NAB Show: MRMC To Showcase Broadcast & Robotic Camera Tech

Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a Nikon company, will showcase its latest robotic camera technologies and virtual production workflows at NAB Show in Las Vegas (April 14-17). MRMC has a […]

Mo-Sys Engineering Democratises Virtual Production With Free Lens File Library

Ahead of ISE 2024, Europe’s largest AV and integration show, Mo-Sys Engineering announces a paradigm shift in virtual production (VP) accessibility: the company is transforming its Lens File Library, the […]

Disguise And Cuebric Launch AI-Driven Photorealistic Content Generator For Virtual Production

Disguise, a provider of virtual production technology used for Top Gun: Maverick, The Joker and more — has partnered with AI platform Cuebric to make virtual environments faster, easier and more cost-effective to build than ever […]

Vū Technologies Secures Investment From Accenture

Vū Technologies, a provider of virtual production and North America’s largest network of virtual studios, today announced that it received an investment from global professional services provider Accenture, through the company’s […]

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ESPN Raises The AR/XR Bar In Bristol

A new ESPN facility in Bristol, Conn., has introduced dramatic new virtual set capabilities for the sports network, taking its production game to the next level. Pictured: Studio X, the SportsCenter set, showing the 45’ by 16’ LED “depth wall” that supports dynamic virtual production elements.

New Planar Studios Virtual Production Workshop Aims To Expand AV And IT Industries’ Knowledge Base

Planar and OptiTrack, global providers of visualization and 3D tracking systems, announced the Planar Studios Virtual Production Workshop, a week-long, immersive series designed to help the AV and IT communities […]

Pixotope Adds North American Distributor JB&A To Partner Network

Pixotope, a software platform for end-to-end real time virtual production solutions, has increased its global network of sales and service partners with the addition of distributor JB&A. One of the largest distributors […]

ENCO Named Exclusive North American Distributor For Qimera Virtual Production Technology

ENCO has been named the exclusive North American distributor for Qimera, adding a suite of real-time compositing tools for virtual production sets and augmented reality graphics to its growing range of […]

Pixotope Releases Pixotope Pocket For Virtual Production Education

Pixotope says it “just completely changed the game for virtual production education” with the release of Pixotope Pocket. Available as part of the Pixotope Education Program, the app gives aspiring […]

SMPTE Rapid Industry Solutions For On-Set Virtual Production Publishes Camera & Lens Metadata Project For Public Comment

SMPTE, the global society for media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has released its Rapid Industry Solutions (RIS) On-Set Virtual Production Camera and Lens Metadata project. The RIS On-Set Virtual Production […]

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AI Buzz Loudens, FAST Talk Quickens At NAB 2023

NAB attendees with their curiosity peaked by ChatGPT had loads of AI-related questions for vendors and the cloud, virtual production and FAST channels dominated other conversations in the annual Las Vegas convocation. Pictured: Brainstorm combined camera feeds from talent in front of a green screen and an LED wall into one screen (upper right) at its NAB booth.

NAB Show: LG Launches New Broadcast, Virtual Production, Extended Reality Solutions

LG Business Solutions USA previewed the advanced broadcast production innovations to be showcased at NAB Show (April 16-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center) in Booth C6025. At the heart of […]

Disguise And XPLOR Launch UK Virtual Production Accelerator Course

Disguise and XPLOR have formed a partnership to further tackle the skills gap in virtual production. Together, the two organizations are launching what they call the first UK Virtual Production Accelerator, a learning […]

Zero Density Names Brad Rumler Vice President Of Sales & Business Development, US & Canada

Zero Density, a provider of real-time virtual production and broadcast graphics products, has appointed Brad Rumler vice president of sales and business development for the U.S. and Canada. He has […]

Pixotope Makes Strategic Product Team Appointments

Pixotope, a software platform for end-to-end real-time virtual production solutions, has expanded its product team with the appointments of Gideon Ferber as senior director of motion and production graphics and […]

Mo-Sys Delivers Turnkey LED Virtual Studio For German World Cup Broadcast

Mo-Sys Engineering, a provider of image robotics, virtual production and remote production solutions, delivered a major LED virtual production studio for Plazamedia ahead of its World Cup broadcast. Following experimentation […]

AE Live and Pixotope Partner On Integrated AR/XR, Graphics/Camera Tracking Solution

AE Live, a global provider of graphics and data solutions, and Pixotope, a provider of live augmented reality (AR), extended reality (XR) and virtual production solutions, are partnering to deliver a turn-key […]

Sony Pictures Entertainment Unveils Its First LED Virtual Production Stage

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has established its first LED virtual production stage located at Sony Innovation Studios (SIS), a division of SPE, on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver […]

IBC: Mo-Sys To Demonstrate Live Broadcast And Cinematic Virtual Production

Mo-Sys Engineering, a provider of precision camera tracking solutions for virtual production (VP), is bringing demonstrations and critical collaborations to IBC 2022 (RAI, Amsterdam, Sept. 9-12). The demonstrations will focus […]

IBC: Pixotope To Show Virtual Production Tech Solutions

Pixotope Technologies AS, a provider of live augmented reality (AR), extended reality (XR), and virtual production solutions, will highlight its recently introduced technology solutions and initiatives. Visitors to stand 7.D08 […]

Virtual Production Generates Buzz At NAB Show

As dramatically demonstrated on the show floor, virtual production enables visual effects work to be done in advance, and it’s taking off across cinematic, commercial and live production. Above, the author takes some new virtual production technology for a test drive.

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Cloud And IP Tech Dominate NAB Show Floor

With less hardware to demonstrate and a much-reduced exhibition floor footprint, the first post-pandemic NAB Show pointed the way to a future where software demos of cloud, IP and hybrid environments have become the new norm.

Pixotope Taps Brian Olson As North America VP Of Sales

Pixotope Technologies, a provider of live augmented reality and virtual production solutions, has appointed Brian Olson as its new vice president of sales, covering North America. He joins Pixotope following […]

Mo-Sys Launches G30 Gyro-Stabilized Head

Mo-Sys Engineering, a global provider of image robotics virtual production and remote production, has introduced its G30 gyro-stabilized head. The company says “the unique design has been refined using extensive […]

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Tech Trends For ’22: Cloud Still Looms Above All

Executives from WarnerMedia, Graham Media Group, Dalet and Perspective Media Group told a TVNewsCheck webinar last week that the proliferation of direct-to-consumer services and remote/distributed production shifts put the industry’s cloud migration as next year’s biggest trend.

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Cloud Dominates Devoncroft Discourse

Public cloud technology has moved into the realm of widespread broadcaster acceptance, discussions at this week’s Devoncroft Partners’ Executive Summit confirmed, although there’s wariness that legacy vendors can make the transition along with them. Labor shortages and supply chain problems also surfaced as major concerns.

New Planar CarbonLight VX Series Optimized For On-Camera Virtual Production

Planar, a global provider of visualization technology, has introduced its CarbonLight VX Series, a line of LED display solutions optimized to meet the needs of the exploding virtual production (VP) […]

Planar Studios Virtual Production Initiative Goes Live

Planar, a global provider of visualization technology, today launched Planar Studios, an initiative designed to revolutionize the explosive virtual production (VP) and extended reality (XR) markets. Planar Studios combines advanced […]

Mo-Sys Expands L.A. Sales And Commercial Team

Mo-Sys Engineering, a global provider of virtual production and image robotics, has named Tanner Woodward sales director, West Coast U.S. Arriving at Mo-Sys with extensive industry experience, Woodward joins from RED Digital Cinema, where he […]

Mo-Sys Launches StarTracker Sports Studio

Mo-Sys Engineering, providers of virtual production and image robotics, and Hyper Studios, suppliers of cloud broadcast graphics, have created what they call the first virtual production system with data-driven sports […]