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from day one but one of its new products, first seen at NAB in 2016 as a prototype, is now mightily impressive. Interestingly the demo at the show also included volumetric capture as an asset, but the real party trick was to see a presenter immersed in and interacting with a virtual world. You may have seen this before on other virtual set demos but Ncam’s Real Depth allows the presenter to walk around digital assets – exacting depth information is working in real time. Real Depth provides a unique automated technique for sensing depth. By extracting depth data in real time, subjects are able to interact seamlessly with their virtual surroundings for the most realistic and synergetic visual engagement. It is this real-time aspect which pops up a lot in Ncam’s product description. CEO Nic Hatch explains THE REAL PARTY TRICK WAS TO SEE A PRESENTER IMMERSED IN AND INTERACTING WITH A VIRTUAL WORLD Real Depth within the Reality camera tracking world: “Ncam Reality is our camera tracking product range and Real Depth is a new option within that. Typically,
pro talks through the shot (audio was captured with the volume) as the graphics illustrate club speed, launch angle and other supplemental information. The presenter is walking around the course and the golf pro, behind and in front. Nic continues: “The cloth on the volume capture is really good. His feet are almost perfect, the cloth on the trousers is great, the camera can go around it and do whatever you want as it’s three-dimensional – with Real Depth you can go behind the
broadcast graphics would always be behind you or in front of you but usually you can’t interact in terms of behind and in front. But that ability is what we’ve come up with.” For the NAB demo Ncam had a presenter on a virtual golf course – then they bring in the volumetrically captured golf pro who goes on to explain the shot with inserted moving graphics. Using Ncam’s Unreal Engine plug-in, they can bring in the golf pro asset and then add the graphics on top. The golf
ABOVE He’s behind you! With Real Depth, the presenter can walk around the digital golf pro, including behind him.
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