Bergen, Norway – 5th October 2021 – Vizrt, the world’s leading provider of software-defined visual storytelling tools for media content creators (#SDVS), today announced a major release of its premiere real-time virtual enhancement solution for sports – Vizrt XR Venue.
Now featuring Viz Arena 5, Vizrt XR Venue empowers the world’s leading sports broadcasters to enhance valuable content with captivating, state-of-the-art live AR graphics. With this release, Vizrt XR Venue enters the IO platform, Vizrt’s backbone for future sports developments.
Together with Vizrt XR Playbook, launched earlier this year, sports solutions now take full advantage of Vizrt’s latest developments for stunning live virtual graphics.
“Using the world’s most advanced real-time virtual graphics, broadcasters are able to deliver the extra layer of excitement and more detail with data-driven graphics that are visually second to none.“, said Daniel Url, Head of Product Management, Vizrt Group. “And with the unified IO sports platform, using Vizrt XR Venue or Vizrt XR Playbook has just become easier to adjust to changing production requirements.“
Enhanced workflows for more efficiency
The unified IO offers more flexibility and scalability to produce either upstream at the venue or in a downstream workflow at the studio and a flexible choice of playout – fill & key or a composited video signal for specific production workflows. The output can be added directly on top of the program feed to the mixer as a separate source, which benefits workflows and output quality of high-class productions. In addition, hardware for Vizrt XR Venue is now consistent with regular Engine hardware, such as the newly certified Dell R7920 for compact setups.
Supporting High-resolution video formats for the best live graphics
More major sports events are produced in high-end formats like UHD or HDR. XR Venue embraces these technological advancements in their native formats and supported workflows and empowers producers to create visually engaging representations of data-driven graphics and additional content for any sports coverage in the same high-end quality. The IP based video formats open the door to virtualized and remote production workflows for XR Venue, allowing absolute flexibility and mitigating physical limitations like hardware dependencies or budget restrictions.
Pricing & Availability
The Vizrt Extended Reality Suite is the ultimate representation of Vizrt’s core capabilities for software-defined visual storytelling. It offers the first fully-fledged AR (Augmented Reality), VS (Virtual Set), Video Wall, mixed reality and telestration toolset. It is made available exclusively through low start-up cost, Flexible Access software plans.
The XR Solutions are exclusively made available through the budget-friendly, low start-up costs, Flexible Access. Customers are encouraged to speak with their Vizrt sales experts for details.
