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June 26th, 2015
Arithmetica’s Spherevision Reveals Henry VIII’s Excesses in Stunning 360 Degrees

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Shepperton  Studios, June 26, 2015 — A 360 degree video recording system from Arithmetica has  been used to create an educational yet entertaining 360 film about the wanton  excesses of Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace.

Forming part of the Historic  Royal Palaces Tudors on Tour event, the 360 degree interactive cinema experience  explores the working kitchens, wine cellar and fine decorations of Hampton  Court, inviting the audience to gather evidence of the King’s excessive spending  for the treasury.

Created by specialist production company TX,  using a SphereVision 360 degree recording and production system, the fifteen  minute film was first debuted at Tatton Park in Cheshire, where nearly 4,000  children immersed themselves in the digital 360 degree pop up cinema from Igloo  Vision on the first day alone. Tudors on Tour, including the SphereVision film,  will return to the Tower of London from 23-26 July 2015.

“Working in 360 degrees allows us to create an environment that  really interacts with the audience, in this case immersing them in Henry VIII’s extravagant Hampton Court,” commented Tracey Manasseh, a specialist 360 producer working with SphereVision. “From the moment they step into the Palace’s courtyard until they outwit the King’s guards to make their escape, the audience  is captivated and engaged by the 360 degree scene.”

The 360 degree  representation of Hampton Court was filmed by TX using a SphereVision recording  system in just three days on location at Hampton Court. The opening scenes  feature a lone Tudor nobleman who conspiratorially invites the audience to  collect evidence of Henry VIII’s excessive spending. The film transports  watchers to the Palace’s kitchens where they turn meat on a spit and help a  struggling kitchen hand identify exotic ingredients such as lemons, apricots and  peppercorns, before whisking them into the King’s palatial wine cellars. Aimed  at four-six year olds, the interactive experience continues with the audience  learning how to bow, curtsy and even dance, before ending with the nobleman  testing them on what evidence they have uncovered.

“The  SphereVision 360 video recording, production and playback system is easy to use,  from onsite filming to the end user sitting at his computer or, in this case,  watching in a pop up cinema,” continued Manasseh. “It has enormous potential for  a range of applications beyond the tourism and heritage markets, including  security, site management, risk assessment as well as health and safety  management and training.”

CONTACTS: Editorial enquiries to  Robert Peel, [email protected], +44 (0)1666 823306 Reader and  advertising enquiries to Mark Senior, [email protected], +44 (0) 208 783 1972 Colour separation requests to [email protected] www.arithmetica.com www.spherevision.com

Notes to  Editors:

SphereVision is Europe’s leading brand for spherical and  360 degree video solutions. 360 video systems are able to record a real-world  environment in all directions at the same time, capturing every aspect of the  scene in one go. When the video is played back – on a laptop, mobile device or  over the Internet – viewers can pan around the image, moving through and  exploring the site as if they were there. Footage can be integrated with floor  and site plans using the company’s innovative software and the high-resolution 360 imagery can also be integrated with online mapping.

www.spherevision.com

Arithmetica is an innovator in  360-degree imaging solutions and automated laser scanning data processing  software.  Located at the world famous Shepperton Studios near London,  Arithmetica is the company behind SphereVision and Pointfuse. Arithmetica is an  inventive software house that develops ground breaking software solutions to  solve real world scientific, medical and engineering problems. Arithmetica  builds on more than thirty years of television and film production to develop  software for clients around the world. Arithmetica solutions handle complex data  rich information and are simple and easy to use.

Arithmetica’s  wide-ranging experience and capabilities include : image analysis and computer  vision for industrial and biomedical fields, massively parallel computation,  multimedia data compression, data mining and machine learning, Monte-Carlo  methods, traffic simulation, mathematical optimisation used in conceptual  aircraft design, statistical estimation, computational fluid dynamics applied to  aerofoil optimisation, nonlinear variable demand economics models involving  millions of variables, finite element electromagnetic analysis, spherical image  processing and 360-degree video presentation.

www.arithmetica.com

Transmission (TX)  Ltd was formed in 1989. With over 20 years’ experience of supplying high end  equipment/ facilities, specialised systems and experienced crews to the  broadcast industry TX provide everything from High Definition multi-camera  systems for dramas, compact remote HD camera and Mini Cam systems, Underwater  and Onboard camera units for factual programme making, 360 video and spherical  camera systems for online media and IPTV, extreme Mini Cam rigs for hazardous  environments and RF & fibre optic links to get your signals where they need  to go.

TX work with all digital recording formats and our  specialist systems include time-lapse, high speed, IR and thermal technologies.  Leaders in their field the expertise, innovative ideas, engineering skills and  consultancy of TX are available to give any production the very best service,  anywhere in the world.

www.ttx.co.uk

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