IBC 0 in review: Interactive graphics, sports graphics and video, 4k, TV in a box, Social TV, and more

At IBC 2013, Vizrt presented a wide range of production tools to help media companies manage all of their content.

The show began with several major announcements at the Vizrt press conference. This included the integration of Viz Artist with NVIDA GRID VCA, Viz Engine integration with NVIDIA GRID GPU for IP-streaming, as well as 4K rendering capability with the NVIDIA K6000.

Another key new solution was real-time editing based on an integration between Viz Media Engine, Viz Content Pilot and Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Anywhere.

Vizrt Sports introduced a new solution for broadcasters to capture all of the footage gathered in the stadium during a sports match. The solution - The Harvester - was introduced at the Vizrt press conference and shown throughout the show.

Vizrt Sports also introduced image-based tracking for Viz Arena. Based on state-of-the-art image processing technology that is also applied in Vizrt's sports analysis system Viz Libero, Viz Arena tracks cameras in real-time based on a clean video feed. This makes it possible to apply graphics to the field without the need of mechanical tracking heads.

Vizrt partner Mosart provided a demonstration of their control room automation system which was combined with Vizrt's TV in a box solution to create an easy to use system for broadcasters to trigger all their content during a broadcast.

The Vizrt Social TV solution drew large crowds with an interactive demonstration of social media analytics and integration with Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Vine and Skype. The system includes tools for harvesting social media data and breaking down various types on analytical information. There is also second screen integration allowing the viewers at home to impact the content they see on air.

Vizrts template-based mapping system, Viz World, has new capabilities including live traffic data from Waze and 3D buildings that are placed directly on the map. At IBC 2013, Vizrt showed these new capabilities along with location-based social media integration.

Vizrt Creative Services has designed a package of interactive graphics to help broadcasters cover the World Cup in Brazil. Creative Director Miguelangelo Yabrudes demonstrates these graphics on a multi-touch screen from Microsoft during the show.

The Public Show features Viz Virtual Studio, Vizrt's virtual set control system. The presentation includes a control room where Viz Trio, Vizrt's video and graphics control system, controlled the content of the virtual set, triggering images, clips, 3d objects and set transitions.

Vizrt has all these solutions and many more available for broadcasters today. Contact a Vizrt office to learn more.

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