Real-time XR virtual production has been experiencing explosive growth and interest since 2020, although it is true that it was already used since 2004 in films such as “Zodiac”, or “Gravity” in 2013, but the great revolution was marked by “The Mandalorian”.

Key Elements of the Current Growth of XR Virtual Production

  • Real-time photorealistic rendering and compositing, combined with accurate 6-axis camera and lens tracking.
  • Not only is XR virtual production being used in Film, Series or Broadcast, but live events are being oriented towards hybrid or mixed events due to the restrictions suffered by the pandemic, which have found a new paradigm in the production of the same.
  • XR virtual production offers a solution to avoid displacements and crowds due to the restrictions that we are also suffering with the pandemic.
  • The production of ” The Mandalorian” has been a before and after in the fiction production industry, opening the eyes of the sector to implement an XR virtual production set that optimizes processes and costs.

 

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What solutions does Alfalite offer for XR Virtual Production?

The solution we offer for this sector is
ALFALITE VP XR
 and the panels used in this solution would be our
ALFALITE MODULARPIX
 series, with different models to cover all needs.

 

Alfalite Modularpix Pro

It is the panel designed for our More Demanding Installations in Critical Environments who need to operate 7x24x365 and with a panel life of More than 100,000 real hours, with a level of brightness and colorimetry that allows the user to maintain the quality of their visualizations throughout the life of the panel. This panel would be used on the walls and floor.

 

Alfalite Modularpix Pro HB

It is the panel designed for our most demanding installations and with a panel life of more than 100,000 real hours, with High Brightness due to light pollution or because the sun is falling directly on the screen and allows the customer to maintain the quality of their visualizations throughout the useful life of the panel. This panel would be used for the ceiling, achieving with its high brightness to simulate lighting of real environments on the objects.

In the protection section, it is worth highlighting the patent developed by Alfalite, called ORIM (Optical Resin Injection Module), a revolutionary finish of an optical injection of resin in the LEDs for the Alfalite Modularpix Pro models, which allows:

  • Increased accuracy between modules <0.05 mm.
  • Improved horizontal and vertical viewing angle 175º /175º.
  • Superior anti-static electricity protection ESD>10KV.
  • Better fire resistance parameters. UL94-0 compliance.
  • Increased protection against shocks and water. Multiple incidents in fiction shootings.
  • Ease of cleaning and less deterioration.
  • Shortest repair time on the market

In short, the finish in ORIM of our panels is a Ideal protection for the virtual production market for both cinema, broadcast, series, advertising or live events, allowing the props that are used and that cause blows during the assembly or the material used during the filming such as liquids, etc., do not compromise the LED screen.

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Within the DATA VISUALIZATION to which the There are also different sectors or types of users where our panels are installed
Alfalite MODULARPIX
, panels with a protection rating from IP20 to IP65, pixel pitch from P0.9 to P3.9 and brightness up to 1,900 nits with the highest quality components and gold alloy finishes to guarantee reliability and durability:

  1. Televisions: Decorations and Interactive Spaces. Televisions use indoor LED screens on their sets to make their production and decoration more spectacular, as well as as a support for information both in the news and in political information or entertainment programs, replacing video walls with LEDwalls. In addition to the LED screens in these television programs, other types of technology are added, such as Augmented Reality and Virtual Windows , achieving an incredible immersive and interactive effect with the presenters.
  2. Fiction Producers. On film sets or sets they are starting to be used LED screens instead of curtains Chroma Key or projection to simulate outdoor shoots or hyper-realistic scenarios created by computer, in a technique known as “stagecraft” used, for example, in the filming of “The Mandalorian”, providing the following advantages:
    • Higher Image Quality. It offers more realistic scenarios.
    • It allows you to project extensions of objects that are physically on the film set, with a part generated by CGI, creating a 3D environment.
    • Synchronized movement of the camera with the scenario generated on the screen, obtaining a 3D environment between camera, stage, character and LED screen.
    • On-demand scenario. Variation of objects in the 3D scenario during filming in an agile way, offering greater freedom to creatives and scouting locations.
    • Avoids location scouting, travel of personnel and filming equipment.
    • Cost reduction in the construction of new sets.
    • Drastic reduction of post-production work.
    • The result is totally immersive for the viewer.

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This solution can be installed using different mechanical elements, anchoring structures and support structures, such as ad hoc stack structure, hanging trust with manual or mechanized hoists for the ceiling screen and polycarbonates or protective glass for the floor screen.

In the panels used for this
ALFALITE VP XR
 solution there are many elements that intervene to make it quality and offer you the reliability and durability that is required. Allow me to detail some of the points of added value for the partner, both fixed installation and rental, to be taken into account and offered by Alfalite in its MODULARPIX models:

  • Components: The components used in our panels are of the highest quality and are selected after demanding tests and tests. This makes it the panel for professionals in the rental market with the highest quality and therefore reliability and durability. As an example, our integrated power supply in each cabinet has a failure rate of 1:10,000 when the market average is 30 :10,000 .
  • Mechanical Precision: Modularpix and Litepix is the panel with the highest mechanical precision on the market , which translates into absolute flatness without any gap between modules and cabinets.
  • Speed of Installation: By having 2 locks (fast lock), together with 2 upper positioners, it allows a very high speed of assembly and disassembly while maintaining absolute precision. Minimal and precise anchors, with data feed and cascade power connections. This detail is of vital importance for the audiovisual rental services market since on many occasions they have to do the assembly and disassembly on the same day, having to meet very demanding deadlines for this task.
  • Connectors: NEUTRIK. They allow a simple connection and disconnection, in addition to their quality, to be able to make infinite installations without deteriorating, also guaranteeing the index of protection against dust and water
  • Mechanical Design: Its design has been designed to facilitate the work of professionals in the events sector. Its handles have been designed to allow you to climb them for maintenance work. The top positioners can be removed by unscrewing to finish a visually cleaner installation.
  • Electronic Design: Efficient 4/6 layer PCB design that allows for lower consumption and with gold alloy terminations, which allows for better conductivity and greater durability.
  • Maintenance: It allows both front and rear maintenance of modules and power box without the need for tools and with hot replacement of only the necessary part, without having to change the entire panel.
  • Reliability: The connection between the power supply, the hub and the modules are wireless, with direct connections. The power and data connectors are connected wirelessly, directly soldered to the hub. The power supply is connected to the hub by double path for redundancy. All designed to avoid points of failure.
  • Certifications: CE by European approved laboratory. EMC and RohS, with improved values compared to the standard.

 

In
Alfalite
 has been manufacturing LED screens for 14 years and we have a multitude of success stories in MODULARPIX indoor LED screens in fixed installation, from RTVE, ATRESMEDIA, TV Canaria, IB3, TV Melilla, TV Valencianin the sector Broadcast; how Casa Batllo, Oceanográfico, Privilege Nightclubs, Amnesia or Pacha in the Leisure, Culture and Entertainment sector; Marina Bay Sands or Cafe 40 Principales in the sector of High Prestige Shopping Centre; or Spanish Senate, Huawei, BBVA, Allianz, JLL, AENA in the private enterprise sector or public institution; in addition to a multitude of rental companies that acquired our Alfalite LITEPIX to offer their rental services to cover events and concerts such as Cadena Dial, Tenerife Carnivals, Goya Awards, Dream Beach, Arona Summer, GP Jerez Motociclismo, Fashion Beach and a long etcetera that has allowed us to demonstrate that they are panels that amortize the investment made thanks to their reliability and durability, achieving absolute loyalty from our customers.

 

What are the advantages of the LEDWALL against the wall of CHROMA KEY?

  • XR virtual production with LED screens allows for less post-production work.
  • It allows you to go from a plane of a real object to a plane “inside” the simulated 3D image, entering into virtual space.
  • It allows the actors to have a real reference of the stage.
  • Improved lighting. LED panels provide the main source of illumination, customizing with colorimetry parameter settings. It also avoids the problem of spillage.

What advantages does the LEDWALL provide compared to a PROJECTION system?

  • Higher image quality and resolution, thanks to better contrast, deeper blacks, greater color balance and depth, and higher brightness.
  • There are no ambient light limitations. An indoor LED display can be displayed in spaces where there has to be a lot of artificial lighting or in glazed spaces where there is a lot of direct sunlight pollution thanks to its better brightness level.
  • Projector systems can lose up to 30% brightness during the first year. The average lifespan of a projector bulb at 100% brightness is up to 5 years, while the LED module at 100% brightness will last up to 12 years.
  • Creative and Modular. Indoor LED screens can be built with all kinds of designs and shapes, giving you greater flexibility in the creative stage.

We remain at your disposal to clarify any doubts and help you in the selection of the best Alfalite outdoor LED panel in case you are with a project in hand.

 

 

 

 

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