Vizrt has announced the first use of Viz Now, its new automated deployment solution for cloud live production.

Viz Now saves considerable time and money by enabling the automated and secure deployment of, and access to, end-to-end remote live production tools from Vizrt and third parties in the cloud, in under 15 minutes.

Not yet available on the market, Viz Now was beta tested by the International Døds Federation, a Norwegian sporting organization promoting the unique sport of “Death Diving.” Participants launch themselves from a 10 m (33ft) high platform and perform a variety of stunts, holding poses for as long as possible before they tuck into a tight curl before hitting the water. Dødsing has been steadily growing in popularity in recent years and has held a World Championship since 2008.

For the Austin, Texas leg, the first ever US Døds event, of the Døds’ 2022 World Tour, the Federation wanted to bring its production value to the next level. They wanted to provide a rich viewing experience for audiences, and make it as easy as possible, cost effective, and sustainable for its global production crew.

With Viz Now, the production team, Trippel-M Connected Venues spun up an end-to-end enterprise-grade live production fully using the cloud, in mere minutes. Two freelance camera operators shot on location in Austin using LiveU LU300s on 3 cameras, while the rest of Trippel-M Connected Venue’s team directed and produced from its offices in Oslo, Norway.

Tripple-M Connected Venues remotely produced using Viz Vectar Plus for video switching, 3Play by Viz Now for replay, Harrison Mixbus VBM for audio mixing, and Telos Infinity VIP for Intercom, all connected via NDI and using free NDI tools including NDI Remote and NDI Bridge, all running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), to successfully unite the distributed live production.

Viz Now will be available from September with more information, and further beta test results coming soon.

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