How we Built an Unreal Engine Volume that competes with Amazon!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- A giant Video Wall/Volume that is used to shoot movies and commercials built in as a giant circle with video Wall Ceiling. about 350 degrees around and 21 feet tall with 75 feet in diameter. This might be the biggest Volume on in North America. Full Tour of how it works!
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Tech specs:
500mm panel width / 2.3 mm between pixels = 217 pixels per row per panel.
217x217 = 47,089 pixel per panel
13 panel rows tall x 138 panels wide = 1794 panels total
1794 panels * 47,089 pixels per panel = 84,477,666 total pixels on perimeter wall (not including ceiling)
Total resolution is:
217 * 13 = 2,821 pixels tall
217*138 = 29,946 pixels wide
Standard screen size for TV/monitor is 16x9
This video wall is 138/13 for reference.
Having the whole thing break because windows decided it was "time for an update" is too funny. Awesome installation!
I always wonder why people don't set Windows to update at times they aren't using it...
Windows server does that mess in the middle of the work day with exchange and sql services running. Its insane it's like Microsoft doesn't even know what the hell a server is for. Then it crashes in the middle of the workday and it never comes back up again if the update is bad. 😮💨
It's wild that screens are connected to the internet at all lol, I would figure all they really need is a closed local area network, unless for some odd reason they need to have the most up to date Windows updates all the time, or maybe someone messed up the local Windows Server configuration
@@Nighthunt01 Well up-to-date windows is exactly what you do want. That IT school day 1. Unpatched is a fool's gamble. But you vet your own updates on your schedule. They have whole mangement solutions just for this
@@ErichToven why would you want latest update for this specifically? being 1 or 2 versions behind should not matter, unless there is specific fix issues with the software being used, in any case it should not be set to auto update.
When you accidentally orders a 74' instead of a 74" screen!
1st world problems...😅
@@neon_Nomad Yea. Totally! 🤣👍
when you accidentally ordered 65 screens instead of a 65" screen
@@neon_Nomad American mesurement problems
Never knew Helium Balloons could be used for sound dampening 😮 thats pretty cool
helium is also one of the fastest disappearing resources we have on earth and Americans waste it on commercial blimps and temporary sound deadening. you really are the absolute worst
Density shifts.
Reminds me of silence in the higher altitudes, as the air gets thinner.
A suggestion to stop the echo. If you can exploit the panel's ability to curve, maybe you can corrugate the overhead panels. That way you won't have a completely flat surface above the floor and future set... you could also experiment with the depth of the corrugation so that you can have the best light coverage you want from above, but add curved surfaces to the "ceiling" panels to break up the reflections with the floor. If you standing dead centre, there will be little you can do to stop the sound focusing back to the centre point. Also, you've kind of created a whispering wall... so if someone stands on the end of one side of the wall and talk along the inside edge, the sound might travel all the way around to the other edge of the wall. Amazing setup. The tech is incredible.
An array of microphones all around the volume and use AI to single out all echos.
You might even be able to use the whispering wall effect to your advantage. If the talent is at one focus, place a microphone at the other focus, well out of frame, and it will pick up everything they say, no matter how quietly.
@@spazoq No need for AI, just noise gate it all but this is not a solution. Prevention is always better than cure
@@spazoq you'd need mics and speakers to playback the phase reversed ambient so it will cancel the room sound. This is how airpods and noice canellation in general works. Although you may now be able to tell why it only works on headphones, in our case here you'd have miced up actors and their mic would also record what the speakers would playback.......
@@lameturtle1170 I'm pretty sure with a directional mic picking up only the actors voice, an AI could remove any echos without the need for additional equipment. I don't know of anyone developing that AI, but I am sure it would be possible. This isn't an analog counter-signal, it would be a digital cleaning of the small amount of echo the directional mic would pick up. Add a gimbal and tracking camera on the mic to track the person's mouth, I'm sure it would provide a very clean audio recording. Or even more expensive, LOL, a phased array of directional mics and a multi-track recording that an AI would sift through. Then your tracking could be less precise. That video wall can't be cheap.
Brandon is so easy to understand, and he explains really well! I enjoyed the video.
Windows running the volume is crazy
A brompton sounds like the perfect thing to connect to a turbo encabulator.
😂😂😂😂
That moire pattern is noticeable on the ceiling but you did mention you are using different frame rates and processor for that. Loving the set up. Good job!
I’m pretty sure it’s mostly used for the immersion factor instead of actually filming because there is a huge gap between the wall and the ceiling
@@Its_Quash It's more for reflections. Everything is reflective, what changes between a chrome sphere's reflection and our hands' reflection is its "blurriness".
Also it was filmed at a extreme angle
This is absolutely " Unreal " 🤣🤣🤣
Imagine deploying a windows system without a GPO that prevents updates while in use for a time critical system like this.
Very nice Video! when you were talking about the connection management (7:54) it reminded me of how the plumbus is made.
Hey Brandon, how are you? Recently I'm having a lot of delay when doing IMAG in the events I broadcast. What approach do you use when doing IMAG at events? I tried using the direct outputs from the ATEM 1 M/E Constellation 4K that I currently use and nothing. I remember you talking about this in some video on A2Z but I don't remember which one. Thank you and take care.
Hey yeah the atem’s with direct SDI out do very well with low latency signal for imag. What cameras are you using? What projectors or video walls are you using? Trying to determine where your delay or lag is coming from? Also are you doing a bunch of conversions in signal after the atem or direct to your screens via SDI/fiber?
How do I get involved in working in this industry. I've been a product manager for a 3D VR company in the media industry for a few years and I love the virtual production possibilities.
What are the skills most in demand for a volume studio like this?
You need to paint the floor black, otherwise you have zero contrast. Technically it would be 18% grey, but that would be too bright for most scenes. 2 or 3 EV below middle grey would bounce back a realistic amount of light for a natural scene. The floor should be matte.
Not the largest in North America; but impressive. Great video too.
Wow amazing behind the scenes and access to that much equipment
This is how they land on Mars :)
Wow, nice, but can it run Crysis ?
Where is that stage? Also, creating the volume in a less circular shape can help quite a bit with audio, however with the hard ceiling and floor being parallel you will always be fighting that. I usually prefer to keep the walls open in more of a bell shape or a "J" shape, unless I'm shooting something that requires full enclosure.
Brandon, the Mozart of Live Production
so how good does call of duty or GTA look on this?
lol not enough detail to render, they are using unreal engine to get as high quality as possible. In games you will see texture changing according to how far the objects are and etc etc, but with in-engine render they are getting absolutely maxed out detail regardless of anything
Time to turn off auto-update.
That’s pretty epic. I wonder if it’s big enough to film my TikTok’s though…
What brand sweatpants are you wearing?
Even if you did throw a baseball across the whole place and it broke something, youd prolly only have to replace one panel lol thats the beauty of that setup. Prolly could use a bunch of fire extinguishers in ther lol unless theirs already a fire system of some kind.
So at around 900 amps you are using about 120kW? per hour? so that at the end of a long day you've gone through about 2100 kWh???? Do you have a small nuclear reactor on site?
120kW is not all too bad, a wind turbine can do about 3000-5000kW. And he said the 900A is like worst case
900 amps, but at what voltage? How many kilowatts does this pull when its on? And does that mean you need that much cooling air conditioning as well?
i'd imagine american standard voltage, 120v?
Fantastic. Presentation is inspiring. Setup is beyond wow.
How much did all of these cost
There are two answers to that question. There is the cost to get someone to rent which is a lot then there is the purchase (installation) which is ungodly expensive.
@@lamarshealey3332😂
The distant future of wallpaper
Thank you very much! That is an incredible amount of engineering but mechanical and computer. Fantastic job!
The only thing I don’t like is you don’t have your GrandMA 3 yet!!!
What would something like this be used for movie or news studio production, art installations?
The Mandalorian used something like this
Amazing. Thank's for sharing. ( maybe a large rolling gobo that gets moved behind opposite camera?) Thanks for for letting us in on how you put together these incredible systems.
Getting HOT in here. Man O Man thanks for sharing such an amazing Tech-Set like this. I enjoyed every second.
And here I'm building my own tiles with ESP32s...
My only issue is resolution.
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And scale, I guess.
Making a sign is one thing, but not just a wall but an entire room is impressive amount of sync data.
Instead of the Vegas Sphere. The Cylinder VR
I identify myself as a billionaire & went to the bank so I could purchase this for my home theater, the bank said NO.
We need to cancel them!!! 😁
That feeling when you’re kicking yourself for resorting to using Windows Spyware Edition for something that Linux could potentially do without giving a f***. Still cool though.
Cost breakdown?
I just wandered into this. Really interesting to see some of the equipment that shows like the Mandalorian use. Thanks for the tour.
it’s wild to me. Something as complicated and expensive as this is running windows…
That's because the latest builds of unreal with the current features like Nanite are currently only available in the Windows build. The Linux build does not have all of those (yet)
@@Kaboom1212Gamingso that is why I couldn't get nanite to work on my dev system
I wonder if the floor should be a raised composite mesh/grid that has sound insulation below it. you could use an irregular grid pattern. sound reflection aint no joke and sometimes a high density foam mat doesnt cut it. you could also duct AC in from below because I'm sure this thing runs HOTTTTT (probably equivalent to a 10kw heater or more). you shouldnt try to cool the whole room when you only need to cool the people
“It gets pretty hot in here by the way, if you do start building volumes like this.”. Is this a serious statement? Who the fuck is watching this and is like oh yeah let’s build a 10 million dollar volume 😂. Weird flex but okay.
A "screen saver" is the image that appears on an unused device to protect the pixels. The picture in the background of an OS desktop is called a wallpaper.
you really dont need a grandma3 for this. Chamsys outputs 64 universes for free.
some suggestion: combine your set up with the Disney moving Tiles. would make everything smaller! you could do a lot of more moving acting, also with more people.
Whats the hardware cost on this project roughly
Needs some Incredifall vids playing on it. You will be on another planet watching these!!
There is a solution for the audio don't make it a circle. No reason that it has to be one
Thought this would be interesting, but it's just less advanced networking infrastructure.
You can always tell who grew up playing fps games by where someone hovers their hands when idling on a computer.
Iykyk comment if you see it.
Triple A Video Game studio actually buying this....
"If you do start building volumes like this."
He said it nonchalantly like we have the money or resources to make one. 💀
the most Important specification was left out ...can you guess what that is ???🤬🤬🤬
microsoft should be boycotted for their forced updates. It's caused countless headaches for the whole world.
So how much electricity/power are we talking about to feed these babies at full potential ?
cost to build this? spare no expense
if you're wondering why every marvel movie looks like it was filmed in a flat big round diffusely lit empty virtual set this is why rofl
next menacing upgrade: the floor
How much is suche set up? 3$mil?
I love Scion colored lights ☺️
Gee watching this tutorial for when im rich one day and can afford to build my own.
that's crazy............. this + Vr would be an acid trip
Can you post what kind of joggers those are... for... reasons
when're you gonna finish the taylor swift lighting p2 😭
not sure why you cant just use projectors instead of actual screens.. too dim?
But, at first, think about the planet, it's very important
I'm still in awe that there exists whole industry providing and supplying such systems. Which means there exists such demand and a high number of paying customers. Mind blowing.
classic windows update during production, huh?
Ok, 8 minutes in I was thinking .. what exactly am I watching? 🙂
Why not do the floor aswell with glass ontop of the screens?
Never cease to amaze. My lord its huge!
how does this compare to what disney has for the starwars shows?
What you have there is a circle with a ceiling, not a "sphere".
All of this to make Freddy Got Fingered 2, is wild
Wait, your are using Windows for such a serious thing?
How much in total? Couple of mils?
How do you guys fight moire in productions?
We are working on a 3 part multimedia system; (A) 10x10 switching matrix with 100 channels x 100 frequencies, including IS / AS / US (Infrasonic Sound, Audible Sound, and Ultrasonic Sound. Dedicated DSP's / GPU's, and CPU's deliver power unavailable in any other system today. Mix and match video and audio processing with 100 GB throughput per blade. 10 blade processors per server, 10 servers per rack, and 10 racks per cluster. (B) Rack Amps connected with high speed data cables from mixers, or high speed wireless signals. Arrays of IS, AS, US speakers delivering 5 hz - 500 KhZ that cover walls, floor, and ceiling. Video resolution is12K at 300 fps.
And I get stressed trying to hook up a new TV… 😳
Looks cool! What's it for?
Whats the cost in total? ;D
The movies coming = woke crap 😂😂
Can I play Flight simulator there?
Can you share some information on the building/Studio size?
www.creativesask.ca/film-commission/john-hopkins-regina-soundstage/
This would be absolutely insane for flight sims. Even better... a spherical version where all the panels are part of the sphere with a slight curvature in the horizontal and vertical axis.
Show us an example of what this does…
Future walls in dwellings on Mars…
I wonder if the panels themselves could be made in a way where each pixel sits atop a cone shape with a little bit of foam padding behind. It would make the panels thicker and heavier but could help absorb sound
As soon as that awful music came on I was done!
When I saw that they use Windows 11: 🤮
Perfect for faking a moon landing 😂
Leave it to Windows to ruin a tech demo.
Can't you use carpet on the floor to dampen the echo?
Yes but that only works if the scene we are shooting for the movie has carpet in it. There is a lot of full body shooting and a new floor is usually painted or built for each scene that is needed.
play geometry dash on it
Screensaver or wallpaper??? 🤔
all that to play fortnite is wild.
Wow!! Live production mastery is the best!! 😀👌 Can’t wait to learn more about what camera tracking system you guys used and the Genlock cameras you partnered with our Blackmagic constelllaiton Genlock switcher as well as Genlock NovaStars 😊❤
136 panels wide! Wow! And all amazingly curved at 2.5degrees! 😀👌
Wonderful 2.3mm pixel pitch, big difference from the usual regular 3.9s…
Interesting to see some are P4.81? For the ceiling I guess?
Wow helium balloons to help with the audio sounds so interesting - was thinking would Holoplot technology used at the MGM Sphere be of value here? 😅
Quite interesting that for a volume that big you guys are using UE's NDisplay. A solution like Disguise (I know it is terribly expensive, I use it) would take this to a whole new level, easier to setup, run, calibrations and even augmented reality.