Smode Japan, a subsidiary of France’s Smode Tech, has supported Sony PCL for Sony’s showcase of its virtual production solutions at CES 2024, the world’s largest technology event in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States. Smode Japan supplied and verified a Smode XR system – Smode Tech’s dedicated solution for…
Mo-Sys Engineering's automated re-rendering service for on-set virtual production (VP), NearTime, was utilised to deliver VFX scenes for the three episodes marking the 60th anniversary of Dr Who. CGI, animation and VFX specialist RealTime and studio Painting Practice joined forces with Mo-Sys last year to create cost-efficient workflow for a…
Peerless-AV has played a vital role at a new Virtual Production Lab at Sony's Digital Media Production Center in Los Angeles, California. The immersive training and education facility offers production managers and cinematographers the opportunity to test drive Sony’s line of professional cinema equipment, including the flagship VENICE 2 Cinema…
Leyard Europe has provided a VEM1.8 LED solution to help French technology news platform Frandroid expand its global viewership. The display, which was installed by Paris-based integrator Solutions Audiovisuelles (SAV), forms part of Frandroid’s new web TV studio. The SAV team invited Frandroid to visit the Leyard demo facility to…
A Proto holographic display booth appeared in a recent episode of The Kardashians. In the show, which was broadcast on streaming platform Hulu, Kris Jenner visited Proto Studios and beamed to multiple Proto units around her daughter Khloe's home in Calabasas for interactive conversations. It marked the first time Proto…
At one time, there was a strict divide between the trade shows aimed at various sound and vision-oriented media sectors. Very few equipment manufacturers - and even fewer visitors - would attend both audiovisual (AV) and broadcast shows, with little or no intersection between the technologies used for the two…
Dynamo LED Displays has provided the LED screens for a commercial featuring rock band Primal Scream that promotes TNT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League. The advert – marking the transition of the BT Sports channel, which covered the Champions League, into TNT Sport in July – aimed to…
Since all devices in a connected Dante AV workflow share a network, they can be easily managed and signals can be sent to any on-site device, without having to change wiring. As more pro AV hardware and software providers add support for Dante AV and venues install IP networks, it’s…
Virtual production (VP) and extended reality (XR) technologies were always going to be tailor-made for the video game market and China's biggest online gaming platform, Tencent Games, continues to exploit the potential of both. This is driven by CDD Virtual Studio, with its ability to switch instantly between VP and…
Two leading UK virtual production specialists have teamed up to offer a full range of services to companies and creative agencies, with the aim of producing several campaigns in a single day. Known as Content Factory, it is a joint venture by Final Pixel and CUBE Studio that combines an…
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