A team of Netflix researchers has devised an AI-powered green-screen technology that produces realistic visual effects for TV and films. In Magenta Green Screen (MGS) actors are lit from the front by red and blue LEDs, which create a magenta glow, and filmed against a background of bright-green LEDs. Green-screen…
Ramaz Studios is to open a second facility in central London – only 14 months after it launched. Ramaz Studio Soho will be situated in the space formerly occupied by Warner Brothers' post-production house, as part of a new creative club TWELFTH. The virtual production (VP) studio will feature an…
AV and entertainment technology company Anna Valley will open a multi-purpose studio in west London this month. The facility, which is on the same block as Anna Valley’s headquarters in premises previously used to produce content for a shopping channel, features four versatile studios that can be tailored to a…
A London-based studio is demonstrating that virtual production (VP) is no longer solely the preserve of big-budget Hollywood movies. Led by company founder and ex-Salesforce marketing director Rob Chandler, Morden Wolf is using a small team to shoot, edit and publish high-quality content – more quickly and at a fraction…
A 25,000-pixel photon-sensitive camera has been developed that will transform the restoration of historic works of art by enabling conservators to identify and remove ageing varnish with 100% accuracy. The camera, which was developed by scientists at King’s College London’s department of physics, will help experts distinguish between varnish and…
AVI-SPL is predicting strong growth in corporate investment in virtual production studios, after demonstrating an XR stage at InfoComm 2023. The company believes we will see the extension of an approach to technology that is now described as enterprise broadcast - meaning AV architecture blending with elements of broadcast technology.…
AV and broadcast convergence is often talked of as though there was one phenomenon at work, at least by speakers from the pro AV world. But there are two types of convergence that can be seen in the market for media technology, according to Lorenzo Zanni, head of knowledge at…
Forward Thinking Designs is using Riedel's MediorNet FusioN IP edge devices and MediorNet MuoN SFPs in a VirtU IP platform to bring the benefits of SMPTE ST 2110 into corporate and hospitality spaces. In delivering development services including show control programming and custom Q-SYS plug-ins, the company is leveraging Riedel's…
Canon, Red Bull and a crew of Red Bull skaters have been handed the keys to London’s Natural History Museum for one week only to skate amongst the museum’s artifacts. With the help of skatepark designer Joe Ciaglia, Red Bull skaters including six-time X-Games Gold Medalist Leticia Bufoni, rising star…
The Spanish arm of John Deere Financial, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and heavy equipment, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the manufacturer approached Evercom, a communications and marketing agency based in Madrid and Barcelona, with the brief of producing a video chronicling the brand's success in Spain. “The theme…
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