HackMD
Virtual Virtual Production Studios
tags: devlog metafactory m3 vrchat
- https://webaverse.ghost.io/storyweaving-with-ai/
- Internet Cinematic Universe
- https://substance3d.adobe.com/magazine/digital-backlots/
Virtual production DAO proposals
Background
We've been building VR studios in VR for years and have used them to record podcasts, music videos, shows, and other forms of content.
Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTeheSCbgI
Physical Vprod Studios
Still costs millions
The the cost of filmmaking has gone down thx to consumer VR hardware, AI, and realtime game engines.
Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ufp8weYYDE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjb-AqMD-a4&t=125s
Metaverse Studios
Github: https://github.com/gm3/vTuber-SDK3
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boomboxheads
We want to tell stories from the metaverse that is about the metaverse. Human actors not needed in this case.
End of green screen
https://twitter.com/vr_hai/status/1493731994769010689
Visit in VRChat: https://vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_532efaae-2f40-4f1d-a060-1d75719f5c2d
Optimized plug-and-play realtime area lighting using the linearly transformed cosine algorithm for Unity/VRChat. Free to use with attribution.
https://github.com/pimaker/ltcgi
Video player used: https://github.com/MerlinVR/USharpVideo/releases/tag/v1.0.0
Coldie shoot
Studio tests
Photo studio mode
Few more behind the scenes shots in the studio. We're used to building VR studios in public and want to make virtual production radically accessible for indies. This means not needing much besides a VR headset
Improvements
area lit shader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRXKeS-uvcY
https://lox9973.booth.pm/items/3661829
Shadermotion / Udonmotion
NFT NYC
Lume Studios
TV Tower / Wall
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Video screens
Indie Vprod Gear
Vicon Optical Motion Capture system: You can think of this as a VERY high end Steam VR system for tracking humans, props, and cameras.
PRICING: this "INDIE" Vicon system is ball park $50K US. There are smaller configurations as well.
Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/oCXVdTjN5Lw
- Xsens for body suit (from $3800)
- Manus gloves for hands ($5200)
- HMC + ARkit for face tracking
Must see channel: Xanadu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd7Sf-HvhwirCnBpADqAr5A
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pwnelon
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSx472esQps
Head Mounted Camera
This "entry-level" HMC indie helmet costs $30k: https://facewaretech.com/pricing
FaceCam iphone HMC costs $1250
DIY setup: for more stability add a counterweight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhcMOn996hs
Facecap Software
VRChat OSC
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3670870
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3663253
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3837150
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3694697
- https://booth.pm/en/items/2301835
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3480610
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3687658
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3686598
- https://booth.pm/en/items/3667516
Unreal engine
fbx/gltf export that, bring into vrchat, multiplayer there with udonmotion / openvr recorder
then export animation to bring back into unreal
Shop Design
Shop NPC
Issues
Disappearing builder menu for VRChat SDK
Notes
matrix awakens ue5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU0gvPcc3jQ
vprod unreal engine, live geo sculpting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk
Virtual Production: Are You Game? | Produced by the Academy's Science and Technology Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRc1HvSqjpg
https://youtu.be/FRc1HvSqjpg?t=922
Virtual Production Sizzle Reel 2022 | Unreal Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oMH_gy7r60
Reminds me of The Sandbox world in VRChat by splinks
Filming in a Virtual Environment w/ Matt Workman (Lighting + Parallax effect)
https://youtu.be/Hjb-AqMD-a4?t=125
https://github.com/Foorack/UdonXML
https://architechvr.booth.pm/items/2536209
https://labthe3rd.gumroad.com/l/ThePartyZoneVideoPlayer
