Augmented Reality
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Industry TrendsDriving viewer engagement with virtual sets and AR graphics
From AR to the use of gaming engines, producers of live sports coverage increasingly have an armoury of new methods with which to present information and maintain viewer interest. A trio of the leading technology providers speak about their latest innovations.
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News
Netflix hit Stranger Things spun into AR mobile game
Next Games has announced its collaboration with Netflix on the location-based puzzle game for iOS and Android devices, set to launch next year.
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Industry Trends
Behind the scenes: Good Omens
VFX supervisor Jean-Claude Deguara discusses creating a fantasy world straight out of the minds of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
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Industry Trends
NAB: Building virtual worlds
NAB 2019: Virtual set solutions powered by games engines proved a big draw for the live broadcast as well as the scripted market.
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Industry Trends
Posthumous performances: Should we digitally recreate dead actors?
NAB 2019: The ethics of digitally recreated performances by actors who have passed away was questioned during an SMPTE panel at NAB.
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Thought Leadership
What's next in the world of immersive?
From 5G testing to biometrics and social VR, immersive experiences are evolving and advancing. Muki Kulhan rounds up the latest developments and highlights some interesting industry adoptions.
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News
Facebook’s focus on Watch as profit hits $6.9bn
Facebook has posted record profit for the last three months of 2018, as the company reiterated its plans to take the social media giant’s Watch video offering into the mainstream.
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Industry Trends
2018’s most-read Production articles
From the restoration of Peter Jackson’s WWI epic They Shall Not Grow Old to behind the scenes of Love Island and the impact of AI, holograms and Brexit on the media industry, we look at the most popular Production articles of 2018.
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Industry Trends
MPEG heads to the holograph
MPEG is promoting a video-based point cloud compression technology – and Apple is driving it.
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Industry Trends
From pay-per-view to VR: Where live music meets the future
A raft of new technology is enabling people to watch their favourite artists in many different ways – and all from the comfort of their own homes.
