Virtual Production
WWE gets in the virtual production ring
Studio 3 is equipped with disguise VX 4+ and Sony’s Crystal LED VERONA Display, making WWE the first US client to install the modular...
virtual production
Virtual Production
Chaos develops virtual production toolset without the need for game engines
Project Arena utilises off-the-shelf NVIDIA hardware and ray reconstruction technology to quickly move 3D scenes from industry-standard creation tools onto LED screens
Virtual Production
Plazamedia launches latest virtual studio with DAZN’s Super Bowl coverage
DAZN broadcast live from the studio using Plazamedia's permanently connected TV control rooms, with all signals for the broadcast sent from Las Vegas via...
Production & Post
How Freelens TV puts science centre-stage for its latest game show
Take Off is a game show where science and innovation meet competition. With 12 contestants pitted against one another in a series of challenges,...
Virtual Production
University of Salford, Grey Moth partner to showcase mo-cap and virtual production at a lower cost
The company has developed a bespoke workflow which uses tools such as Move.AI, MetaHuman and traditional 3D animation techniques for motion capture filmmaking without...
Business
Anna Valley enters administration
Anna Valley has been working in the AV sector for over three decades, with roots in the supply of cameras and display technology to...
Production & Post
Making a splash
The producers of thriller No Way Up tell Robert Shepherd how they created visually stunning scenes set in the Pacific Ocean, from Basildon and...
Virtual Production
Alfalite introduces UHD Finepix LED panels AlfaCOB for broadcast and virtual production
The new panels also offer enhanced picture quality, including 1,500 cd/m2 nits brightness, 7,680 Hz frame rate, 25,000:1 contrast and 16:9 aspect ratio
Live Production
Survey: New technologies and changing consumer habits will drive innovation in sports production
The report from Altman Solon found that AI capabilities, virtual production tooling, and cloud-based workflows, are transforming content production and distribution in the sports...
Virtual Production
Quasar Science introduces rigging solution for small to mid-sized studios
The Ossium Ladder is designed to hang from any overhead fixing point, allowing rapid rigging of up to sixteen 2’, 4’, or 8’ Rainbow...
Live Production
Going live: Solent University students prepare for final project
TVBEurope talks to students from Solent University's Sonar Events, who are producing a live doubleheader basketball match this weekend using everything from 14 cameras...
Virtual Production
Korea Metaverse Industry Association enters MoU with Pixotope
K-META and Pixotope will engage in various activities, including the joint development of training courses and education programmes based on both parties’ infrastructure as...
Virtual Production
Mo-Sys makes lens files freely available to customers
According to the company, the decision will "spark a collaborative virtual production ecosystem"
Business
Blurred lines
Ahead of next week's ISE Show, TVBEurope speaks to key industry experts who share their thoughts on the crossover between broadcast and pro-AV and...
Metaverse
Connecting Gen Z to the news through virtual production
Middle East news and information platform blinx is targeting younger viewers with a mix of storytelling and extended reality using Vizrt technology. But, as...
Business
TVBEurope January/February 2024 issue out now
TVBEurope kicks off 2024 with a new look, as well as a deep dive into virtual production. Plus, we look at the ongoing convergence...
Virtual Production
Everything we know about: NeRFS and why they’ll be crucial for production and post in 2024
Addy Ghani, VP of virtual production at disguise, takes TVBEurope through a key AI technology to watch out for in 2024
Production & Post
Watch: How Painting Practice created VFX for Doctor Who’s anniversary specials
Painting Practice served as the project's digital art department, delivering concept design, hybrid virtual production previz, post viz, motion graphics and VFX design and...
Virtual Production
dock10 explores how AI can meet challenge of ‘realistic lighting’ in virtual studios
Live or ‘as live’ TV productions - including sports programmes, game shows and music performances - that film in multi-camera green screen studios currently...
Ebooks & White Papers
Special report: AV/broadcast convergence
A new ebook from TVBEurope and Installation gathers insight on the points of crossover between these sibling technology sectors, key features from this year's...
People
Meet the… production development producer
Hannah Robinson, production development producer, dock10, details how she went from the ‘Wolves light show person’ to working on some of the biggest shows...
Virtual Production
An adventure in NearTime: Doctor Who employs Mo-Sys technology for anniversary specials
The project aimed to take pre-visualisations created by Painting Practice in Unreal Engine onto set with the real camera
Virtual Production
Mediapro’s Barcelona facility hosts first European film shot entirely in virtual production
Mediapro's virtual production team worked with the film's art directors to develop 41 stages harnessing technology such as AI, Unreal Engine, photogrammetry and 360º...
Virtual Production
Recode XR expands into new dedicated virtual production space
Recode recently invested in an upgrade to its current volume, with high-spec Absen LED panels with Brompton processing
Virtual Production
Moov-ing into virtual production
The first installation of MOOV's new virtual production technology is at Timeline Television’s studio at Ealing Broadcast Centre
People
Brompton Technology promotes Adam Callaway to lead global virtual production and broadcast activity
Callaway, formerly technical solutions manager, will spearhead Brompton's initiatives in the virtual production and broadcast markets, said the company
Virtual Production
French tech news platform Frandroid employs latest virtual production technology
The Leyard VEM1.8 LED solution, installed by integrator Solutions Audiovisuelles (SAV), was chosen following a demonstration of its capabilities
Virtual Production
Unreal Engine adds support for SMPTE ST 2110
Unreal Engine 5.3 includes experimental support to nDisplay for SMPTE ST 2110, which Epic Games says lays the groundwork for future changes to LED...
Virtual Production
The trends of 2023: virtual production
Pixotope CEO Marcus Brodersen offers his views on virtual production, and why 2023 has been a turning point for education facilities as they begin...
Virtual Production
Taiwan’s first XR broadcast studio hires VP specialist
Pixotope will be providing the XR platform for the new facility at Formosa Television (FTV) station in New Taipei City
Thought Leadership
The trends of 2023: IP adoption, UHD/HDR, and virtual production
AJA president Nick Rashby talks to TVBEurope about the continuing move towards broader IP adoption, demand for UHD/HDR content, and the rise of virtual...
Virtual Production
What’s in store in 2024: Virtual production, cloud, AI and IP-based workflows
Welcome to a new feature series looking back at the key trends in the media and entertainment industry during 2023 and what we'll be...
Virtual Production
RTL Deutschland puts virtual studio at the centre of its NFL coverage
The NFL studio design encompasses an open, 360-degree accessible area featuring four central LED walls
Virtual Production
Accessible virtual production package aims to transform content creation
Content Factory aims to help content creators easily integrate virtual production into their content, branding and advertising strategies
Virtual Production
Austria’s Take 2 Studios selects Mo-Sys’ StarTracker Max for virtual production
The studio complex consists of two studios. Studio 1 features an 8m x 3m curved LED volume while Studio 2 includes a large cyclorama...
Virtual Production
Case study: Virtual production comes Full Circle
How Steven Soderbergh's latest TV series became the first to use the RDX LAB System from Rosco, which enables users to manipulate background imagery...
Virtual Production
Red Bull Racing stages Formula 1’s first virtual production shoot
XPLOR and Final Pixel partnered to shoot a special film to unveil the team's new car to the world's press
Virtual Production
UK’s first network of Advanced Media Production studios launches
The UK’s first interconnected 5G-enabled studio provides a permanent facility that will enable different types of media content to be created at the same...
Virtual Production
CJP to bring virtual production to Croydon
The new virtual production is being delivered and managed by StartUp Croydon, and can quickly be upgraded for full augmented reality production by...
Virtual Production
Sony unveils four new Crystal LED displays for virtual production
Both new models, the ZRD-VP15EB/23EB and ZRD-VP15EM/23EM, also see about 27 per cent power consumption decrease when compared to the current ZRD-B15A model, said Sony
Virtual Production
Pixotope introduces all-in-one graphics control solution for broadcast virtual production workflows
According to the company, Live Controller flattens the learning curve that is often cited as a barrier to entry for broadcasters
Production & Post
FOR-A develops ‘simple’ solution for camera-tracking
The solution, named Koala, can be clipped onto any camera to instantly deliver orientation data, without the need for calibration, targets on the walls...