Panasonic Connect Europe creates a 360º educational projection sphere

The Czech state company Sphere of Pardubice now has an advanced sphere of educational projection, which uses twelve laser projectors Panasonic Connect Europe to create a 360º experience.

Panasonic Connect Europe has transformed an educational environment into a playful and immersive experience by installing a projection sphere in the Czech state company Sphere of Pardubice, in which merges technology, science and entertainment. Students and visitors can explore planetary data, natural phenomena and other events in a three-dimensional and interactive environment.

This educational outreach project has been carried out, junto con Panasonic Connect Europe, in collaboration with AV Media Systems and the programa Science On a Sphere (SOS) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

For the projection on the sphere, four Panasonic PT-FRZ50 DLP laser projectors, while eight PT-RZ690 DLP take care of the 360° ring. As pointed out Zdenek Krysl, Sales Director of Visual System Solution of this company in the Czech Republic, “The RZ and FRZ models are ideal for long-term installations, offering long useful life, great image uniformity and maintenance-free operation”.

One of the main challenges was setting up the projection sphere, of 1,7 meters in diameter and built in carbon. The balloon was transported in two halves and assembled at its final location. The synchronization of the projections on the sphere and the surrounding ring was achieved thanks to the automatic calibration of DLP projectors.

Visitors can interact with the projections via a tablet, changing perspective and exploring visual content with complete freedom. This flexibility and technological precision allow a intuitive and interruption-free operation, providing a continuous and completely immersive experience.

Sféra Pardubice is the largest projection facility powered by Panasonic in the Czech Republic and one of the few in Europe with a 360° panoramic screen.. Combine education, science and entertainment, attracting both visits from schoolchildren and the general public.

The uniqueness of the solution has caught the attention of the American embassy in Prague; in the spring of 2024, the United States ambassador to the Czech Republic, Sabet Sesame, was at the facility during a visit to the Pardubice region.

Sféra Pardubice screening programs offer up-to-date scientific information, like earthquake tracking, air and sea traffic, cyber attacks and the Milky Way.

This immersion in the reality of planet Earth It also allows you to change the focus towards other celestial bodies, like Jupiter and Mars, offering the public an authentic window to the universe. “Thanks to this technology, “We can show visitors the world as they have never seen it.”, states Kateřina Pacindová, SOS teacher in Sféra Pardubice.