[AMIA-L] IMAX in digital projection era?

[Albert Steg <asteg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Though I suppose this isn't such an archival question, I was  
wondering whether the technical visionaries here might be able to  
speculate on how the increasing popularity of IMAX projection might  
dovetail with the increasing use of digital projection systems in  
place of film print projection.   Currently IMAX digitally remasters  
selected titles (Like Batman or Willy Wonka) for their large-format  
IMAX 70mm (horizontally projected) prints.

If the publication of specifications for digital-projection systems  
this summer (I've misplaced the link or I'd provide it here) points  
toward a cinematic future without actual film prints involved, does  
IMAX lose its unique position as a large-format cinema unless it  
develops some fresh mega-size-digital projector that distinguishes it  
from other movie-houses?  Or would they somehow soldier on being a  
lone holdout using film prints based on the success of their format?

In other words, what will it take for IMAX to continue flourishing in  
the age of digital projection?

Albert