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PANASONIC UNVEILS REAL-TIME PROJECTION-MAPPING PROJECTOR NEW TECHNOLOGY USES REAL-TIME TRACKING AND PROJECTION MAPPING TO ACHIEVE INDUSTRY-LEADING LATENCY LEVELS.
Panasonic has launched its new real-time tracking and projection mapping-compatible projector. Unveiled during the Tokyo 2020 ‘One Year to Go’ Ceremony held at the Tokyo International Forum to celebrate a year before the start of the Olympic Games, the new technology was used for an innovative live video performance. Starring Honami Tsuboi, a Japanese rhythmic gymnast who competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the performance saw Tsuboi deliver an energetic dance routine to a videoprojected backdrop of colours and effects that
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followed and reacted to the dancer’s dynamic movements in real time. The new projector uses real-time tracking and projection mapping to detect the movements and positions of the target object (in this case, the dancer) at high speeds to achieve smooth, low-latency projection mapping. The new technology achieves the lowest latency in the industry, at just 0.0016 seconds between detecting an object’s position and transmitting the relevant image; a major industry breakthrough, that figure is less than one tenth that of a conventional device. When it comes
to Middle East application for the technology, Yasuo Yamasaki, Director of System Solutions & Communications Division for Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa believes that the region is a perfect breeding ground. “The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing AV markets globally,” he told TPMEA. “It is driven mainly by the emergence of smart cities as well as global events being hosted across the region. “These events aim to deliver unique and fully immersive audience experience, which can be achieved only through advanced AV solutions measuring up to the highest quality standard
