Overview of Pixotope

The concepts and components of Pixotope

Pixotope® is a software-based virtual production platform that merges the real and the virtual world, in real time, in perfect quality.
It allows you to:

• merge real characters/elements with virtual scenes (VS)

• merge virtual characters/elements/on-air graphics with real scenes (AR)

• create virtual windows (a virtual scene with real scene camera tracking) (XR)

• create next-generation on-air graphics

• combine all the above features
  

Pixotope is designed to integrate seamlessly with professional broadcast workflows.

Pixotope is used for live professional broadcast.

For one-off shows:

• the setup and venue are used only for this one show

• the setup is complex, requiring many different vendors to work together

For recurring shows:

• the setup stays more or less the same between shows

• the venue may host other shows in between

• the changes involved mainly relate to content

Pixotope is used for both single-camera and multi-camera productions:

• All components can run on a single machine for simple setups

• Automatic discovery and connection simplify multi-machine setups

• The configuration, calibration, adjustment and control of a production can be done from each machine or centrally from a single machine

Pixotope is built using modern technology:

• Rendering based on Unreal Engine

• Network communication using state-of-the-art client–server technology

• Proprietary GPU-based video and image processing

• Highly optimized standalone processes for critical processing of tracking data, Video I/O, licensing, rendering and network traffic

• Front end using modern web technologies for future cross-platform and cloud deployment

• A cloud-based licensing system specifically built for modern broadcast productions

• Utilises industry standard hardware and leverages the latest hardware developments

Academy Tutorial - Overview of Pixotope Director

• Get an overview of the Pixotope Director and its workflow changes in 2.0