Umevatoriet. Photo by Lars-Ã…ke Jonsson.

Swedish planetarium uses Mersive software to create immersion experience

Lexington, KY (October 20, 2009) – Mersive is chosen as the automatic alignment software solution for the science center planetarium display at Sweden’s University of Umeå. Mersive SOL® software was used at Umevatoriet Center to accomplish the edge-blending, image warping and auto alignment of multiple projectors on the dome screen to provide a crisp and compelling immersive visual experience.

“Mersive SOL® software enables automatic alignment of projectors, which significantly reduces installation time and increases the stability of the display,� explains Randall Stevens, CEO at Mersive. “Calibration, which has traditionally taken hours and even days to achieve, has been reduced to a few minutes, so installation and maintenance costs are greatly reduced.�

With the combined solution of Mersive SOL® software, projectiondesign projectors, and integration services by Mersive distributor, Antycip Simulation, the science center delivers an immersive full-dome planetarium show that accommodates 27 people in two rows of seats under a 5 meter diameter hard curved dome screen.

“We are very enthusiastic to have enabled a quantum leap in audience interaction and engagement,� says Tommy Jonsson, Project Manager at Umevatoriet. “Moreover, management is confident our center’s profile will rise even further as a result. Bravo to Mersive SOL®, projectiondesign and Uniview for a beautiful collaboration and to Antycip Simulation for bringing it all together.�
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More information on Umevatoriet can be found at www.umevatoriet.se.

About Mersive®
Mersive software enables the creation of large seamless displays with resolutions exceeding high-definition. As a leader in visual technology, Mersive software simplifies the way high-resolution displays are designed, configured, and maintained to provide a cost-effective, true auto-alignment solution capable of merging any number of projectors into a seamless display of almost any size, shape, and resolution. Technology once considered practical only for select capital-rich industries is now made available by Mersive for a range of applications from simulation and training to museum displays and digital signage. Mersive clients include a number of corporate, government, and academic organizations. For more information about Mersive’s planetarium display alignment solutions or for further information about Mersive, please visit www.mersive.com or contact:

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