Panasonic projects the world's first immersive concert tour in 360º

Odyssey Circle is an innovative project of fifteen large-scale traveling 360º concerts, where 4K projectors are used 3 chips DLP the Panasonic, offering spectacular visual effects, fruit of the association with Circle.

As technical partner in video projection of the world tour of Odyssey Circle, the multinational Panasonic is redefining the way festival-goers experience live entertainment, carrying the 360° projection beyond of the limits of traditional concerts.

The first large-scale traveling concert of its kind, fruit of its association with Circle, artistic movement that creates immersive music experiences, use the projectors 3 chips DLP from Panasonic to reimagine a immersive cinematic storytelling through the Synchronize stunning 4K visuals with live music.

The Cercle Odyssey musical experience will be performed before more than 150.000 spectators during thirty shows spread over fifteen dates, in Mexico City, Los Angeles (The first concerts have already been held in these cities) and Paris.

World first in immersive storytelling

Designed and directed by Derek Barbolla, founder and artistic director of Cercle, Cercle Odyssey concerts fuse the creativity of musicians world renowned, between them Moby y Empire of the Sun, y visual artists.

Inspired by the epic poem of Greek literature Odyssey, from Homer, Cercle Odyssey reimagines the concert format as a immersive artistic journeyor unique that explores the intimate bond between humans and nature.

Cercle Odyssey is a creation of Cercle, a multidisciplinary artistic movement that organizes concerts, festivals and immersive experiences, and that innovatively presents the work of renowned authors in unique locations around the world, including declared sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.

As Barbolla explains, “Cercle Odyssey's partnership with Panasonic highlights our common ambitions: push technological limits and reinvent immersive experiences that resonate emotionally and unite audiences, at the same time making them as accessible as possible”.

360° projections offered by Panasonic, synchronized with live music, “allow viewers to experience live entertainment and visual storytelling like never before”, assures this responsible.

Native 4K projection

To bring this ambitious, large-scale immersive experience to life at every concert on the tour, Cercle Odyssey uses 2.300 m² of projection space on the walls and ceiling of each venue in which it is held.

Each show takes place in a circular structure, with capacity for a maximum of 5.000 guests for performance, with a strict policy of do not use phones to allow the audience to fully connect with the performers. In exchange, as a memory, Each attendee will receive a folder with content recorded by Cercle.

This innovative mobile space also uses a total of 72 speakers from the sound maker L-Acoustics, arranged around a modern structure, with dimensions of 50 meters long and 10 high.

ETC Onlyview, immersive event production specialist, will be installed during the different concerts twenty Panasonic PT-RQ50K laser equipment, with a power of 50.000 lumens, equipped with the wide-angle and short-throw optics ET-D3QW200 from this manufacturer to project 360° images on walls.

Besides, two RQ50K models will be installed together on each screen and rear projected, rhating even 5.000 spectators per concert con 100.000 Lumens brightness and visual effects impressive.

Panasonic RQ50K provides high brightness and native 4K resolution (4.096×2.160p), with optimal cinematic image quality and sharp, vivid colors, without any distortion. Besides, offers up to 20.000 hours of maintenance-free operation forks easy to install, carry and adjust compared to Led screens, making it perfect for large-scale immersive live events.

Cercle Odyssey will also use six compact Panasonic PT-RQ35K projectors, what they offer 30.000 lumens of brightness and will be discreetly placed next to the stage to project 4K images on the ceiling.

The multimedia server and real-time compositing platform company Smode Tech provides eight servers for this project, supplied by Middle Alabama, belonging to the French group Novelty.

Smode Tech is also responsible for training operator teams and overseeing all aspects of Cercle Odyssey coding., so that each show is unique and perfectly synchronized with the music.

Sustainable live events

A key element at Cercle Odyssey is sustainability, with a proposal designed and that puts into practice the entire route to minimize your global carbon footprint. Proof of this is that the sound equipment, lighting and projection are locally sourced, which considerably reduces emissions from transportation.

When choosing projectors instead of traditional LED screens, energy consumption is also reduced considerably, especially in the large projection surfaces used in each concert.

This is what he points out Hartmut Kule, head of marketing visual systems de Panasonic Connect Europe, “We believe that images have the power to connect and move people. As Cercle Odyssey technical partner for video projection, We're opening new frontiers in immersive storytelling. Our 4K projectors, industry leaders, They bring these moments to life and allow the public to participate today in the future of large-scale sustainable events”.