With the intention of achieving interoperability of all on-set equipment, SMPTE has published the first of its Rapid Industry Solutions (RIS) On-Set Virtual Production Camera and Lens Metadata guidelines. The initial focus is traditional VFX, with cameras, lenses and camera tracking to follow. The project can be found in this Github repository. Reference code is […]
This week’s 3-day Visual Media Lab Conference 2023 (Hochschule der Median, Stuttgart, Germany, 8-11 March), “is for all people interested in film, TV and the science behind moving images. For the creatives, technical pioneers and students who are looking forward to a career in those fields”. How will films and TV shows be produced with […]
On Wednesday evening, SMPTE hosted its first virtual production showcase event in one of the larger spaces at Garden Studios‘ sprawling 300,000 square foot network of facilities in Harlesden, North West London. It was one of the liveliest, most entertaining and enlightening events I think many of us had attended for some time. Here are […]
The latest version of Megapixel’s HELIOS LED processing platform, v 22.11, is the first in the industry to support the SMPTE ST 2110 standard. Up to four simultaneous inputs can be used on ultra-large LED walls beyond 8K, using stitching for traditional 2×2, super-tall 1×4, or ultra-wide 4×1 applications. A complete IP workflow offers flexible […]
Using $150,000 it received from Epic Games as a Mega Grant, SMPTE has been able to build on the Rapid Industry Solutions On-Set Virtual Production (RIS OSVP) initiative it launched in July 2021 As ever with this august industry body, the mission is to begin standardising OSVP technologies and processes following a period of early […]