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InStudio
Practical solutions for
synthesising media
Virtual Production adoption has been accelerated since the pandemic, and it's now a
widely used technology that involves not just Virtual Sets, but also LED-based XR and
other technologies - by Adrian Pennington...
T
he world of virtual production
is
constantly
existing technology
evolves
changing as
and
new solutions hit the market. Virtual
production enables users to tell better
stories, gain
viewership, increase
revenue, and reduce costs using new
techniques such as games engines or
the use of LED volumes.
Ross Video highlights
Extended
Reality (XR) - a type of virtual
production technique that involves
an LED volume allowing the talent
to see the environment they
are
supposed to be interacting with.
" XR continues to gain traction by
delivering immersive and innovative
experiences including in reality TV
shows, music
performances
and
live sports, " says Manesh Patel,
Product Management & Business
Development for Virtual Graphics.
" Ross Virtual Solution has led the
way with a suite of technologies
designed
to make it easy
platform allows operators to create
stunning virtual environments while
simplifying live workflows. When
combined with the Lucid
for
production teams to deploy complex
workflows. The
Voyager render
point. The Voyager Trackless solution
uses the power of the Unreal Engine
to provide photorealistic yet easy-tooperate
virtual environments.
The modern newsroom requires
any graphics workflow to integrate
seamlessly
into the existing MOS
environment. Indeed, journalists
expect
existing story creation tools while
graphics elements that enhance the
story are seamlessly added to the
final
presentation. Ross' solution
allows for that seamless MOS-based
integration and for journalists to add
virtual or augmented reality elements
to their stories with ease. Ross Virtual
Solution uses the same workflow
components as the XPression motion
graphics system, guaranteeing tight
integration between CG and AR
workflows, which results in quicker
and easier adoption by newsroom
users. "
This year disguise addressed a
challenge curbing the
significant
Studio
control platform, users get the entire
workflow under one control umbrella,
including LED production, rendering
engine, control surface, and tracking.
" For those looking to break into
virtual production for the first time,
an all-in-one solution is a great entry
widespread use of virtual sets and
real-time graphics in broadcast. Niki
Whittle, Head of Broadcast Solutions
EMEA explains,
" Even with the multiple benefits
these technologies
that
broadcasters
integrating
still
virtual
existing broadcast
sets
offer,
struggle with
into their
-
workflows
often needing to hire additional
programmers to plan the content in
advance.
to continue using their
Premier League Productions recently selected AE Live
to manage the build and integration of a virtual studio
" Off the back of our successful
acquisition of Polygon Labs, we
launched a suite of new tools to
allow for better integration of realtime
data and graphics into existing
broadcast workflows.
" These included
our Porta 2.0
software together with px hardware
which
are
engineered
to
power
Unreal Engine vanilla graphics and
enable broadcasters to seamlessly
create, control, and collaborate on
real-time graphics without needing to
hire additional programmers to plan
the content in advance. "
With Porta, Whittle explains that
Team members can easily edit and
control
dynamic
content on the
fly, create playlists, and modify
Unreal
Engine parameters, such
as light values, as well as trigger
disguise's
software timeline cues
to synchronize physical and virtual
lights. This provides more flexibility,
allowing creatives to build templates
of Unreal Engine graphics without the
need for blueprints or coding.
Porta and px also give production
TUDN News built a virtual studio powered by disguise graphics solutions
Picture courtesy of TUDN News
crews access to a centralized data
aggregation, curation, and playout
control platform known as Ipsum,
which enables integration with thirdparty
APIs, databases and files for
real-time graphics.
" Porta's
graphics
real-time data-driven
workflow significantly
accelerates xR and AR broadcast
productions.
Anyone regardless
of skill
Unreal
level
can now work on an extended reality
production collaboratively, making
everyday
a simple operation for all
production. "
Premier League Productions
recently selected AE Live to manage
the build
and
integration of
a
virtual studio for all their studio
programming supporting the 380
matches that they broadcast live and
distribute internationally every year.
The new studio had to be flexible
enough to support multiple virtual
sets to suit
requirements
facility's
different programming
fit within the
and
existing
space
at
Studios in Stockley Park.
AE Live played an integral
IMG
role
throughout the expansive project,
from the concept stage through the
build process and final installation to
on-air operation.
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