360 ° Panorama cinema
Unique nature and summit experience from various perspectives
From the summit, from deep within a crevasse, in a rushing mountain stream, or floating above the Rauris primeval forest – here you can truly experience the full diversity of the Hohe Tauern.
To give visitors of the Hohe Tauern National Park holiday region a glimpse into this unique and normally inaccessible habitat, the 360-degree panoramic film at the National Park Center was expanded in autumn 2025. For the first time, guests can embark on an impressive 10-minute cinematic journey into the “Sulzbachtäler Wilderness Area.”
Over a period of two years, the film crew worked on location, mostly during the summer. Only the scenes inside the glacier were filmed in winter due to safety reasons. The equipment alone weighed more than one hundred kilos—everything carried by the crew themselves: the 360-degree camera, monitors, drone, and batteries, which lose energy especially quickly at high altitude.
The result of this elaborate production is a captivating film that offers viewers entirely new perspectives and shows how the landscape within the valley is transforming. The climate-driven retreat of the glaciers, for example, reveals land that has never before been touched by humans.
Nine projectors bring this impressive visual and sound experience to life on a screen over 50 meters long. It’s an immersive adventure that draws you deep into the breathtaking alpine world of Hohe Tauern National Park.
The Making of
The media technology was developed and implemented jointly by the Graz-based companies Science Vision and Pro Media. The research for the development of this project took those responsible as far as Hamburg and Los Angeles.
The big challenge was to capture the film footage in 360° perspective and then to present it in the same quality on the screen in the panorama dome, says the managing director of Science Vision, Dr Michael Schlamberger.
When the "360 Degree National Park World" was founded, there was no comparable project anywhere in the world. Therefore, special recording devices with twelve cameras on a ring had to be made, with which the film shots could be captured and realised outside in nature, Schlamberger continues. This newly developed system, which is portable for humans, enabled flexible use in nature without additional transport aids. Dr Schlamberger and his team were pleased with the resource-saving and environmentally friendly filming, the result of which was a great success.