Virtual Podcast Studio

Digitizing the entire content creation production pipeline within Unity3D. Planned use of WebXR for archiving and distribution.

Originally posted March 2019

tags: devlog virtual production vrchat

We have built a real-time, multi-user, collaborative, networked virtual production environment that runs on Unity.

Current use-cases are virtual podcasts, film-making, vtubing, music videos, and visual effects. We offer a full spectrum of services. We can train your team on how to use the studio and we also have our own in-house team of engineers, editors, and production experts.

For the podcast studio, we save money by reducing travel costs for all who are involved in producing the content, including guests on the show. By only requiring a VR capable device and internet connection, from start to finish the project pipeline is fully digitalized from production to distribution. Virtual venues, like the podcast studio, also save money by not having to build physical space out or having to pay rent.

Guests are invited to the Virtual Reality Production Studio via a private link. The studio works like a traditional podcast studio. We've got comfortable seating, a camera switching station and operator, and a stage with a media player.

Our studio environments run standalone on Unity3D but we run them live in VRchat for testing and feedback in social VR.

"It's so much easier to meet up in VRchat than it would be in real life. For instance you gotta book a plane ticket and get a passport, so on so forth. The fact that you can log in, come to an online world, and connect with people around the globe it makes it just amazing to gather multiple cultures in one place." - random anime girl

Productions

• Sponsors
• Technicians
• Logistics

Sponsors

Ideas for sponsorship packages

• logos in room
  • mugs
  • shelf item
  • screen
  • sticker
  • arcade machine
  • medium sized prop
• custom avatar accessory (hat, shirt)
• custom avatar emotes
• custom avatar (go crazy with it)
• cutscene
  • dance squad
  • interviewer
  • on-site

Technicians

• camera switcher guy: $25/h
• host of the show: $25/h
• audio guy: $10/h

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Custom Avatars

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Using encoding software like OBS we can stream the final output from all the cameras to social media. Likewise, we can stream from social media into the room onto the media player.

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Cut Scenes

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Custom props

Everything in the scene can be customized for brand and product placement. We can import 3D models and redesign the studio to match any production's specific needs. The in-game props on the table: such as the coffee mug and coins, pictures on the wall, and avatars people are wearing, are all viable product placement opportunities.

More arcade cabinets

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Green Screen mode

The camera switching station also has a green screen mode that can be toggled for chroma keying out avatars from the background for extended production purposes.

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Meatspace

Podcasts are exploding in popularity and one that stands out is the Joe Ro
JRE has 4.6M subscribers on Youtube currently [3/2/19].
His podcast gets over 1 BILLION downloads per year.

This moment turned the internet ablaze, what new situations can people present in VR?

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More Examples

Gunter's Universe

• Link to talk: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387351320 (starts 00:30:00)

Rogue VR Podcast

Rogue Shadow is a talented creator known within the VRchat community and has a remarkable podcast studio that's fully decorated.

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VRCLIVE

This project is a WIP commission being done by GM3.

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Notes

"Well I see it as a certain uniqueness to it and I see a lot of charms to it as well too. Sometimes it can come out flawless and beautiful and abstract in many ways. Sometimes it can just look really dumb and very funny, I enjoy both." - Fake Morgan Freeman

Links

• https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/this-new-tech-will-spawn-billionaires-almost-nobody-sees-it-coming.html
• https://www.vrchat.net/home/launch?worldId=wrld_d5374ccc-2367-4f26-acc2-e12064de2a8d&instanceId=491~public(usr_7eb45dbc-6146-4db4-bf97-2287df5f29c6)~nonce(0mjV8GWdUVMO5c6cxKWykqnFppOkKh)&ref=thegreatpug.com