VPET - Virtual Production Editing Tools
We are developing a holistic approach for collaborative tools that allow real-time on-set light, asset and animation editing via an intuitive interface. VPET is a tablet based onset editing application to work within a virtual production environment. It is designed to run on mobile and head mounted devices allowing easy access to operators without dedicated training. It provides functionality to edit assets during a virtual shooting and synchronize changes with the film pipeline. VPET communicates through a network interface to main applications and other clients, allowing live editing of object, light and animation parameters. The development is open-source and particularly considers established (offline) film pipelines.
Client available at App Store, project files and code at Github:
Publications
- Jonas Trottnow, Will Greenly, Christian Shaw, Sam Hudson, Volker Helzle, Henry Vera and Dan Ring.
SAUCE: Asset Libraries of the Future. Full Paper.
Digipro2020. Wednesday 12 August 11:40am – 12:20pm (PDT). Virtual Confernce. - Jonas Trottnow, Simon Spielmann, David Moreno, Javi Agenjo. Short Paper.
Approaching real-time Character Animation in Virtual Productions.
CVMP 2019. BFI Southbank, London, UK. 17th & 18th December 2019. - Simon Spielmann and Volker Helzle. Augmented Reality for Virtual Set Extension. SIGGRAPH 2018 Talks. In Session: Augmenting Your Reality. August 12th, 2pm-3:30pm, Room 301-305, West Building, Vancouver Convention Centre.
- Simon Spielmann, Volker Helzle, Andreas Schuster, Jonas Trottnow, Kai Götz and Patricia Rohr. VPET - Virtual Production Editing Tools at SIGGRAPH 2018 Emerging Technologies. August 12th, 1:30-5:30 pm. August 13th - August 15th, 10 am-5:30 pm. August 16th, 10 am-3:30 pm. West Building, Exhibit Hall A, Vancouver Convention Centre.
- Volker Helzle and Simon Spielmann. Next Level Consumer Devices for Virtual Production. Demo of latest VPET version supporting Apple ARKit. Poster Presentation. CVMP 2017. BFI Southbank, London, UK. 11th & 12th December 2017.
- O. Grau, V. Helzle, E. Joris, T. Knop, B. Michoud, P. Slusallek, P. Bekaert, J. Starck, "Dreamspace: a platform and tools for collaborative virtual production", SMPTE Mot. Imag. J., Aug. 2017.
- Simon Spielmann, Andreas Schuster, Kai Götz, Volker Helzle. VPET – A Toolset for Collaborative Virtual Filmmaking. SA '16 Technical Briefs, December 05-08, 2016, Macao
- Oliver Grau, Volker Helzle, Eric Joris, Thomas Knop, Brice Michoud, Philipp Slusallek, Philippe Bekaert, Jonathan Starck. Dreamspace: a platform and tools for collaborative virtual production. IBC 2016 Conference, 2016 page 31.
- Volker Helzle. 2016. Dreamspace am Animationsinstitut. In Digital Production 3/16 - Magazin für Digitale Medienproduktion. April 2016: 108-113.
- Jonas Trottnow, Kai Götz, Stefan Seibert, Simon Spielmann, Volker Helzle, Farshad Einabadi, Clemens K. H. Sielaff, Oliver Grau. Intuitive Virtual Production Tools for Set and Light Editing. CVMP 2015.