China’s Biggest LED Volume for Film Powered by Brompton Technology and ROE Visual
The recently opened virtual production lab studio at the China Research Institute of Film Science & Technology’s Wuxi Studios, houses China’s largest LED volume. The semi-circular LED volume [44m Wx10m Hx23m D] is constructed using 1,760 ROE Visual Black Pearl BP2V2 LED panels. The sheer scale of this colossal LED setup demanded a robust LED processing solution capable of delivering uncompromising visual excellence. To provide an ultra-realistic sense of immersion, the CRIFST team chose the Brompton Technology 4K Tessera SX40 LED processors. They have a total of nine processors, accompanied by an additional 36 Tessera XD 10G data distribution units. This combination delivers stunning visuals of the highest quality and offers a flexible and sophisticated single-box solution designed specifically to overcome the challenges of large LED display systems.
When discussing the reasons behind the selection of Brompton Tessera processors and the benefits they will bring to the studio’s tech team, Zhang Wei, Director of CRIFST, is unequivocal. “Brompton stands out as the leading manufacturer of LED processing in the industry, and we required the best technology for our new studio,” he explains. “The Tessera processors excel in color science, offering near-perfect color reproduction and support for BT.709, DCI-P3, and BT.2020 color spaces. Furthermore, they boast Extended Bit Depth, enabling flawless rendering of HDR content.” Wei also notes that Tessera features such as system wide Genlock and synchronization, ShutterSync®, Frame Remapping, OSCA, and ChromaTune address even the most demanding shooting requirements by delivering real-time color control and unparalleled, true-to-life color accuracy.
Chen Zhu, COO of ROE Visual states, “We love working with Brompton LED processing technology. It’s an easy, intuitive way of working and the control options to make the screen look its best are almost infinitive. The collaboration at Wuxi Studios, again, showcased our expertise in creating a remarkable virtual production performance. We look forward to developing more advantages and taking part in further thrilling projects together.”
And on behalf of Brompton Technology, Elijah Ebo, Director of APAC Operations for the company notes, “We are thrilled that the CRIFST team have recognized the exceptional performance and reliability of Brompton LED processing and chosen to incorporate our flagship Tessera SX40 processors as an integral part of their LED setup. This new LED volume represents a significant leap forward for the China’s film industry, and we eagerly anticipate witnessing the remarkable projects that will unfold there.”
HIVE & Production Park Forge Strategic Partnership
HIVE Media Control develops affordable and versatile video playback solutions. Manufacturers of innovative media engines, HIVE is known for its alternative approach to offering outstanding performance in a smaller form factor. HIVE has announced that they have forged a strategic partnership with the United Kingdom’s prestigious live experience and entertainment campus, Production Park. A community of people, studios and businesses focusing on innovation and cross-collaboration, Production Park is dedicated to production for stage and screen. The partnership is based on the shared future visions of HIVE and Production Park – innovative technology with a reduced carbon footprint that is disruptive to the marketplace. Furthermore, through this partnership, HIVE now has access to capital to support its growth and product roadmap.
“Production Park is where the industry comes together, and we’re thrilled that our technology has a place there,” remarks Mark Calvert, Co-Founder at HIVE. “It’s also important to us that the people around us are aligned on our core values, such as innovation, education and sustainability, and the expertise and experience at Production Park is rooted solidly in these foundations.” A sentiment shared by Lee Brooks, CEO at Production Park, who states, “HIVE stands for all we believe in here at Production Park; innovation, sustainability and a dedication to transferring the tools and the knowledge to the next generation of live experience professionals. We’re delighted to be able to support their exciting growth story.”
Volinga Integrates with disguise for AI-Driven 3D Content Creation
disguise’s new integration with SaaS platform Volinga.ai enables filmmakers and virtual production specialists to generate 3D environments in minutes. Users can now capture real-world 2D content with their phones, upload the footage to Volinga’s AI Platform, and, through disguise’s RenderStream™ bi-directional protocol, translate it into immersive virtual scenes that anyone on set can interact with. Users can modify the weather, or atmosphere of a scene–without having to recreate it in 3D from scratch. Scenes can easily be run in real-time with little optimization needed, cutting down on lengthy pre-production work. This seamless workflow uses NeRFs, a transformative AI technology that enables the capture and representation of 3D scenes from 2D images. Offering a robust, user-friendly pipeline for 3D content generation, it overcomes common bottlenecks in VFX and virtual production workflows, such as extensive 3D asset creation and complex photogrammetry. The Volinga Suite end-to-end pipeline also allows efficient, fast creation of 3D environments with the full parallax effect, which is essential for dynamic perspectives and depth in a 3D environment. Because of this, DPs can move the camera freely on a virtual production set, without any restrictions.
“With this new integration, disguise and Volinga users can easily create and navigate 3D environments for virtual production, dramatically reducing the time and effort required in creating 3D environments. This signifies a massive step-change in Virtual Production capabilities,” says Volinga Co-Founder Fernando Rivas-Manzaneque. So far, 700+ beta users have provided optimistic feedback, noting the significant reduction in time and budget needed to create photorealistic environments.
disguise Solutions Director Peter Kirkup says, “By providing native support for 3D generative AI in disguise, we will ease the process of capturing, manipulating, and visualizing 3D environments, bringing techniques previously exclusive to high-budget productions to mid and lower-budget productions. This will drive the adoption of digital twin creation and democratize virtual production for all.”
