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IDS on Color Grading for Live Event Productions
#Enterprise
Virtual production is taking off rapidly in Hollywood, but enthusiasm for the format is also pouring over into the professional audiovisual (AV) space. More AV teams are turning to the approach to deliver blockbuster-caliber hybrid event experiences for everything from live concerts to product launches, esports competitions, and beyond.
While the technology applied for both is similar, the approaches vary. In on-set environments, cameras can shoot, pause, and reset at will, and issues can be fixed in post, whereas with live, there are no second chances. Immersive Design Studios has carved a niche for itself with its CANVAS platform, which leverages similar game engine and LED wall technology used in virtual production to support live event productions. The company recently prioritized achieving a cohesive look for broadcasts of these events, which is why it started using AJA ColorBox with Assimilate Live Looks for live grading. We chatted with Immersive Design Studios Co-Founder and CEO Thomas Soetens to learn more.
Read the full article: aja.com/ImmersiveDesignStudios
White & Case Wins Corporate Project of the Year 2023
#Enterprise
The Grand Hall at White & Case powered by CANVAS is the winner of the AV Awards 2023 Winners for best Corporate Project of the Year!
🎉 Another great recognition for CANVAS and the Immersive Design Studios team!! 🥂
Parties involved in creating this unique project:
Client: White & Case
Media server platform: CANVAS
Location: Grand Hall (aka as Quorum) at the HQ of White & Case, New York
Venue operator: Convene
Other parties involved: TAD, IVCI, Silicon Core
Code by Gentry Product Launch Powered by CANVAS
#Product launches & Sales
Gentry Humphrey, the celebrity designer of the Jordan/Nike shoe brand went all in on CANVAS for his Code by Gentry Unlock event! For this trailblazing product launch at Worre Studios, we used our CANVAS tech to create a sophisticated hybrid immersive experience with in-person and global virtual attendees interacting seamlessly.
Parties involved in creating this hybrid event:
Client: Code by Gentry
Media server platform: CANVAS
Studio: Worre Studios, Las Vegas
Content and production Design: Immersive Design Studios
Zoomtopia winner of the EX Award for Best Hybrid Event of 2022
#Enterprise
Zoomtopia 2022 powered by CANVAS is the winner of the EX Award for best Hybrid Event of 2022!! 🎉 🥂 🎉 Congrats to our team at Immersive Design Studios and all the teams who collaborated to make this happen 🙌 !!
Immersive Design Studios took Zoomtopia’s opening keynote by Zoom CEO Eric Yuan to a whole new level this year. We combined the strength of the Zoom platform with an immersive experience powered by CANVAS to seamlessly blend Zoom participants, keynote presentations, live product demos, social media feeds and realtime Zoom chats & emoticons – all inside a 3D Unreal Engine Zoom-branded environment.
To achieve this highly responsive and larger-than-life virtual environment, we equipped the main stage with CANVAS to power a massive 20K LED wall. Throughout the keynote, from a pool of thousands of participants joining via Zoom, up to 30 appeared randomly on screen – not in a grid, but as 3D bubbles floating in virtual space surrounded by animated emojis, floating chat messages and live media presentations with 16K video backgrounds.
In fact, to create these responsive graphics, CANVAS pulled and translated via OSC live data such as the reactions and chat messages from the Zoom participants, as well as the web feeds from Zoomtopia’s social media.
The result? A one-of-a-kind immersive hybrid conference with rich visuals and a high level of audience engagement.
Parties involved in creating this hybrid event:
Media server platform: CANVAS
Conference platform: Zoom, Zoom ISO, Zoom OSC
CANVAS content production: Immersive Design Studios
Event Production: Four Moon Productions
Event Agency: Agency EA
CANVAS Platform Driving the Future of Hybrid Education
#Training & Education
MONTREAL, Quebec, August 25, 2022 – College La Cité, Ottawa’s leading applied arts and technology institution, is once again pioneering in next-gen education and performance – by being among the world’s first institutions of higher learning to integrate Zoom in a metaverse-like experience for their virtual and hybrid educational presentations.
NVIDIA Case Study Highlights GPU Power for CANVAS Projections
#Enterprise
Our CANVAS platform relies in part on the power and stability of NVIDIA GPUs. This case study from NVIDIA reveals how their K6000 Quadro GPUs played an integral role in our custom CANVAS installation at the Bell Centre.
CANVAS at the SUMMIT of One Vanderbilt
#Product launches & Sales
We’re proud of our contribution in the grand opening of SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, New York City’s highly anticipated new observatory experience from SL Green Realty Corp. SUMMIT One Vanderbilt is a 65,000 square-foot destination in midtown Manhattan featuring breathtaking views from 1,200 feet and the world’s largest exterior glass-floor elevators.
Record-Breaking Virtual Event Powered by CANVAS
#Product launches & Sales
We’re thrilled to announce the debut of our latest CANVAS project – a new state-of-the-art production studio in Las Vegas for Go Pro Studios! The first event broke all records with over 40,000 virtual attendees from around the world. Powered by CANVAS, this studio recreates the engagement of a physical event for both attendees and speakers alike, with dynamic two-way interactivity and a shared communal experience. The studio officially opened last weekend with Virtual Go Pro, Eric Worre’s premiere event, and featured Sylvester Stallone as a keynote speaker. We can’t wait to see what else is in store for this stunning studio space!
For more information please visit WorreStudios page.
League of Legends Virtual Studio Powered by CANVAS
#Media & Entertainment
With the debut of Riot Games’ League of Legends Summer Split Championship Series, Riot is bringing fans back into the LCS Studios (virtually). Welcome to the LCS DOME (the “League Control System’s Dynamically Operated Media Environment”)! The LCS broadcast team and engineers partnered with Immersive Design Studios to bring viewers into this beautiful 3D world, using Immersive’s CANVAS platform, to make this summer’s broadcasts an unforgettable experience.
IDS on Color Grading for Live Event Productions
#Enterprise
Virtual production is taking off rapidly in Hollywood, but enthusiasm for the format is also pouring over into the professional audiovisual (AV) space. More AV teams are turning to the approach to deliver blockbuster-caliber hybrid event experiences for everything from live concerts to product launches, esports competitions, and beyond.
While the technology applied for both is similar, the approaches vary. In on-set environments, cameras can shoot, pause, and reset at will, and issues can be fixed in post, whereas with live, there are no second chances. Immersive Design Studios has carved a niche for itself with its CANVAS platform, which leverages similar game engine and LED wall technology used in virtual production to support live event productions. The company recently prioritized achieving a cohesive look for broadcasts of these events, which is why it started using AJA ColorBox with Assimilate Live Looks for live grading. We chatted with Immersive Design Studios Co-Founder and CEO Thomas Soetens to learn more.
Read the full article: aja.com/ImmersiveDesignStudios
White & Case Wins Corporate Project of the Year 2023
#Enterprise
The Grand Hall at White & Case powered by CANVAS is the winner of the AV Awards 2023 Winners for best Corporate Project of the Year!
🎉 Another great recognition for CANVAS and the Immersive Design Studios team!! 🥂
Parties involved in creating this unique project:
Client: White & Case
Media server platform driving the experience on the LED wall: CANVAS
Location: Grand Hall (aka as Quorum) at the HQ of White & Case, New York
Venue operator: Convene
Other parties involved: TAD, IVCI, Silicon Core
Code by Gentry Product Launch Powered by CANVAS
#Product launches & Sales
Gentry Humphrey, the celebrity designer of the Jordan/Nike shoe brand went all in on CANVAS for his Code by Gentry Unlock event! For this trailblazing product launch at Worre Studios, we used our CANVAS tech to create a sophisticated hybrid immersive experience with in-person and global virtual attendees interacting seamlessly.
Parties involved in creating this hybrid event:
Client: Code by Gentry
Media server platform: CANVAS
Studio: Worre Studios, Las Vegas
Content and production Design: Immersive Design Studios
Zoomtopia winner of the EX Award for Best Hybrid Event of 2022
#Enterprise
Zoomtopia 2022 powered by CANVAS is the winner of the EX Award for best Hybrid Event of 2022!! 🎉 🥂 🎉 Congrats to our team at Immersive Design Studios and all the teams who collaborated to make this happen 🙌 !!
Immersive Design Studios took Zoomtopia’s opening keynote by Zoom CEO Eric Yuan to a whole new level this year. We combined the strength of the Zoom platform with an immersive experience powered by CANVAS to seamlessly blend Zoom participants, keynote presentations, live product demos, social media feeds and realtime Zoom chats & emoticons – all inside a 3D Unreal Engine Zoom-branded environment.
To achieve this highly responsive and larger-than-life virtual environment, we equipped the main stage with CANVAS to power a massive 20K LED wall. Throughout the keynote, from a pool of thousands of participants joining via Zoom, up to 30 appeared randomly on screen – not in a grid, but as 3D bubbles floating in virtual space surrounded by animated emojis, floating chat messages and live media presentations with 16K video backgrounds.
In fact, to create these responsive graphics, CANVAS pulled and translated via OSC live data such as the reactions and chat messages from the Zoom participants, as well as the web feeds from Zoomtopia’s social media.
The result? A one-of-a-kind immersive hybrid conference with rich visuals and a high level of audience engagement.
Parties involved in creating this hybrid event:
Media server platform: CANVAS
Conference platform: Zoom, Zoom ISO, Zoom OSC
CANVAS content production: Immersive Design Studios
Event Production: Four Moon Productions
Event Agency: Agency EA
CANVAS Platform Driving the Future of Hybrid Education
#Training & Education
To get there, College La Cité is continuing its long-standing partnership with Immersive Design Studios by investing in the firm’s latest generation CANVAS software platform, which has been powering the school’s ground-breaking in-class 360-degree interactive immersive experiences since 2018.
Excentricité is College La Cité’s 34,000-square-foot immersive learning pavilion. Its centerpiece – a 4,000-square-foot adaptable hub called The Studio – boasts a 252-foot wraparound screen and 360-degree sound, all powered by CANVAS. The CANVAS upgrade introduces the platform’s most advanced immersive technologies, along with Zoom, cloud and hybrid cloud delivery. “CANVAS makes it incredibly easy to bring interactive immersive experiences into classrooms, boardrooms or even onto the stage,” said Thomas Soetens, Co-Founder of Immersive Design Studios. “With a simple iPad, teachers and presenters can easily manage any combination of content (Zoom, Unreal Engine, 360 videos, keynotes, green screen, etc.), thereby engendering truly engaging and impactful interactions with audiences, live and virtual.”
“La Cité aims to be at the cutting edge of education,” said Pierre Paul Samson, Head of the Ideation and Creativity Office and Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Collège La Cité. “Our teachers love the user-friendly aspect of CANVAS and we can’t wait to experiment with new educational formats during our digital communication and media studies workshops, with students attending both in person and remotely.”
NVIDIA Case Study Highlights GPU Power for CANVAS Projections
#Enterprise
Our CANVAS platform relies in part on the power and stability of NVIDIA GPUs. This case study from NVIDIA reveals how their K6000 Quadro GPUs played an integral role in our custom CANVAS installation at the Bell Centre.
Thanks to these impressive GPUs, we are able to manage 12 projectors running simultaneously at 6K resolution – ultimately delivering a truly unique and dazzling immersive experience for Montreal Canadiens fans in the arena.
CANVAS at the SUMMIT of One Vanderbilt
#Product launches & Sales
We’re proud of our contribution in the grand opening of SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, New York City’s highly anticipated new observatory experience from SL Green Realty Corp. SUMMIT One Vanderbilt is a 65,000 square-foot destination in midtown Manhattan featuring breathtaking views from 1,200 feet and the world’s largest exterior glass-floor elevators.
Our team has been working with SL Green for several years to help bring this project to fruition using CANVAS – first as a way for the architect studios KPF, Ghensler and Snohetta to visualize the building, then as an interactive sales tool to support SL Green with the leasing of the space, and finally to help design and visualize the final SUMMIT visitor experience with Kenzo and Atlantic Pictures. Now, we’re thrilled that a CANVAS-powered studio immerses visitors as they begin their Summit experience with a documentary about this new architectural gem.
Record-Breaking Virtual Event Powered by CANVAS
#Product launches & Sales
We’re thrilled to announce the debut of our latest CANVAS project – a new state-of-the-art production studio in Las Vegas for Go Pro Studios! The first event broke all records with over 40,000 virtual attendees from around the world. Powered by CANVAS, this studio recreates the engagement of a physical event for both attendees and speakers alike, with dynamic two-way interactivity and a shared communal experience. The studio officially opened last weekend with Virtual Go Pro, Eric Worre’s premiere event, and featured Sylvester Stallone as a keynote speaker. We can’t wait to see what else is in store for this stunning studio space!
League of Legends Virtual Studio Powered by CANVAS
#Media & Entertainment
With the debut of Riot Games’ League of Legends Summer Split Championship Series, Riot is bringing fans back into the LCS Studios (virtually). Welcome to the LCS DOME (the “League Control System’s Dynamically Operated Media Environment”)! The LCS broadcast team and engineers partnered with Immersive Design Studios to bring viewers into this beautiful 3D world, using Immersive’s CANVAS platform, to make this summer’s broadcasts an unforgettable experience.
Read more about Summer Split here on the League of Legends blog: https://watch.lolesports.com/article/welcome-to-the-virtual-lcs-dome-powered-by-alienware/bltf1db333a4aad3823
And here on Esports Biz: https://www.esportsbiz.com/06-18-20/