{"id":737817,"date":"2024-01-25T15:34:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avinteractive.com\/?p=737817"},"modified":"2024-01-25T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:34:43","slug":"sp-keeps-lux-machina-on-track-at-esports-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avinteractive.com\/news\/video\/sp-keeps-lux-machina-on-track-at-esports-championship-25-01-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SP keeps Lux Machina on track at esports championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lux Machina Consulting has implemented Stage Precision\u2019s SP software into its workflow for the production of Riot Game\u2019s League of Legends World Championship esports competition in South Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the project, the virtual production (VP) specialist deployed several different tracking solutions, including an inside-out optical tracking data system via Mo-Sys, a tracked cable camera and a SuperTechno\u00a0crane.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But Lux Machina needed a tool to provide a common link between data sources with offsets and profiles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The company\u2019s vice-president of production, Wyatt Bartel, says: \u201cWe\u2019ve\u00a0used every tracking tool out there. Most of the workflows available are proprietary, meaning you\u2019re\u00a0locked into a particular manufacturer’s ecosystem. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe came to know Stage Precision when we were searching for a platform to stabilise our camera tracking practices across the film, television and live events markets. Upon learning about their lens calibration features and Shield plug-in, we realised it was exactly what we\u2019d been looking for <\/span>\u2013<\/span>\u00a0a tool that would unify data from several sources.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0J<\/span>eptha Valcich, a camera tracking specialist at Lux Machina, says: \u201cSP provides us with a workspace in which we could\u00a0view the data coming in and out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaving this data overview means the camera tracking team can work in a separate environment from the technical team, leading to a greater sense of organisation\u00a0on projects.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The updated features for camera and lens calibration included in the release of SP version 1.1.0 in September 2023 proved invaluable during the production\u00a0in Seoul. \u201cWe used lens profiles in SP for all five of our cameras, three Mo-Sys systems we were operating, the crane and the cable camera,\u201d says Xander De Jong, a camera tracking specialist at NEP Group Netherlands, a sister company that worked with Luxe Machina on League of Legends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAdditionally, we had mechanically tracked camera heads without tripods that we needed to track and control the height of. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSP gave us a platform from which to pull in the data, manipulate it and in turn control the height of the cameras. Without it, we had no way of combining these data packets.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This lens calibration workflow within SP proved a gamechanger for Lux Machina. Unlike methodologies employed by other tracking workflows, SP’s approach provided a user friendly and scalable solution. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cSP gives us a single source of truth with the ability to understand the data as a whole, as signals come in and go out,\u201d says Bartel. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0amazing to see the discrepancies in the data flow and to view the data as a visual representation is a real plus when it comes to timing the various different\u00a0types of tracked systems in use. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs you boot the system up every day, SP allows you to guide your calculations in a predictable and visual way, and\u00a0helps us to avoid dirty data and mistimed frames.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lux Machina team emphasises\u00a0the advantage of being able to create unique tracking profiles and the openness of the platform. \u201cStage Precision has unlocked what other companies prefer to keep locked,\u201d says Bartel. \u201cYou can do a lot within native software, but with SP, you can do so much more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cEquipped with SP we can do more: have more cameras, have different types\u00a0of cameras\u00a0and bring different technologies to productions we previously wouldn\u2019t\u00a0have due to the time it would have taken to set them up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOn League of Legends, we had about 25 cameras overall, and with SP in our workflow, we can turn more and more\u00a0of those into AR or XR cameras in the future. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m convinced that the ease of set-up that comes through utilising\u00a0SP will push the XR industry forward as a whole.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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