(MENAFN- Industrial News Service)
ZEISS has won the contract to install state-of-the-art projection technology in the planetarium at Seoul Science Park in South Korea in March 2023. The hybrid system for the 11 m dome is based on the combination of optical-mechanical and digital projection with integrated control. The analog component is a ZEISS ASTERION Starball for impressive depiction of the starry night sky. It is the latest version of a ZEISS star projector.
The Starball is replacing the 30-year-old ZEISS M1015 star projector. ZEISS is fitting the projector with two options for the customer: A built-in lift to lower the Starball from the center of the dome and scintillation, which causes all stars to twinkle in response to a control command, just as they do in nature by force of atmospheric influences. Two ZEISS VELVET LED projectors complement the projection system with digital fulldome projection. Both ZEISS ASTERION and ZEISS VELVET projections provide a deep black background without the characteristic glow of classic projectors.
'This allows visitors to the planetarium at Seoul Science Park to enjoy a 'perfect' night,' explains Martin Kraus, Head of ZEISS Planetariums. The ZEISS UNIVIEW planetarium software offers accurate and vivid astronomical visualizations. It allows all phenomena of the universe to be displayed in a three-dimensional perspective beyond the earthbound view, all the way out to the remnants of the Big Bang.
Issuing the contract for refitting the planetarium in Seoul to ZEISS is also a personal success story for the ZEISS representative in South Korea: 'He was the one who fitted out the planetarium with ZEISS exactly 30 years ago,' Kraus says.
A second planetarium on the western outskirts of Seoul is also getting ZEISS VELVET projection technology. It is expected to open in early 2023.
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ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling 7.5 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets (status: 30 September 2021).
For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses and binoculars.
With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 13 percent of its revenue in research and development – this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future.
With around 37,000 employees, ZEISS is active globally in almost 50 countries with around 30 production sites, 60 sales and service companies and 27 research and development facilities (status: 31 March 2022). Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The Carl Zeiss Foundation, one of the largest foundations in Germany committed to the promotion of science, is the sole owner of the holding company, Carl Zeiss AG.