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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 4 | April 2017

InStudio

Brainstorm Pushes
The Graphics Boundary
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t NAB, Brainstorm will be
featuring the latest versions of its
renowned product line of virtual sets
and motion graphics solutions, as well
as showcasing several industry-first
technologies.
Brainstorm will further enhance its
InfinitySet virtual set solution with
advanced graphics features. InfinitySet
not only seamlessly integrates Aston
projects, but now also includes all the
features of Aston so it can now edit,
manage and create any kind of 2D/3D
motion graphics and CG from scratch.
Thanks to the TrackFree technology
and its TeleTransporter feature,
InfinitySet can interchangeably use
real, live or pre-recorded footage
as the background set for the
chromakeyed talent. This functionality
permits a remote talent to become a
virtual traveller and be teletransported
to any location at any time, and
seamlessly interact with real and
virtual elements. This interaction is

made possible due to the unique 3D
Presenter feature which transforms
the talent into a full 3D object.
Brainstorm has now taken this
technology to the next level thanks
to the new VirtualGate feature which
integrates the presenter not only
in the virtual set but also inside
additional content within it. Yet
another development of the TrackFree
technology, VirtualGate allows the
talent in the virtual world to be
teletransported to any video with full
broadcast continuity.
Brainstorm will launch VideoCAVE,
a Mixed Reality application using
monitors in a real set performing as
a CAVE multiple window, with virtual
elements coming in from the virtual
windows to the real scene as viewed
from a tracked broadcast camera.
Brainstorm will announce support
for Mixed Reality hardware such
as Oculus Rift, and by supporting
this new approach to immersive

technologies, Brainstorm will
be instrumental in changing
the game on how content is
viewed at home.
In addition, Brainstorm
will demonstrate its
support
for
third
party render engines,
with special interest
in gaming and architectural
engines such as Unreal Engine.
Brainstorm and never.no will
announce a joint solution to provide
real-time 3D graphics visualisation
based on social media feeds and
second screen data, one of the results
of both companies' partnership in
'Project VisualMedia' developed from
the Europe 2020 Horizon platform.
InfinitySet and Aston can take full
advantage of VisualMedia which
allows for real-time representation of
structured social media information
by means of data-driven 3D motion
graphics.

Brainstorm's SmartSet introduces
template-based playout

At NAB 2017 Brainstorm will release
SmartSet which is a template-based
playout solution designed for smaller
and local TV stations, and which
provides advanced Virtual Set and
Augmented
Reality
applications
without the need to create the sets
themselves.
Brainstorm
will
demonstrate
integration with third party hardware
such as the FOR-A, NewTek and
Blackmagic studio switchers.
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