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Cologne-based TrackMen, which produces 3D camera tracking systems and supporting services for broadcast applications, virtual studios and augmented reality applications, has announced its latest VioTrack R+ and new GhostTrack. VioTrack R+ is a markerless camera tracking system that enables a camera to freely move on any camera rig, or for any AR or virtual studio application
inside and outside the studio. The original VioTrack R works in visible light, but the new VioTrack R+ can process infrared light, making it possible to work in complete darkness. As a markerless system,
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TRACKMEN PUTS DOWN ITS MARKERS TO CHASE GHOSTS TrackMen
VioTrack R+ just uses natural features in the environment. The scene is analysed by the software in real time to automatically generate 3D feature points instead of using any artifi cial markers. This autonomous tracking technology is said to be able to accurately calculate all parameters of a camera in 3D space. However, some virtual
studios can’t use that sort of markerless system, which is why TrackMen recently became the exclusive tracking partner for the GhostFrame initiative – a collaboration of AGS, Megapixel VR and Roe Visual. That has resulted in GhostTrack, a new optical camera tracking system based on GhostFrame. In studios where LED panels make up back walls, ceiling and fl oor, marker-based optical camera tracking systems or traditional sensor cameras cannot be used without interference. Instead the hidden tracking information of GhostFrame turns every LED
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TrackMen’s new GhostTrack is ideal for shooting in an LED cave
panel into a reference object for camera tracking. This allows the unique combination of
TrackMen’s GhostTrack and GhostFrame to work where other systems cannot.
FOCUS ON FUNCTIONALITY WITH LATEST NETWORK CONTROLLER SDNsquare
MANAGE BY DAVID DAVIES
SDNsquare has released version 1.9 of its Grid software- defi ned network controller, comprising an IP network orchestrator which guides data-stream paths and creates predictable, low latency fl ow to optimise network performance and management. According to SDNsquare, the
new release includes additional support and confi guration for a range of switches, extended
Alexander: “We’ve made a number of improvements – both big and small”
approaches to visualisation and monitoring, improved performance for large networks and increased API- based interoperability. Grid’s core function is to facilitate predictable and optimal management of a network, providing for reliable, real-time production operations which are not disrupted by data transfer issues or blockage – with intelligent management employed to deliver predictable and reliable data fl ow. The new additions brought to version 1.9 increase the range of applications to
2WCOM AND JUTEL PARTNER FOR MULTICHANNEL CLOUD RADIO PUBLISH
Jutel BY DAVID FOX
Jutel and 2wcom have announced a partnership that offers radio broadcasters a turnkey setup that they claim amounts to the industry’s fi rst complete multichannel cloud radio. The partnership will enhance the IP-audio distribution capabilities of
Jutel’s RadioMan with 2wcom’s Multimedia over IP Network (MoIN). MoIN is software that can encode, decode and transcode multiple audio channels simultaneously. Olli-Pekka Lukkarinen, COO, Jutel, said: “Together RadioMan and MoIN have already solved our customers’ IP-audio distribution challenges and we are excited to offer these two together as a complementary service.” Werner Drews, CEO, 2wcom,
work with Grid, can grant users greater control and insight over their networks, and facilitate integration of third-party solutions such as broadcast controllers and monitoring/orchestration solutions.
Henry Alexander, CEO, SDNsquare, said: “In version 1.9 we’ve made a number of improvements – both big and small. Taken together they signifi cantly enhance the scope, functionality and capabilities of Grid, as well as making it more user- friendly and intuitive than ever before.”
added: “Radioman and MoIN complement each other perfectly and simply shake hands to manage broadcasters’ produced audio content.” RadioMan has been in use since 1992, with users ranging from YLE in Finland and RTÉ in Ireland to CBS News in the US. The latest version is claimed to be the world’s fi rst complete radio-as-a-service that offers a full-range radio broadcasting solution for radio stations of all sizes.
Jingle all the way: Jutel’s RadioMan IP-audio distribution system
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