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The D-
Imager
camera
senses
gestures
and
movement
and allows
you to
interact
with 3D
footage
THEGAMES
THE CHANNEL | SPORT
ondon will be the
10th Olympic Games
where Panasonicʹs
broadcast technology
is used to capture
and acquire images
for the Olympic
Games and it will be the first HD
3D live broadcast in the history of
the Games. Panasonic has a wide
range of 3D equipment so this is an
exciting time for us and probably
for OBS as well. Weʹll be using one
of our latest cameras, the Panasonic
AG‐3DP1, a fully integrated twin
lens camera recording format.
We are expecting to acquire in
excess of 200 hours of extremely
high resolution 3D footage of the
Gamesʹ events. We are providing
camera equipment, but also the
viewing equipment to be able to
view the images in 3D, and some of
the post‐production equipment as
well. Our P2 solid state recording
format technology will be used in
London as the official recording
format of the Games.
There's a shift in technology for
sharing the Games on the screen…
As the TOP global sponsor in the
AV category we provide a whole
host of different screens. In our
professional range, the range goes
from small format screens right up
to the worldʹs largest plasma 152”
screen. Each of those is now
capable of providing an immersive
3D viewing experience. We also
provide the very large screens
which are used in the stadia – the
large LED screens that you see at
football matches for example. These
will be positioned in all the venues.
And as part of the Live Site project
we are bringing that screen
technology to audiences beyond the
Olympic venues and beyond
London. At 21 official Live Sites in
different cities throughout the UK
people will be able to congregate
and watch Olympic content on
these large 25 square metre screens.
The great thing is that those screens
will be left in legacy after the
Games, so that they can be used by
the local communities for many
different purposes.
Some of your screens use U-Touch
overlays – how does that work?
A U‐Touch overlay can be applied
over any of our screens. What this
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Sean Taylor, Senior
Manager in the
Panasonic UK Olympic
Project Office, has
been working full time
on the delivery of the
Olympic project for the
past four years. As one
of the TOPsponsors,
Panasonic provides a
diverse range of
equipment – not only
broadcast equipment
and screens but also
HD visual
communication
systems and CCTV
security around the
Games. For the
consumer the
excitement is to watch
it all in glorious highly
defined 3D – how will
Panasonic deliver it?
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