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InStudio

Telemetrics Offers Compatibility with
Zero Density For Advanced Augmented
Reality Graphics Production
The combined power of Telemetrics robotics and Zero Density's virtual studio
production tools provides captivating results for Nordic production company...

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elemetrics, a leader of robotics
and camera control systems,
has established a close working
relationship with Zero Density, makers
of virtual set and augmented reality
systems. When used together, the
combined power of Telemetrics robotic
camera systems and Zero Density's
advanced compositing and rendering
technology will provide broadcasters
with captivating new real-time visual
effects.
"Telemetrics' robotic control systems
and Zero Density's virtual studio
technology have been successfully
used to create powerful AR and instudio graphics that viewers have
enthusiastically
embraced,"
said
Michael Cuomo, Vice President
of Telemetrics. "Our combined
technologies also provide a good
foundation for At-Home productions
and studios operating remotely. This is
a partnership that will result in many
benefits for our respective customers."
Remote Player Interviews
As one example of this on-going
partnership
Streamteam
Nordic
Oy, one of the largest technical TV
production companies in the Nordic
countries, is now making previously
unavailable player interviews and
multi-layered graphical elements
"come alive in virtual reality" on set in
real-time for viewers at home.

Streamteam uses the
latest virtual studio
technology

Captivating real-time video effects

Working within a state-of-the-art,
green screen studio owned by public
broadcaster YLE in Pasila, Helsinki,
Finland, Streamteam has developed
an innovative technique using a Reality
Virtual Studio system from Zero
Density to allow live on-air presenters
to regularly interview stars "inperson" without those stars physically
appearing in the studio. Instead, they
are using special VS software from
Zero Density to enable that player to
be interviewed at the sports venue
against a green screen located miles
away and have their image appear in
the studio for the live interview.
"Streamteam utilizes Reality's latest
virtual studio and AR tools and strives
to work with the best broadcast
technology in YLE studios. We're proud
to be involved in their immersive
projects alongside Telemetrics," said
Ulas Kacmaz, Co-founder and VP of
Sales and Marketing at Zero Density.

Telemetrics robotic camera top mounted camera system

"This application - "teleportation" - is
not new to the industry, but we raised
the standards to another level with
photo-realism and dynamism."
Robotic System
The innovative production system
includes remotely controlled camera
robotics consisting of the Telemetrics
RCCP series controller, LP-S5 PT
head, and EP-1000 ceiling-mounted
pedestal systems, which first went
live for the start of 2019/2020 hockey
season. This robotic system is critical
to tracking the on-air presenter in
relation to the computer-generated
player being interviewed in real-time.
The Telemetrics pan/tilt heads provide
a UDP-stream of positioning data to
the Zero Density Reality Engine, which
in turn renders the look of the player.
In total, a single Telemetrics RCCP1A robotic camera control panel
and two Telemetrics PT-LP-S5 Pan/
Tilt heads were
installed,
one
with a longer EP71000
Televator
elevating pedestal
and the other with

an EP7-600 and a 9-meter TeleGlide
track mounted on the floor of the 8x6
meter YLE studio.
At each hockey arena of The National
Finnish league, a player stands in front
of a small green screen and wears a
headset to enable them to talk with
the presenter. Their virtual image
is then generated in the studio for
viewers at home to see. The VS effect
is very realistic looking (with a mere
a 1 millisecond of delay) and allows
the real presenter to interact with the
virtual star as if they were together in
the same room.
Zero Density
Headquartered in Turkey with U.S.
offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, Zero
Density is an international technology
company dedicated to developing
creative products for the broadcasting,
live events, and e-sports industries.
Zero Density offers the next level
of production with real-time visual
effects. It provides the Unreal Engine
native platform, Reality Engine,
with advanced real-time broadcast
compositing system and its proprietary
keying technology, Reality Keyer.

Hockey arena
green screen area
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