All Virtual Production articles
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Executive Interviews
Q&A: What are the motivations behind AXA IM’s purchase of Elstree studios
AXA IM Alts recently announced it would be making its first investment in the UK’s TV and film studio market with the acquisition of the BBC Elstree Centre in North West London. IBC365 caught up with Stuart Carr-Jones, Head of Transactions for UK at AXA IM Alts, to find out ...
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News
Cinesite launches visualisation division
Cinesite has launched a new visualisation division which will expand its previs, virtual production, techvis and postvis services, and will align with its concept and pipeline departments.
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Industry Trends
Synthetic-based humans: a solution to talent shortages or threat to skilled jobs?
Following the success of the IBC Accelerators Project on synthetic humans in 2023, John Maxwell Hobbs caught up with one of the project leaders to discuss subsequent progress and wider market adoption.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The experience of cinematographer Pierre Gill on Disney series ‘Percy Jackson’ showed that lighting for an extensive shoot in a Volume is still work in progress, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
ISE review 2024: The age of AV Broadcast
The convergence of AV with traditional broadcast explains why more visitors and exhibitors at ISE 2024 are spanning both worlds. Adrian Pennington reports.
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Industry Trends
Broadcast Tech: Industry Leaders Set Out What’s in Store
With September’s bustling and future focussed IBC2023 in the bag, the international broadcast and technology bodies that own IBC fill us in on their 2023 accomplishments, insights and hopes for the industry in the coming year.
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Video
IBC Accelerators: Synthetic Humans for Entertainment & Accessibility
IBC2023: The aim of this challenge was to present two different use cases based on synthetic humans: the first one is a theatre filled with the melodic tones of Maria Callas, and the second is a photorealistic sign language interpreter, to address accessibility. These two distinct use cases demonstrated how ...
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News
UK’s VFX Industry in Line for Additional Tax Relief
The UK Screen Alliance has welcomed plans announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to offer additional tax relief for expenditure on visual effects.
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News
IBC2023: Marco Tempest - ‘The future of the metaverse is here’
In a virtual IBC2023 Show Keynote yesterday in the Forum, Marco Tempest, Director’s Fellow Alumni, MIT Media Lab, Creative Technologist for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Founder of MagicLab.nyc, revealed an impressive new technology with big implications for virtual production and the metaverse.
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Daily News
Arri opens virtual production studio New York
The new Arri Studio New York is expanding the company’s virtual production expertise to advertising and commercial content production.
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News
Plateau Virtuel: Why virtual production needs creative skills
Bruno Corsini, Co-founder of French virtual production studio Plateau Virtuel, told IBC2023 that successful virtual production is about combining the right technology with the right creative skills.
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Daily News
Samsung to wow with IVC LEDs
A centrepiece of Samsung’s IBC exhibit will be the IVC series of LEDs which allows virtual production studios to create ultra-large LED walls, such as Samsung’s dedicated display, The Wall.
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Daily News
INFiLED to showcase first flat and curved virtual studio solution
Traditional virtual productions use flat display panels to build the studio background, which are interconnected under an angle to create a curve. These columns create edges (lines) that are very noticeable on camera. To avoid or minimise them involves making postproduction adjustments or running real-time solutions which entail an extra ...
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News
5 hot technologies to watch in 2024. See them at IBC2023
What are the key technologies that are shaping the broadcast industry today? From AI to DAI, discover more about them and listen to the experts at IBC2023.
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News
Anna Valley Launches Multipurpose Studio Complex
Audiovisual and entertainment technology company Anna Valley is officially opening a new, multi-purpose studio complex this month.
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Daily News
Pixotope puts pocket-sized reality in the palm of your hand
Norway’s Pixotope is aiming to change the game for virtual production education with the release of Pixotope Pocket. The iOS app enables students to create immersive content anywhere they can take their phone.
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News
UK Govt Backs Creative Industry With £77m Funding
The UK government has announced £77 million of new funding for the creative industries.
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News
Directors Guild of America Reaches Tentative Deal with Hollywood Studios
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has reached a tentative agreement on a three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
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News
ITV Studios Launches The Voice in the Metaverse
ITV Studios and The Virtual Brand Group have launched The Voice Studios, an immersive virtual experience based on the Emmy Award-winning series The Voice.