Canon and RT Software Collaboration at IBC 2024 – Press Release

London, UK. August 2024

RT Software, specialists in broadcast graphics and Canon, with a global reputation for professional camera products have announced their collaboration for IBC 2024. Visitors to RT Software’s stand 7.B20 will be able to witness a live real-time virtual reality graphics demonstration.

RT Software will be using their Swift Studio package to render 3D Unreal Engine graphic objects and superimpose them on the live feed coming from the Canon CR-N500 PTZ camera. Visitors to the booth will be able experience first hand how the graphics interact with real world presenters. For any broadcaster considering expanding their studio operations with a full virtual studio or augmented reality graphics, this will be a great opportunity to explore what is possible first hand.

The full system will include full pan, zoom, tilt control of the Canon CR-N500 PTZ camera using the Canon RC-IP100 PTZ controller with pre-set camera movements being triggered from within the graphics themselves. 

From the graphics playout side, RT Software will be including their Swift Live browser based control surface. This reconfigurable user interface allows different studios or individual shows to set up specific layouts tailored to their differing styles of operation. Plus, being browser based, there is a lower cost of ownership as the user interface can be run from any suitable PC with a Chrome browser.

Mike Fredriksen, RT Software Commercial Director said, “We’ve enjoyed working on the integration with Canon, and this collaboration cements our relationship. It’s great to be able to showcase our products together in this way and hope our customers can come and learn by being able to see how easy it is to build cost effective augmented reality systems by visiting our stand”.

“Although we compete head to head with the biggest names in broadcast graphics, we also make sure we always have a focus on cost effective solutions. RT Software and Canon are both able to support the demonstrated configuration with both NDI as well as SDI. This aligns very neatly with our NDI strategy where we bundle NDI licences at no cost for all our systems”

Showcasing this partnership at IBC 2024 is the perfect platform for visitors to come and see the latest step in AR and PTZ technology.

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About RT Software:

RT Software is a leading provider of real-time graphics solutions for News, Sports, Entertainment and Channel Branding. Its products include editors/CG, sports telestration, election and newsroom graphics, augmented reality and virtual studios, with control interfaces for PC or browser. From its beginnings as an off-shoot of the BBC 3D Graphics Department in 2004, it now has installations from Iceland to New Zealand, with a customer base including some of the biggest names in broadcasting: BBC, Sky News, TNT Sports, and many other tier 1 broadcasters.

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