TV3 increases its production potential in virtual spaces and augmented reality

Televisió de Catalunya is carrying out the progressive replacement of the virtual set and augmented reality systems during the year 2022 based on the Unreal engine of Epic Games.

During 2022, the bidding process is being carried out for the project to replace the systems for the generation of virtual sets and augmented reality. That is, to apply more advanced technologies to achieve greater quality and diversity in these environments.

The project is budgeted in 1.100.000 euros and it has a planned execution period of three years, a third of which is planned for this year 2022.

The objective of the project is to deploy the systems and applications to provide the CCMA with the capacity to produce augmented reality content and virtual sets, in 5 studios simultaneously equipped with 10 cameras.

Currently, the CCMA has an augmented reality and virtual sets production system based on the company's graphics engines. Avid (Orad), which due to their characteristics have been discontinued and limited in their graphic capabilities.

The implementation of the new system will allow us to be much more ambitious in the use of new graphic capabilities based on the graphics engine Unreal de Epic Games, a technology that is a reference in the world of video games and that allows the production of Very realistic immersive and augmented reality environments.

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