What's new?

We are introducing our newest iteration of Pixotope, featuring Unreal 5.3 and yet again emphasizing improvements to your workflow.

Engine

Unreal version 5.3.1

The Pixotope Engine/Editor now runs on the latest Unreal Engine version 5.3.1. New features include:

Sparse Volume Textures: store baked simulation data representing volumetric media such as smoke, fire, and water
Nanite: improvements to rendering features as well as performance
Lumen: improvements to reflections and performance in general
Virtual Assets
OCIO support for Texture Conversions: helping to ensure assets look correct regardless of where they may have been authored
DMX: Improved Control Console and Pixel Mapping tool
And much, much more: https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/unreal-engine-5.3-release-notes/

Render groups and Compositing type

Enabling AR, VS and XR on individual machines was time-consuming and error-prone. In Pixotope 23.3, we have introduced the Compositing Type setting to address this issue. This setting can be controlled from within the Director by using Render groups.

Add the different machines to their respective Render groups (AR, VS, AR+VS, XR), and the corresponding settings will be applied automatically. Using Render groups allows you also to run the same level on all machines in an XR setup with set extensions.

Learn more about the new Render groups and Compositing Type

Manual twin

Not a Pixotope Tracking customer yet? No worries! Our new Manual Twin helps you to streamline your XR setup. The Manual Twin allows you to easily create planar, curved, and corner LED wall setups inside the Editor. However, unlike the automated workflow with Digital Twin, the alignment process must still be done manually.

Learn more about how to Create a Manual Twin - Digital Twin XR

Stream engine

Ever wanted to see what your engines are outputting quickly? Just enable Pixel Streaming on any machine and watch its stream from anywhere in the network. In combination with the ability to Launch in Editor when viewing another machine, you can even stream the Pixotope Editor and start working remotely, also from a Mac :-)

Learn more about how to Use Pixel Streaming

Workflow

Machines panel

Setting up a multi-machine network is hard enough, so we decided to simplify it. With the introduction of our Machines panel, you now have a single place where you can change their display names and colors as well as define if they should be an AR, VS or XR machine using our new Render Groups mentioned above.

Learn more about how to Configure machines

Keyer improvements

We have performed a major overhaul of our PX2 keyer while deprecating the PX1 keyer entirely. The new model gives much more consistent results with improved edges and increased fine detail retention.

Learn more about how to Use the video keyer

Director in the browser

Opening Control panels in the browser allows using them on other devices, including tablets and mobile phones. We have now extended this feature to Director, enabling you to open your favorite panels in the browser on any device in the Pixotope network. Because typing URLs on mobile devices is cumbersome, we present you with a QR code easing the way to jump right into it. Pro Tip - Ctrl+N is a cool and easy way to open the Director in your browser.

Learn more about how to launch Director in the browser

Show settings

To remove another source of errors, we are now setting the Frame rate of the show globally. This way, all inputs and outputs will try to run with the exact same timing.

Learn more about how to Change show settings

Tracking advancements

In case the transform and lens data provided by your tracking system is not in sync, you can now edit delays for them separately.

And Pixotope Plotter with which you can inspect all tracking data over time, now also can show any value delivered via the API like for example the FPS of all connected engines.

Learn more about Advanced syncing options and the Pixotope Plotter

Anti-aliasing with TSR

Temporal super-resolution is now, together with DLSS and TAA, available to select from the Effects panel in Director.

Learn more about how to Adjust effects

XR

Assigning render machines to your XR mappings from inside Director has become easier. And we have exposed the display mode for your Digital or Manual Twins.

Learn more about how to Adjust XR

File syncing details

To keep track of what changes you are pushing or pulling, we have added our first iteration of the Synced storage panel. It gives you detailed information about all available changes. All missing projects are now shown in the launch panel, allowing you to pull them directly from there. Pro tip: Asset Hub also works with cloud servers.

Learn more about how to Sync projects and other files in Synced storage

Pixotope Pocket

The Pixotope Pocket app turns your mobile device in your pocket into a tracked production camera. The app has gotten another update improving its usability and capabilities. For access, please contact customer support. Currently available for iPhone.

2FA for Pixotope Cloud

Last but not least, we have now made 2-factor authentication available for your Admin accounts. If you want added security for managing licenses and users, just enable 2FA through the Admins user menu.

Upgrading to Pixotope 23.3

Check out Upgrading to 23.3

Changelog

Log in to the user section of the → Pixotope Cloud
Go to Downloads

Known bugs and limitations

Check out Known bugs and limitations