IKONIX has been working tirelessly over the past few months researching and developing advancements for working remotely as well as ways to deliver online events in a more engaging and dynamic way.
Their current setup incorporates a combination of Disguise / Notch / Unreal Engine and Avolites AI depending on the client’s requirements and size of the virtual set. IKONIX has the ability to create fully customised virtual environments. As all of their staff have gone back to their home towns to be with family during COVID19 they needed a workflow that could accommodate that, so developing a seamless way to do this was a priority.
For example, they have been working on a project recently that had a Disguise operator in Brisbane, content and lighting control on the Gold Coast and live updates to content happening from their designer in Melbourne – all for an installation in Sydney.
IKONIX have carried this same workflow over to their virtual sets allowing for a Host or Speaker to be filmed on a green screen and positioned in their virtual world. Operators then control multiple virtual cameras, multiple universes of lighting fixtures and inputs like webcams and PowerPoint presentations. All of these inputs can be local or remote locations anywhere in the world.
They have also integrated two elements of motion capture. Firstly, they can track virtual cameras and use spacial mapping software to change the audio imaging to suite the relationships between the presenter and cameras. Secondly, they can track the presenter on stage and they can control augmented content elements like graphs and particles using their hands.
Finally, IKONIX has integrated all this into a Virtual Foyer which is an interactive virtual holding area for online events.
All of this can be now adapted with their Hologram technology so as live events become active again, they can merge the two and produce Hybrid Events using holograms, live and virtual production technology.
