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MRMC Launches New Studio and Sports Production Solutions
MARK ROBERTS MOTION CONTROL (MRMC), a Nikon company, is to present its largest-ever product lineup at NAB 2023. The company will use the event as the launch pad for three new products which will be showcased on stand C5325: Polymotion Relay, a sports circuitbased tracking solution; the Light Lift System; and the AJS-2 autoJib for enhanced live content capture production.
In addition, an enhanced version of the virtual production experience ‘Unreal Ride’ returns to the company’s Motion Control stand in the central lobby (L1) in partnership with VU to wow visitors following its success last year.
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Broadcast Stand [C5325] - From the broadcast studio side, MRMC will be highlighting two new broadcast products demonstrating PTZ enablement.
The AJS-2 Auto-Jib is the perfect solution for enhancing shots of live content. It can be deployed with either a PTZ or a robotic head or controlled manually, through 2 degrees of semi-automation or through full automation. It can be operated as a manual jib, or through a hybrid of manual and automation where the motion paths are defined but the head or
PTZ can be controlled by an operator remotely or using presets. It captures smooth ’on-air’ movement and repeatable moves with a modular design that is extremely quick to set up and quiet and smooth to operate.
The LLS-1 Light Lift System expands MRMC’s PTZ enablement solutions by adding a vertical lift. For optimum flexibility, the LLS-1 has floor, wall or ceiling mounting options available. With a range of height configurations, the LLS-1 can comfortably capture sitting and standing shots using the floorbased option. Visitors will also have the chance to see the Studiobot XL – a 9-axis robotics system that offers superior visual creativity to traditional dolly systems; and the dynamically adjust the framing of the subject and follows players on the field of play. MRMC will also be showing Polymotion Remote+ which allows for remote multicamera control from a single interface.
AFC-100 robotic head which moves at up to 100° per second. The company will also be demonstrating an advanced new feature of its MHC software that creates virtual Teleportation. If you have a talent that you want to interview as if you are onsite, but can’t get them to your location, you can “teleport” your pundit or your guest to them. It allows you to seamlessly bring remote talent into the shot or studio while maintaining camera motion, effectively creating one camera shot in two locations using IP-controlled robotics. The synchronised movement of the two cameras paired with the subjects being able to move naturally makes the illusion hyper-realistic.
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Sports Production - NAB Show 2023 will see the worldwide launch of Polymotion Relay, a cost-effective, single-operator, multi-camera control solution for circuit-based sports. Driven by a computer vision engine, Polymotion Relay makes multi-cam production and control simple. Set up to follow the layout of a track at a predefined speed, one operator can use Polymotion Relay to manage all camera angles, making adjustments where needed to speed and framing, while the system makes intelligent modifications on-the-fly.
Complementing Polymotion Relay, for a complete, dynamic, scalable and automated production is the Polymotion Player range of products. Polymotion Player is an automated camera-follow-camera control that allows the operator to remain focused on capturing key action shots through Camera One. Polymotion Player+ is an automated real-time Player Tracking software solution that uses powerful computer vision technology to
NAB 2023 will also be the first opportunity for attendees to see Slidekamera’s innovative products integrated with MRMC solutions. The addition of Slidekamera into the MRMC fold offers producers and videographers an expansive world-beating range of motion robotics that permit creative highprecision shots with even simple robotic cameras. Visitors can meet the Slidekamera by MRMC team and see the Titan Slider, Atlas Slider, Curved rail, and our full range of robotics heads in action, such as the Heavy Bullhead that is capable of housing a 20kg payload camera.
Unreal Ride 2023 – Central Lobby – L1 MRMC is teaming up once again with Vū Studios for another show-stopping virtual production activation. The Unreal Ride 2023 takes the experience up another level by adding greater control. Guests will be able to make decisions that materially affect a ride’s scene. Building on the theme of 100 years of NAB, guests will be able to select the environment in which the ride takes place – 100 years into the past or the future. Based on their decisions, MRMC will combine the physical and the virtual worlds live and capture it all using motion control to create a unique video for guests to take away and share on their social channels.
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