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    Sony upgrades BRC camera series to simplify VR/AR production workflows

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    As part of ongoing efforts to help productions work safely and remotely, Sony is upgrading its BRC camera range with a new set of features.

    Designed for remote production and efficient operations, the V2.1 firmware upgrade to the BRC-X1000/1, BRC-X1000/WPW and BRC-H800/1, BRC-H800/WPW will allow producers and operators to simplify their VR/AR production workflows.

    Through this update, the BRC cameras will output tracking data over IP, using the industry standard Free-D protocol. This enables the cameras to directly feed in real time the Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Focus and Iris, as well as the position of the BRC Camera, making simple and cost effective VR/AR production without additional tracking devices or systems.

    This new feature will allow productions to easily incorporate VR/AR into their live content, such as expanded sets or scenery, live animations, e-sports and graphic overlays, enriching their production.

    Free-D protocol is an industry standard, supported by major AR/VR solutions providers. BRC-X1000 and BRC-H800 are currently under verification with The Future Group (Pixotope), Reckeen, Vizrt and Zero Density, and plan to support integration with other partners implementing Free-D data.

    Enhanced operations
    As social distancing and reduced operational crews increase, the update will also improve the pan/tilt/zoom operations of the BRC-X1000 and BRC-H800. A reduced minimum speed allows the camera to more accurately track an object on the set and facilitate shot framing. The output will be more realistic and smoother, even with non-professional operators. Additionally, the cameras will now focus as soon as the preset is recalled, at the same time as the PTZ function, to enable more natural camera movements. Control when using a physical remote controller such as a pan-bar one will also be supported.

    The firmware V2.1 upgrade for BRC-X1000 and BRC-H800 is planned to be available for free on August 31.

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    Illustrator Ana Miminoshvili Voted Young Guns 22 Creative Choice Winner

    Thursday, November 14, 2024

    Ana Miminoshvili, an illustrator and designer based in Tbilisi, has received special recognition from The One Club for Creativity as the Young Guns 22 Creative Choice winner.

    The accolade is the result of a public vote by the global creative community who reviewed work of all Young Guns 22 winners (the full lineup was reported on last month in SHOOT) and picked the one they believe stands above all others.

    Miminoshvili invests her time in pondering color palettes, lighting sources, and the interplay of free-flowing lines and structured geometric shapes. This mindful approach enables her to infuse her artwork with a sense of warmth, even when the subject matter might suggest otherwise.

    Before starting her freelance career, she spent a few years at a creative agency as a multidisciplinary designer. Miminoshvili holds her country’s first-ever Eurobest Young Creative Gold medal, Webby Award, and continues this pattern in the illustration industry as Georgia’s first-ever Communication Arts Excellence Award winner and first Georgian teacher on Domestika.

    Besides client work, she enjoys creating personal projects, like her quarantine game Emojinarium, and manages her small art shop. In 2021, Miminoshvili founded Illustrators Club, a nonprofit organization that hosts public events to educate and connect young Georgian artists.

    Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives. This year’s entries were judged by a diverse jury of 101 creatives--many of whom are past YG winners--from 45 countries.

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