Cinéorama
- Date
- 1897-1900 · confidence medium
- Place
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Raoul Grimoin-Sanson
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Cinéorama was a pioneering cinematic attraction presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition, combining a circular panoramic screen and ten synchronized projectors to simulate a balloon flight over the city.
What it led to
- panoramic and large-format cinema
- immersive fairground attractions
- synchronization of multiple projections
- forerunner of 20th-century circular cinemas