Overview

The words "virtual studio" and "virtual set" have come into our vocabulary over the last 10 years. Behind these concepts we refer to the same basic idea, namely the production of a television studio inside a computer rather than by using traditional techniques.

The actors or speakers are placed in front of a blue (or green) background which is replaced on the fly by a computer-generated 3d background. When connected to a camera tracking system or robotic heads, a virtual studio is almost like a real studio with the major exception that changing the studio backgrounds and decoration takes only a couple of minutes, not days.

A Fast and Easy Production Workflow

Compared with traditional backgrounds, using a virtual studio is already a major leap forward in speeding TV show production and optimizing equipment use. However, to-days heavy constraints on time-to-air production delays have also to be taken into account. The technology has to facilitate decision-making and last-minute quick adjustments and changes.

NeuroTV Virtual Studio

The NeuroTV Virtual Studio solution is the first broadcast solution based on the DirectX technology. It gives a visual quality and a flexibility never seen before. The DirectX shaders allow creating dynamic graphic effects and a realistic rendering of materials.

• Outstanding visual quality.
• Great flexibility thanks to a smooth workflow and easy integration of any external source.
• Fully open and scalable architecture.
• One-camera or multi-cameras production.
• Powerful animation with fully dynamic 3d scenes (including physics engine)
• Depth of field effect integrated in the engine.
• The first solution providing the combination of a virtual set and a 3d character.

A Technology Based on Daily-life Experience

In order to perfectly meet broadcasters’ requirements, NeuroTV has developed and validated its virtual set in close collaboration with RTBF, Belgium major public broadcaster.

Since 2004, the elections shows, kids’ shows, the news and other daily magazines or game shows are produced by RTBF with NeuroTV real-time 3d technology.

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