See behind the scenes videos, photos and highlights showing how media companies from around the world covered the 2016 U.S. Election with Vizrt graphics, video and automation tools.
All times EST (Eastern Standard Time).
00:25 9, November 2016
Thats it for our coverage tonight. Thanks for following us! And thanks to the Vizrt teams all over the globe who made this night possible!
We will have more updates on the page in the coming days so keep coming back to see what is new.
23:43, 8 November 2016
RCN
Lets go to South America and take a look in the studio of Colombias RCN as they use Viz Engine to drive their video wall, Viz Virtual Studio for augmented reality graphics, and Viz Pilot for their newsroom workflow.
23:18, 8 November 2016
CNN
This is just an amazing shot of CNNs graphics projected on the side of the Empire State Building - and yes, those are graphics rendered by Viz Engine. Image courtesy the New York Times.
Election results are being projected live on the side of the Empire State Building https://t.co/ekJzlv2Wci pic.twitter.com/D6k5Wd9t0N
The New York Times (@nytimes) November 9, 2016
22:52, 8 November 2016
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera, celebrating their 20th anniversay, created a massive election studio that combines a video wall and augmented reality (AR) graphics seamlessly. The video wall is controlled by Viz Multiplay while the AR graphics are from Viz Virtual Studio. A custom data controller was created by Astucemedia and the system is designed so that the same content is automatically distributed in each language covered by Al Jazeera including English, Arabic and Bosnian.
22:33, 8 November 2016
Televisa
In Mexico, Televisa is driving their live coverage with the Viz Mosart automation system and using Viz Virtual Studio to add #augmentedreality graphics to the studio.
21:56, 8 November 2016
Al Arabiya
Al Arabiya has created some stunning augmented reality (AR) graphics over the Dubai Media City lake. Using Viz Virtual Studio and Spidercam, the map over the lake is over 100,000 square feet and the AR graphics on the side of the MBC building are 30 meters tall.
21:43, 8 November 2016
ABC News
ABC News has taken over a large part of Times Square with their election studio and displaying election results on the big screens around the square. They are using only two Viz Engines to power all the screens which display election results coming from Astucemedias data controller.
20: 46, 8 November 2016
BBC News
Across the pond, BBC News is using Viz Virtual Studio to show demographics and the electoral count while in the studio they use a touchscreen running Viz Engine to give an interactive look at the election.
20:19, 8 November 2016
NBC News
NBC News just debuted their stunning augmented reality (AR) graphics. So lets take a moment to talk about how this is done - I love this stuff.
The augmented reality content was created by Girraphic and is completely data driven to account for a large number of races. NBC is using 4 tracked cameras - 2 jibs (8 meter arms) and 2 PTZF fixed position cameras. The tracking systems are provided by stYpe and they send data to the Viz Virtual Studio tracking servers.
A total of 5 Viz Engines are being used for all of tonights AR graphics. Thats 2 for NBC, 2 for MSNBC, and 1 for Telemundo - NBCs Spanish language network.
19:46, 8 November 2016
The Washington Post
The Washington Post has launched live coverage of the election online. Design firm Polygon Labs is on-site and built their presentation using Viz Artist and the Vizrt Social TV solution. Heres a quick look into the control room. You can see the live stream here.
19:27, 8 November 2016
Univision
Univision has put together a very visual and interactive presentation for the election using Viz Virtual Studio to add augmented reality graphics, Viz Engine to run interactive graphics and full screen graphics.
19:10, 8 November 2016
CNN
We are behind the scenes in the CNN control room as they produce their live election broadcast with Viz Engine, Viz Pilot, Viz World and Viz Multiplay.
18:29, 8 November 2016
CNN
CNN is live with John King at his famous magic wall to give us county by county updates, but take a look at the graphics on their news desk! Is that augmented reality? No - Its a clear screen from Leyard with Viz Engine graphics!
18:10, 8 November 2016
Fox News
Fox News has just gone live with their amazing new election studio! Viz Engine is driving rendering the graphics and video in all those screens with Viz Multiplay controlling the configuration and content.
17:48, 8 November 2016
Ive shown you behind the scenes at a few broadcasters... Lets go behind the scenes where Im monitoring feeds from around the world to bring them to you.
17:28, 8 November 2016
Fox News
Fox News is making use of the many screens throughout its studio to tell the story of the U.S. election with maps, polls and live data. Each screen is running on Viz Engine.
16:52, 8 November 2016
Expressen
Swedish newspaper Expressen went live earlier this year with Expressen TV, an online channel completely driven by Vizrt automation, video and graphics systems. Here is a behind the scenes look at their live election coverage tonight.
16:19, 8 November 2016
NBC News
We can expect to see some very interesting graphics from NBC tonight. Heres a behind the scenes look at their Democracy Plaza which will be the site of some augmented reality graphics from Viz Virtual Studio and tracking from stYpe
stYpe crane to provide tracking for augmented reality graphics at Democracy plaza
15:45, 8 November 2016
NRK
Norways public broadcaster NRK are using an interactive map to display predictions and results. The map and video wall is driven by Viz World and Viz Engine.
15:14, 8 November 2016
Vice News
From NewscastStudio: Vice News breaks the mold with its election coverag
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See behind the scenes videos, photos and highlights showing how media companies from around the world covered the 2016 U.S. Election with Vizrt graphics, video and automation tools.
