REDMOND, WA — For the announcement and preview earlier this year of the Xbox One video game console at Microsoft’s headquarters here, two Avolites Media Ai Infinity Servers powered visuals designed by film studios, game developers and Microsoft’s in-house team. The AV setup included 12 stacked 22K projectors. Xbox One, which features an AMD processor eight times faster than the Xbox 360, is due to be released Nov. 22, 2013.
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Avolites Media Ai Servers Power XboxOne Launch at Microsoft HQ
USA – The eyes of the gaming world were on Microsoft HQ in May for the launch of the eagerly anticipated Xbox One, and the spectacle didn’t disappoint featuring UltraHD media and content powered by Avolites Media AI Infinity servers.
Executive Producer of the event Jack Morton Worldwide worked closely with Production Designer Dierson Design Group and Avolites Media Ai Programmer Scott Chmielewski of DMD S7UDIOS to realize an event aimed at a tech-hungry and tech-savvy audience. Dominating the stage at the launch in Redmond, Washington, were six custom-sized HD projection screens, rigged in a horseshoe alignment behind President of Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft Corporation, Don Mattrick.
Two hi spec Avolites Media Ai Infinity Servers powered visuals designed by film studios, game developers, and Microsoft’s in-house team to 12 stacked 22k projectors.
“Ai was chosen for its ability process and distribute the UltraHD media and content – more than 4k – and to manage the 6 discreet projection feeds and treat it as one large surface, and for its ability to play back multiple layers of content including transparent and alpha channel video content,” says DMD S7UDIOS’ Scott Chmielewski.
“Ai performed flawlessly in this very demanding environment surrounded by the A-List of content and media developers and software engineers for some the top game developers in the world. We needed a solution that would be fast and reliable.”
In addition to the gathered journalists, gaming enthusiasts and media from around the world watched via live Internet streams.
Using Ai, the DMD S7UDIOS team was able amalgamate visual content from the numerous sources into one singular piece of content.
“Ai was able to seamlessly distribute and separate the content to the multiple surfaces, while keeping each feed in perfect sync,” continues Chmielewski. “Second to that we needed a solution that could also handle live video input capabilities as well as timecode for segments of the show.”
Adding to Microsoft’s created content were EA Sports, Activision, and Jack Morton Worldwide.
