Vortex Immersion
Creating Next Generation
Digital Domes, Immersive Venues and Experiences
Featured News
Fulldome Community Blossoms
Dome Fest West celebrated its 5th annual conference, expo, and film festival at the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, Colorado, last April 2026 bringing together more than 400 professionals and enthusiasts from across the fulldome industry.
Highlights included industry panels, networking events, the Fulldome Forward Expo, screenings of 38 of this year’s best fulldome films, and awards across 14 categories.
Find out more about North America’s premier fulldome film festival and plans for Dome Fest West 2027.
What We Do
Immersive Experiences that Transform
Vortex Immersion Media is blazing a trail to the future of immersive entertainment using 360º domes, VR, augmented reality and machine learning. We are the go-to resource for next generation immersive media, art and entertainment from content creation to large-scale venue development. Our team has decades of experience leading challenging, technology-driven projects with positive impact. We’re known for our cutting-edge creative content, immersive art productions, venue design and full-spectrum consultancy.
Our Partners & Clients
experiences
Featured Projects
Vortex has designed, produced, integrated or supported hundreds
of immersive and interactive experiences and venues since 2007.
New Heights
Drift through auroras, dance through the stars, and discover worlds beyond your wildest dreams. ASTRONOMICA carries audiences through the universe and into the most sacred place of all — the worlds that lie within. Playing in dome theaters now.
Astronomica
Drift through auroras, dance through the stars, and discover worlds beyond your wildest dreams. ASTRONOMICA carries audiences through the universe and into the most sacred place of all — the worlds that lie within. Playing in dome theaters now.
The Journey
The Journey is an award-winning immersive experience designed to inspire and enchant audiences with beautiful music and visuals as we travel through fantastical worlds
Route 66 Immersive Experience
An official project of the Route 66 Centennial Commission currently in development transporting audiences through space and time, showcasing iconic stops, neon-lit motels, and quirky roadside attractions of the Mother Road.
Deco Dome at Scuba Show
Vortex’s Deco Dome took audiences into oceans around the world including stunning coral reefs, spectacular kelp forests and close encounters with manta rays, giant sea bass, sharks, whales, and a squadron of Caribbean reef squid.
Dome Fest West
Vortex’s worldbuilders hosted Dome Fest West’s Summer Series, an online film festival in Domelandia, a metaverse world on the AltspaceVR platform. The festival attracted over 7000 visits over 2 weeks.
"Some day in the not too distant future you’ll be able to go to a movie and the movie will be all around you. The movie will be over your head, it will be 360 degrees around you."