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IMAX technology and the story behind it

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  So let's first see what IMAX is. IMAX is a Multiscreen Corporation founded in September 1967 by filmmakers Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw. They aimed to use cinema cameras with high resolution and large aspect ratio, vast and tall cinema screens (equal to the height of several floors) to give moviegoers an unprecedented cinema experience. They developed this technology because of the 21-minute movie In the Labyrinth that they screened at the Expo 67 exhibition held in Montreal, Canada, in 1967 using the most basic methods of this technology. Based on inspiration and experience. Using this simple camera system and projector system, IMAX showcased its first short film Tiger Child at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan, in 1970 and in 1974 at Expo '74 in Spokane, Washington, USA. IMAX will open its first company-built IMAX theatre, which will operate as an independent movie theatre that affiliates with another movie theatre company. Before the 21st cen