What They Say
Panasonic put out a release that said that it has further developed its live motion ‘Real-Time Tracking Projection Mapping’. The company claims that with its latest kit and the Panasonic PT-RQ35K projector (a 3 chip DLP 30K5 lumen unit) can deliver images with just 5ms of latency. The kit can also accurately track the location of moving objects. The addition of dedicated software from the kit onto the content server enables the images to be mapped to the moving object or performer using a single cable connection between the projector and content server (HDMI/Display Port).
Hartmut Kulessa, European Marketing Manager at Panasonic Business said:
“I have seen logos and images perfectly projected onto fast moving basketballs as they fly around the court and stunning visual effects tracking the every movement of artists as they leap around the stage.
What We Think
I’ve been watching demoes of this technology for several years on Panasonic’s exhibition booths. I was impressed with the earlier versions! My only worry about this technology is that I wouldn’t want to be looking into the lens of this power of projector. I assume that Panasonic, though, can also mask out the head region of anybody in the ‘line of fire’. As it happens, I asked ViewSonic about this kind of feature when I discussed their new autofocus system with them recently. They told me that they don’t bother with this kind of feature as anybody in a meeting room or classroom that is concerned about this issue, these days, has a UST projector, so that they can stand in front of it.
I can see that this technology could be very cool to enhance the experience of live sports. (BR)
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