Plateau Virtuel bets on XR with Smode and Flex from Deltacast

Smode composition tool and Flex solution Deltacast allow the study Virtual Board extend your set and post-process content in real time.

Located on the outskirts of Paris (France), Virtual Board is a study specialized in production of films, music videos and advertisements. The company films against LED screens using a equipped camera with a tracking system that communicates with Unreal Engine, where the content is rendered. However, by itself this tool does not allow you to take advantage of the extended reality to get immersive shots in real time. For this task, Plateau Virtuel has trusted Smode.

The content of Unreal (3x 4K en DisplayPort) is mixed in the Smode xR composition tool along with the four SDI inputs of the multi-camera signal. Smode provides content designers assembly, composition and content adaptation tools for real-time video production. At the same time, thanks to the system, everyone pipeline Virtual production is in real time; Post-processing, for example, is done live during filming.

In parallel to Smode the solution comes into play Flex of Deltacast, which aims to guarantee synchronization between all elements with an end-to-end latency of only three frames. As he emphasizes Gerald Olivier, Product Marketing Manager at Deltacast: "Our Flex solution has been specifically designed to respond to these high-density requirements with multiple form factors, while requiring only one free PCIe slot. Flex can even support up to 32 I/Os on a single PCIe." The combined Flex/Smode xR solution works as an additional server on top of the existing Unreal/nDisplay setup.

Bruno Corsini, co-founder of Plateau Virtuel, considers that the operation of nDisplay con Smode xR, via solution Flex, “facilitates workflow for any production that relies on responsiveness and adaptability.” "Thanks to this solution and the team, we have been able to upgrade our virtual production facility with augmented reality, set expansion and advanced post-processing in real time. This definitely takes Plateau Virtuel's offering to the next level," he concludes.