Production Enhancement

AKI Virtual Placement

AKI Virtual Placement is a highly valuable solution for broadcasters and live production companies, enabling them to take advantage of the growing opportunities and continuing deregulation of on-screen product placement, allowing new possible revenue streams to be realized.

It is by far the most advanced and powerful system available on the market for the placing of virtual graphics into any live broadcast video. It is based entirely upon a highly advanced real-time image processing algorithm developed by Hego and works completely without any need for camera sensors or special camera heads. Instead, it analyses in real-time the camera movement, making it easy to add virtual tied-to-surface graphical objects into a live video feed, such as virtual product placement or advertising, virtual scores, information or logos, and even animated sponsor messages in the form of virtual large screens. All of this without any complicated calibration process involved.

Tracked graphics based on Image Processing

The multiple built-in tracking engines, based on several tracking algorithms working in conjunction, enables AKI Virtual Placement to work with any type of video material, whether it is for entertainment, live sports or news programming, in studio or OB productions,.

Auto Sensing Technology, enabling upstream usage

The auto sensing technology enables users to work on any type of material, and most important of all, to do this upstream. The system recognises camera cuts and combines this with state-of-the-art anchor tracking technology to allow virtual graphics to be added into multiple camera angles from a single video stream.

Anchor Tracking

Introduced in this latest version 5.0 of AKI Virtual Placement, the new tracking algorithm radically improves tracking accuracy and quality, often exceeding the performance of systems based on expensive and highly complicated hardware solutions such as camera heads with sensors.

Real Time Video Warping Effect

AKI Virtual Placement also includes a real-time Video Warp feature giving users almost endless possibilities to create advanced video effects such as warping and distortion affecting the video in real time. The Video Warp effects can be created using industry standard tools such as Autodesk 3D Studio Max.

AKI Virtual Placement is very easy-to-use and is based on open file formats, making it easy to implement graphics and pre-rendered animations. The system is available in various hardware setups, allowing either SD or HD content to be enhanced to fit any production need.

Key Features of AKI Virtual Placement

• Live virtual graphics software tool completely based on advanced image processing techniques
• Auto scene-detection sensing technology and unique camera tracking algorithms
• Advanced real-time video warp effects capability
• Open to all common file formats for easy implementation of graphics
• A one operator, one box system extremely easy to use and set-up either on-site or upstream
  

"AKI Virtual Placement - making virtual revenue a reality"

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