Panasonic technology participates in 'One Year to Go ceremony’ Tokyo 2020

At the event, which inaugurated the celebrations of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, a video show was held using Panasonic's real-time projection mapping and tracking technology.

As a sponsoring partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Panasonic has collaborated in the video show presented during the ceremony One Year to Go, with its real-time tracking technology and state-of-the-art projectors.

The event, carried out by the Organizing Committee of Tokyo 2020, in conjunction with the city government, hosted the Tokyo International Forum and held this 24 July. With it began the countdown of a year and began the call of athletes to participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

The ceremony was attended by the president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee 2020, Yoshiro Mori; the governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike; guests from Tokyo 2020, including the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and other dignitaries; as well as an approximate audience of 5.000 people.

In addition to the start of the countdown for the opening, the IOC's invitation to the Tokyo Olympic Games was also presented 2020, the design of the medals was revealed and the call for volunteers who will run with the torch was launched..

During the opening presentation, participants enjoyed an innovative video projection, full of colors and effects, which was combined with real-time monitoring of the dynamic routine of a fast dancer and her complex gymnastic movements. This demonstration was a reminder of Tokyo's promise. 2020 for offering the most innovative Olympic Games in history.

The dance was performed by Honami Tsuboi, Japanese rhythmic gymnast participating in the Beijing Olympics 2008, with the musical accompaniment of the Yoshida Brothers, and its three-stringed shamisen instruments, of the Tsugaru region, Northern Japan.

Both tracking (or follow-up) in real time, such as projection mapping for the representation of spatial images (uniform video projection across multiple surfaces) were implemented with Panasonic technology to project images on fast-moving objects using special projectors.

Real-time tracking and mapping detect target movements and positions at high speed for smooth, low-latency projection mapping.

Panasonic's real-time mapping and tracking technology achieves a latency of 0.0016 Seconds, or less than 1/10, between detecting the position of an object and transmitting images.

“We are honored to offer our real-time projection mapping and tracking technology at the opening presentation of Tokyo's One Year to Go ceremony 2020, celebrating the city of Tokyo as host of the world's biggest sporting event. We are committed to using our innovative technologies to help Tokyo 2020 to offer the most innovative Olympic and Paralympic Games in history", comments Satoshi Takeyasu, Director of Brand Communication (CBCO) from Panasonic Corporation.

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