XR

Live Production

Google, Red Bull and French Football League among new XR Sports Alliance membership

The organisation aims to drive collaboration, experimentation and monetisation of XR sports services

Media Management

Report: New industry codec, likely H.267, could be standardised by end of the decade

It's thought the new codec could arrive at around the same time as 6G and WiFi 8

Live Production

Ateme, Skyrim.ai among first members of XR Sports Alliance

Gathering data from global deployments, XRSA will share knowledge across its membership, aiming to drive future developments

Virtual Production

Disguise receives £1.2 million in joint EU/Innovate UK MAX-R funding

MAX-R aims to promote innovation in virtual production, extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR) and metaverse technologies

Virtual Production

ARRI Solutions, VCI and ROE deliver one of the largest VP stages in Europe

The volume uses ROE Visual Black Pearl BP2V2 LED panels, aiming to provide high-contrast, detailed in-camera visuals and flexibility for virtual production and XR...

Production & Post

V-Nova Studios launched to drive innovation in immersive XR

The business unit aims to leverage the technology of the company's V-Nova PresenZ compressed volumetric media format

Metaverse

Nokia makes world’s first immersive audio call, paving way to XR and metaverse applications

The IVAS codec technology enables live spatial audio across any connected devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets or PCs), enabling users to engage in real-life interaction...

Metaverse

Rohde & Schwarz heads to the metaverse

Company has partnered with Slalom to develop a concept to assess and measure the end-to-end quality of XR experiences that considers network, device, and...

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

Artificial Intelligence

The trends of 2023: artificial intelligence

Grigory Mindlin, general manager for broadcast at disguise, says that the dawn of AI is bringing new sorts of discussions into the broadcast industry…...

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

Metaverse

The end of the road for the metaverse?

Has the metaverse reached the end of the road or is it just the beginning? José Somolinos, solutions strategist & XR lead at Accedo,...

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...

Business

Accedo acquires extended reality solution provider eyecandylab

eyecandylab's flagship patented augmen.tv platform for XR applications as well as its Web3-based loyalty solution Watch&Earn will be integrated into Accedo’s software stack

Production & Post

Germany’s Plazamedia to open new XR LED studio

The new studio, named briX|woRk.studio, features a 120-square-metre L-shaped LED wall as its centerpiece,

Production & Post

What’s in store for the media tech industry in 2023: AR, VR, and the metaverse

Why the biggest battles of 2023 could be around the use of augmented reality, and 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) could play a...

Production & Post

Pixotope partners with Unilumin on turnkey LED/XR solution for broadcast industry

Unilumin's LED volumes have been used on The X Factor and Sky TV’s sport studio

Media Management

InterDigital and Philips to develop video-based immersive codecs for XR

InterDigital will contribute expertise on immersive codecs, including Visual Volumetric Video (V3), Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) and MPEG Immersive Video (MIV)

Business

disguise expands metaverse plans with Meptik acquisition

disguise CEO Fernando Kufer says the acquisition of the creative studio will help it lead the next era in extended reality and metaverse experiences

Production & Post

disguise helps create a virtual world for Camila Cabello

Elements created by xR and AR included plants, skies, graphics, animated cityscapes, fireflies and butterflies

Production & Post

Vizrt releases new AR graphics solution for sports

The new XR Venue solution has been built to enable broadcasters to enhance live content with state-of-the-art AR graphics

Business

disguise accelerates remote collaboration with two acquisitions

Company has acquired both Mapping Matter and Previz, with plans to integrate both platforms into its own solution

Production & Post

disguise announces public release of its extended reality solution

disguise xR integrates with leading LED, real-time content and camera tracking technologies to power immersive virtual environments

Production & Post

DNEG, Dimension partner on virtual production

Venture will align Dimension’s volumetric and real-time development capabilities and DNEG’s creative talent, technology teams and entertainment industry relationships

Production & Post

Vizrt announces extended reality package for in-studio and outside broadcasts

New package provides "a range of capabilities allowing broadcasters to extend the visualisation of their stories to tell them better"

Production & Post

Ncam, disguise join forces to bring xR studios to broadcast

Technology enables users to visualise live AR, MR and xR, real-time CGI environments, set extensions and CGI elements directly in-camera using Ncam's real-time camera...