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Game Engine Integration Brings New Green Screen Opportunities

by Chris Chinnock

The integration of video into a game engine to deliver new VR, AR, MR and green screen broadcast content is an exciting area of development, but one where many new technologies and skill sets …

AI/Deep Learning Will Help VR

by Chris Chinnock

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and Deep Learning were topics that emerged at NAB that were covered in several sessions we attended. These included: The Future of Cinema Technology session titled “How You Get …

Technicolor Execs Discuss Challenges of AR/VR/MR

by Chris Chinnock

Technicolor organized a special media session with three of its top executives to discuss the nascent AR, VR and mixed reality markets. Participating were Technicolor Experience Center head Marcie Jastrow (left photo), group chief …

Nokia Describes Expanding Ozo VR Ecosystem

by Chris Chinnock

Nokia had a lot to say and show at NAB with a commanding presence in the VR pavilion in the North Hall. In our meeting with Paul Melin, VP of Digital Media, Nokia Technologies, …

Updates from the Virtual Realty Industry Forum

by Chris Chinnock

The Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) is a non-for-profit organization whose mission statement is “to further the widespread availability of high quality audiovisual VR experiences for the benefit of consumers.” At NAB, the organization …

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Adaptive Viewport Distribution Solutions for VR Content

by Chris Chinnock

Increasing the image fidelity of VR content will require more pixels to be delivered to the end user. That has a big impact on bandwidth, so we are starting to see the emergence of …

Digital Domain Releases End-to-End Suite for VR Experiences

by Chris Chinnock

Digital Domain, a long time VFX company for the Hollywood community, has announced an end-to-end set of solutions for the creation, production and distribution of virtual reality (VR) experiences. This appears to be focused …

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Brother’s Head-Mounted Viewfinder Shown at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Brother International Corporation was at NAB to show off its high-definition head-mounted display, the monocular AiRScouter WD-330C. It is optimized for video production applications such as a remote camera viewfinder. But it is not …

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Epson Shows BT-300 AR Headset

by Chris Chinnock

Epson announced no new products at NAB, but was there to show off its projectors and AR headset, the BT-300, especially the new Drone Edition version. They made the point that this may be …

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Augmented TV Demos at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Augmented TV is a concept where a phone, tablet or headset is used to add additional information for the user while watching TV in a traditional living room situation. We saw examples from Technicolor, …

Akyumen Offering Pico-embedded Phones and Tablets

by Chris Chinnock

Akyumen is about to offer some new mobile products to U.S. customers that include embedded pico projectors. These products are more popular in Asia and I am not sure if the company will have …

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Volumetric Capture Gaining Acceptance

by Chris Chinnock

For virtual reality capture, there are two basic techniques: Inside out features an array of cameras on a single rig looking outward. This is most common type of VR capture Outside in features dozens …