The new StarTracker Mini (Mo-Sys) turns heads at NAB 2025

Content creators, the most modest broadcast productions and the educational world will be able to take advantage of all the experience of Mon-Sys in the field of camera tracking with the new StarTracker Mini, a solution that debuts within the framework of NAB 2025 (April 6 – 9, Las Vegas).

Defined as a ultra-compact camera tracking system and “all in one”, the StarTracker Mini embodies the precision and reliability of the renowned StarTracker Classic, but condensed into a form factor without external processing unit. This new solution has been designed specifically to meet the needs of content creators that operate in small spaces and lack the ceiling height of the large-scale studios served by the StarTracker Max.

Michael Geissler, CEO of Mo-Sys, comments that one of the main objectives when designing this new tool was to reach a “wider range of users“Our latest addition to the StarTracker line reduces the complexity of absolute tracking and is set to transform the way content is created in compact studios, providing the precision and reliability that the film and broadcast industries expect for content creators, educators and the corporate sector,” he commented on the brand's great novelty at NAB 2025.

Unlike technologies SLAM (simultaneous location and mapping), the StarTracker Mini no recalibration required between configurations, ensuring reliable operation in all types of environments. Likewise, its adaptability to interference from direct light or changes in ambient lighting conditions make it a solution that fits the needs of small studios, as well as corporate and educational facilities.

Scan-to-shoot: the new workflow for Mo-Sys VP

Mo-Sys also presents in NAB 2025 your new location scanning workflow “Scan-to-shoot", an initiative to make photorealistic virtual environments available to the production world. This workflow takes advantage of a hybrid process, combining location scanning techniques LIDAR y 3DGS (3D Gaussian Splatting) along with software VP Pro of Mo-Sys and Mo-Sys XR Set Extensions, to capture environments “at the touch of a button”.

As a practical demonstration of this new workflow, Mo-Sys has collaborated with Studio X Beyond, a virtual production studio based in Thailand. In this project, the technology company transferred scanned location data from London to the Bangkok studio for a use case. The creative teams developed a global collaborative production, from concept to delivery, in record time, with the Studio X Beyond team shooting with digitized UK locations. The scan took less than 10 minutes and the scene was shot in one day. For Mo-Sys, this workflow represents a important milestone in virtual production technology.