“We could not have done this without Disguise”... La Soirée Extraordinaire immerses artists in 43 virtual scenes
Extended Reality
Broadcast
Software
Hardware
When French TV’s “La Soirée Extraordinaire” wanted to present an extraordinary evening of song to audiences in a never-seen-before way, they called upon creative studio Blue Node Paris to immerse artists in unique xR and AR worlds.
In this case study you will see how Blue Node Paris utilised the Disguise xR workflow to shoot 43 musical numbers in four days featuring xR, AR or a combination of both to transport performers to other worlds.
5
weeks’ turnaround
4
days shooting
43
tracks shot
5
tracked cameras
The challenge
The main challenge was integrating all the diverse elements required for each of the 43 very unique tracks. Blue Node Paris Partner, Thomas Besson, teamed with AMP to test the cameras using mini-scenes, so they’d know exactly what they had to do on-site at the La Seine Musicale concert venue, where all the tracks were shot.
The solution
On set, Blue Node Paris utilised two Disguise vx 4 media servers and four rx render nodes with RenderStream to power the impressive amount of photorealistic virtual scenes developed in Unreal Engine. Five of the ten cameras were tracked using stYpe's camera tracking system, including one mounted on a Louma crane, one Microfilms moving head, one on a Microfilms dolly and one on a pedestal.
"We could not have done this without Disguise. Disguise is an xR specialist and a robust delivery solution. When you have 12 scenes a day to deliver, you need to prepare your timeline to switch from one to another. [With Disguise] you can just click, shoot and go. Disguise is native Unreal so it allows you to deliver content on big screens."
Co-founder at Blue Node Paris