Panasonic Implements New 3D Projection at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Partners: Atea (Integrator)

Panasonic's RQ35K 4K projectors provide passive 3D projection and superior brightness, enabling students and researchers in KTH’s Visualisation Studio to improve interaction and visibility of visualised data. 

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"Compared to our previous setup, brightness has more than doubled, making it the perfect choice even in well-lit situations. This has transformed the user experience at KTH’s Visualisation Studio, significantly improving engagement and immersion throughout"

Client: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Product(s) supplied: PT-RQ35K

Challenge

Facilitate greater access to 3D projection technology for the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, enabling users to easily interact with visualised data, and enhance collaborative learning and exploration. 

Solution

Panasonic’s 3-Chip DLP™ 4K projectors have revolutionised KTH’s Visualisation Studio, delivering passive 3D projection and brilliant brightness using patented Infitec 3D technology, whilst reducing maintenance and set-up complexity.

This is achieved by advances in innovative interference filter technology that overcomes previous limitations in colour accuracy and saturation that’s inherent to the older Anaglyph 3D approach. These precisely-engineered interference filters split the visible spectrum into two complementary sets of narrow wavelength bands – one set projected for the left eye, and another for the right. 

Users wear matching glasses with filters that ensure each eye only receives its intended wavelengths, allowing the brain to fuse the images into a seamless 3D experience. These glasses are simple to use and cost-effective to produce; they are effectively enhanced versions of glasses used by moviegoers in cinemas. visuals

Whilst it often requires two projectors, passive 3D projection can deliver higher brightness levels, and 4K resolution. Furthermore, passive systems are more cost-effective and easier to maintain. This lowers total cost of ownership, and is much more accessible than active 3D projection set-ups.

Panasonic’s projectors replaced a setup originally tailored to another vendor installed over 10 years ago. Whilst any adjustments in infrastructure is challenging, KTH were able to handle the installation internally – with the help of AV integrator, Atea – configuring the software and stacking the projectors. Thanks to the flexibility of 3D projection, alignment and placement took only about 15 minutes instead of hours.

Even when the projectors were shifted slightly, the KTH team could quickly realign the RQ35Ks, saving significant time. The plug-and-play nature of passive 3D projection also eliminates the need for extra maintenance.

Ingemar Markström, Application Expert at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, comments: “The installation process was remarkably straightforward. Our team handled everything in-house, and the flexibility of 3D projection meant alignment and placement took just minutes rather than hours. The system’s plug-and-play nature continues to save us time, requiring virtually no ongoing adjustments or maintenance.”

For KTH, space was limited in the VIC, necessitating a rear-projected setup. The RQ35K combines high performance and a remarkably compact form factor, as the smallest and lightest 3-Chip DLP™ 4K projector available in its class. This makes it easy to transport and install, especially in small and difficult-to-reach areas.

With Panasonic projectors renowned for very high reliability, and the RQ35 delivering up to 20,000 hours of maintenance-free projection, the KTH team had complete peace-of-mind that its 3D visualisations could be delivered time and time again – maximising user engagement. This also eliminates lamp and filter replacements, reducing downtime, and maintenance and running costs associated with the previous projectors.

Björn Thuresson, Lab Director at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, adds: “Compared to our previous setup, brightness has more than doubled, making it the perfect choice even in well-lit situations. This has transformed the user experience at KTH’s Visualisation Studio, significantly improving engagement and immersion throughout.”

"Compared to our previous setup, brightness has more than doubled, making it the perfect choice even in well-lit situations. This has transformed the user experience at KTH’s Visualisation Studio, significantly improving engagement and immersion throughout"

Photos supplied by KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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