The News Pavilion by Softroom allows newsreaders to "extend reality"
Design consultancy firm Softroom has designed a virtual reality news studio that uses 3D-creation software Unreal Engine to "dissolve the boundaries of the TV studio".
The News Pavilion is a TV studio that combines virtual production technology and real-time filming techniques. A permanent news booth, where presenters and guests can gather around a table, is surrounded by LED screens and other augmented reality technology.
Top: the News Pavilion is a windowless virtual studio. Above: regional newsreaders can join the table virtually
Softroom worked with the video game developer Epic Games to devise the concept, which was created using Epic Games' Unreal Engine display software. This generates the virtual environment in real-time.
"We wanted to explore what new opportunities for storytelling are possible, as well as creating a dynamic but sympathetic setting for the day's news, one that matches the sense of immediacy and importance of the subject matter," Softroom founder Oliver Salway told Dezeen. The concept of The News Pavilion was borne from the Covid-19 pandemic
The idea for The News Pavilion came about during the Covid-19 pandemic.
"The whole issue of teleporting-in remote guests sprang from conversations about what the legacy of lockdown might be, now that we're all so much more accustomed to video-conferencing," Salway explained.
"Thanks to Covid-19, it's ok now for a news show to have someone interviewed via their webcam, but we fe...
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