FEATURE: OIL AND GAS MITSUBISHI CREATES INTERACTIVE DISPLAY AT OIL COMPANY HQ
Mitsubishi Electric has created an eye-catching multitouch interactive display for oilfield products, systems and services company Aker Solutions at Aker’s headquarters in Oslo. The public display features six Mitsubishi 62in LED-lit DLP cubes mounted behind a multiuser, multitouch interface developed in conjunction with i4Sense in Sweden. The custom-built screen
extends over the entire 4m x 2.1m screen, enabling any number of users to interact with it simultaneously. Visitors are able to learn about Aker
Solutions’ activities around the world by touching virtual ‘cubes’ on the display, which can be ‘unfolded’ to reveal further multimedia resources. A feature of the multitouch
interface is that it uses lasers rather than IR sensors to detect interaction. This means it is far less susceptible to IR interference from sunlight or heat generated by the displays themselves. The laser system allows unlimited touch points and higher precision than a conventional LCD touchscreen, and as the laser transmitters and sensors are
built into the screen frame, the display wall can be completely isolated behind a pane of toughened glass. Each projection cube
delivers WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) resolution at up to 840cd/sqm brightness and 1,500:1 contrast ratio. The interactive display was commissioned by Expology on behalf of Aker Solutions. Mitsubishi Electric supplied the hardware and i4Sense developed the content for the screen. Installation was carried out by Mitsubishi in conjunction with Pitney Bowes Norway.
decisions.” According to Harris, Tullow Oil claims that it has saved tens of thousands of dollars with the reduction in travel costs and the greater organisational efficiencies. “There is,” says Bussens, “a monumental shift in focus from the display wall to the communications infrastructure which drives it, with the goal of enabling fast, easy distribution of data and video among all stakeholders, from operators to field engineers, from managers to customer service reps.” “Operators on shore or
remote to a field may be controlling systems and equipment hundreds or thousands of miles away,” adds Deame. “They want high-quality video with low
latency and high compression. They want it all.”
And that’s what they get
from the AV industry. Audiovisual technology – across its full spectrum, and working at the leading edge of what’s possible – is a vital business enabler for the world’s oil and gas companies on whom our society will continue, for the foreseeable future, to rely.
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solutions.com www.rgb.com www.sharp.eu www.steljes.co.uk
ONLINE EXTRA:
CASE STUDY SNAM Rete Gas, Italy: This natural gas transportation and delivery company has installed a 50sqm eyevis videowall to provide operators with an overall view of the domestic gas transmission network
www.installation-international.com
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