Unreal Engine adds support for SMPTE ST 2110.
Hosts: Philip Grossman, host and co-producer at Visionaries; Mary Ann Seidler, owner of First Light Media and consultant for multiCAM Systems and Telos Alliance; and Maria Kholodova.
The live broadcast took place on November 28, 2023. Production – TKT1957 LLC.
Maria: Unreal Engine 5.3 introduces experimental SMPTE ST 2110 support, enhancing LED stage configurations. This update, focusing on NVIDIA hardware, boosts virtual production with higher resolution displays and efficient hardware use. It promises lower latency and improved multi-camera shooting capabilities, revolutionizing ICVFX stages with advanced scene geometry and lighting.
So, Mary, I know you’re an audio expert, but I know you were curious about this.
Mary: Yeah, I’m always excited to see another company implementing 2110. I think we all expected this whole movement with 2110 to be adopted really quickly, but it hasn’t; it takes time. And Philip, you were just talking about 2110-40, so can you tell me a little bit more about that and how this relates to it?
Philip: Yeah, it’s quite interesting. I’m glad to see that they’re adopting it, especially in VFX and ICVFX, like the Unreal Engine. On these stages, they need to know the camera’s position in space, its lens, focal length, and aperture to adjust the scenery accordingly. The interesting part about SMPTE 2110, specifically -40, which handles the ancillary data, is its openness. Previously, ancillary data was mostly just messages, like closed captioning. Now, there’s potential to use this for passing extended data from cameras into the system, making ICVFX more integrated. I’m glad to see its adoption. NVIDIA’s acquisition of Mellanox has driven some of this, which is great. It simplifies the setup, so it’ll be interesting to see how this evolves in television. A lot of ICVFX has been in the film world, but now we might see more of it in TV.
The live broadcast took place on November 28, 2023. Production – TKT1957 LLC.
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