• one or more digital cameras or a digital computer using a gaming engine for digitally originating at least visual digital media content;
• a computer using a computer model simulation of a real venue in which the digital content is to be showed, the real venue having a real frontal screen and two real oppositely positioned side screens, the computer model simulation virtually frontally projecting the visual digital media content from a virtual center of the simulated venue;
• the computer programmed to digitally capture the frontally projected visual digital media from points of view of a digital projector projecting onto the frontal screen and two oppositely positioned side projectors projecting onto the side screens would have in real life in order to bake in a warped transformation of the frontally projected visual digital media;
• a real frontal digital cinema projector and two real oppositely positioned side digital cinema projectors in the real venue, the real digital cinema projectors projecting the digitally captured, warped, transformed frontally projected visual digital media onto the real frontal screen and the real left and a right screen adjacent the frontal screen in the real theater that completes an illusion of a cinematic window of the visual digital media content in the real theater;
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• at least one digital server to feed the three digitally captured, warped media streams synchronously to the front, left and right digital cinema projectors.

A kit comprising:

• a) a structure comprising a rear wall, a front wall, a floor, and left and right side walls;
• b) a primary, forward projecting digital cinema projector positioned adjacent the rear wall for producing a primary digital image;
• c) a primary reflecting screen upon which is projected the primary digital image, the primary reflecting screen having a left side edge and a right side edge;
• d) at least one right side wall digital cinema projector for projecting a second digital images, the second digital image projected onto a left side wall extension screen, the latter positioned with one edge adjacent the left side edge of the primary reflecting screen;
• e) at least one left side wall digital cinema projector for projecting a third digital image, the third digital image projected onto a right side wall extension screen, the latter positioned with one edge adjacent the right side edge of the primary reflecting screen;
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• f) at least one digital server to feed at least three separate media streams synchronously to the front, left and right digital cinema projectors.

A kit for mapping at least one of 3-D animation, film, video, digital media or footage onto a tri-planar surface comprising:

• a) a structure comprising a primary light reflecting screen and left and right extension light reflecting screens positioned in abutting edge relationship to opposite vertical side edges of the primary light reflecting screen, and positioned at respective first and second angles to the primary light reflecting screen, the first and second angles each being greater than 90 degrees, thus forming a tri-planar surface;
• b) a primary, forward projecting digital cinema projector positioned to produce a primary digital image on the primary light reflecting screen;
• c) a right side digital cinema projector for projecting a second digital image onto the left extension screen light reflecting screen;
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• d) a left side digital cinema projector for projecting a third digital image onto the right extension screen light reflecting screen;
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• e) at least one digital server to feed at least three separate media streams synchronously to the front, left and right digital cinema projectors;
• wherein the primary light reflecting screen and left and right extension light reflecting screens form the tri-planar surface upon which is mapped at least one of 3-D animation, film, video, digital media or footage produced by the combination of images produced by the primary, forward projecting digital cinema projector, the right side digital cinema projector, and the left side digital cinema projector.