Virtual Production On a Budget - Vive Mars CamTrack and ARwall

Check out these 2 tools we discovered that make virtual production intuitive, affordable, and accessible.

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⏱ CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - VIVE Mars CamTrack
05:05 - VIVE Mars FIZTrack
05:50 - ARwall

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[Justin_Allen]

Vive Mars gets you 95% of the way there, interested to see how their fitz trackers work later on. ARwall ... I looked at it at NAB however my feeling is that this is not for professional use. Unfortunately using Unreal is just a fact of life and adding, basically a player to an unreal scene is just adding another link in the chain.

Aximmetry, which you mentioned, is not really another type of Unreal...I see it more as an advanced GUI that lays on top of Unreal. It seems to add an ease of use to working with Unreal. They just don't do a great job of explaining that to the masses.

[VegasDominic]

Would love to see videos on the AI generated backgrounds for LED volumes. That would be something 😊🎉

[nathancreates]

Personally I don't think the Mars system can be justified at it's 5k price point considering the core tracking technology is identical to just using a vive tracker, meaning the 5k Mars system has the same fundamental limitations as a $500 - $1000 consumer vive tracker. 10x10m area (with four base stations (only two included) ), subtle noise, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I own and love using vive and steam VR products, but if I were going to spend proper professional money on a tracking solution I'd look at something like a Stype, Ncam, or Antilatency which have there own purpose built tracking solutions, not just an overpriced repackaging of an admittedly excellent consumer product.

[PollederBoss]

Youtube and the internet has become a dumb consumer party. This video is not bad, the guy does a great job. VIVE MARS is certainly a great device. But 5000€ is not cheap to get into virtual production exept your dad is rich. I am looking for a documentation how to get vivetrackers to work with camerattacking with python in blender. It should be easy like plug an play and calibrating a joystick for FS2000, but they made it very hard to find docs. At least from my country. But my dumb korean consumer phone already can lidartracking. Why cant people really program more stuff themselfes? As long as I wait for my hollywoodclient with Hollywood Budget I am frustrated because Korean Company needs a buck? I'd prefer doing things and sharing Information instead of burning money and consuming.