Switchblade LPU4 Virtual Production System – 4U Rack Workstation with Aximmetry Broadcast DE, VIVE Mars CamTrack, and Five Virtual Sets

Switchblade Systems Turnkey Virtual Production System

Aximmetry+Unreal Dual Engine Virtual Studio Production Workstation

Highlights:

• • Switchblade LPU4 short-depth rackmount system with Aximmetry Broadcast DE software (1 year of updates)

• • Supports up to 3 fixed/tracked 1080i60 SDI cameras, 2 fixed/tracked 1080p60 SDI cameras or 1 fixed/tracked 4Kp30 camera, 1x SDI/NDI output

• • 20-core Intel Core i7 CPU

• • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GPU

• • 64GB DDR5 RAM

• • 1TB SSD

• • Dual 2.5 GbE network ports

• • Windows 11 Pro

Includes HTC VIVE Mars CamTrack

VIVE Mars CamTrack is a solution that integrates VIVE Tracker (3.0), SteamVR Base Station 2.0, and a suite of other devices and tools to help you incorporate VR tracking technology into your virtual production projects.

This bundle includes:

• • (5) 3D virtual sets by VirtualSetWorks for Unreal Engine and Aximmetry

• • VIVE Mars touch screen processing unit

• • (2) SteamVR Base Station (2.0) room tracking devices

• • (2) VIVE Tracker (3.0) object position trackers

• • (3) Mars Rover camera data acquisition devices

• • Calibration kit

• • Power and data cables

Mars CamTrack Solution Highlights

• • Plug-and-Play, fast setup, no installation required.

• • One-click to reset origin.

• • Robust wiring to minimize latency.

• • Friendly camera calibration kit.

• • Multi-cam tracking, support up to 3 Rovers.

• • Genlock / timecode (LTC) sync support.

Mars Technical Specifications

Dimension

196 x 134 x 65 mm

Weight

1.4 KG

Display

7” LCD touch screen

Connections

• • BNC for Genlock

• • 3.5mm audio jack for Timecode

• • 3x RJ45 PoE port for Rovers (up to 3 Rovers supported)

Protocol

Unreal Live Link / FreeD

Encoder Support

• • Mars FIZTrack

• • LOLED Indiemark 2

Aximmetry Broadcast DE Virtual Production Software

Core Features

• • Real-time 2D/3D rendering

• • Real-time post-processing, effects, color correction, LUT

• • Advanced 3D graphics: HDR, Depth of Field, shadows, reflections, refraction

• • Choice of using Aximmetry native 3D engine or Unreal Engine

• • Support of DLSS, ray tracing, RTXGI when using Unreal Engine

• • Virtual studios:
    • • Advanced chroma keying
    • • Multiple virtual cameras with editable motion paths
    • • Customizable virtual camera and broadcast control interfaces
    • • Virtual lighting of live actors
    • • Live actors cast real-time shadows, reflections, refraction
    • • Support of experimental camera tracking using Antilatency, HTC Vive, Intel Realsense etc.

• • Rendering in arbitrary resolutions up to 8K

• • Multiple simultaneous video outputs to monitors, projectors, LED walls etc. via HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort

• • Live streaming output directly to YouTube, Facebook and Twitch or any platform supporting RTMP streaming

• • Capturing multiple simultaneous video inputs via HDMI/DVI, USB imaging devices, up to 4K

• • Multiple simultaneous input video/image files and image sequences

• • Most of the popular video/image and professional studio formats are supported

• • Highly flexible node-based graphics programming interface

• • Real-time node-based scene editing

• • Seamless integration of Unreal Engine projects into the node-based interface

• • Real-time curve-based timeline and animation editing

• • 2D/3D objects and any rendering parameter can be animated via keyed curves

• • Controlling any event or rendering parameter via touch screen, mouse, keyboard, GPIO, OSC, MIDI, DMX/ArtNet

• • Controlling attached devices from Aximmetry via GPIO, OSC, MIDI, DMX/ArtNet

• • Can be operated as a satellite (slave) in a Multi-Machine configuration where at least one machine has a Broadcast Edition license

• • Customizable on-stage/broadcast control interfaces

• • Customizable touch screen control surfaces

• • Importing 3D objects and scenes with materials and animations from COLLADA or FBX format

• • Custom material/post-processing shaders can be created in node-based editor

• • Node-based particle systems and effectors

• • Mapping: projection onto complex surfaces using grid-based distortion and shape masking

• • Keystone correction

• • Creating panoramic views using multiple projectors with edge blending

• • Multi-projector/mapping shows can be modelled/previewed within the editor

• • Rendering with arbitrary frame sizes and frame rates

• • Recording outputs into video files/image sequences

Additional Features in BROADCAST

• • SDI / NDI Extension:
    • • Multiple simultaneous live input sources via SDI / NDI (SD/HD/4K)
    • • Multiple simultaneous video outputs via SDI / NDI (SD/HD/4K)
    • • Unlimited SDI / NDI video inputs/outputs

• • Network Extension:
    • • Aximmetry can be integrated into an existing studio control system using its HTTP command interface
    • • Access of RSS feeds, images and any XML/JSON data content on the web via HTTP

• • Broadcast Extension:
    • • Support for professional camera tracking systems
    • • Support for standalone zoom/focus encoders
    • • Camera lens calibration tools
    • • Mixing real and virtual camera motion
    • • Augmented Reality support
    • • LED wall based virtual production

• • Multi-Machine Extension:
    • • Synchronized running of Aximmetry on multiple machines using a single control interface
    • • Higher number of camera inputs can be distributed among multiple machines
    • • Higher number of display / projector outputs can be distributed among multiple machines
    • • Each machine in the network requires the purchasing of a separate license. For the control machine a Broadcast Edition license is required, but satellite (slave) machines can be operated with smaller edition licenses as well (with the accordingly diminished feature sets)

• • Multi-GPU Extension:
    • • Linked mode: Loading of a complex SDI output rendering can be distributed among multiple GPUs.
        Independent mode: Outputs of a multi-display/multi-projector show can be rendered on different GPUs.
    • • Note: Multi-GPU feature cannot be used with Unreal scenes

• • Database Access and Plugins:
    • • Direct access of SQL databases
    • • Meteo plugin: Graphic elements and tools specialized for weather reports, importing meteorology data from GRIB, NetCDF, radar etc. formats
    • • Astro plugin: Astronomical/astrological calculations, 2D/3D imagery of celestial systems and objects

• • Aximmetry Calibrator:
    • • An easy-to-use lens/tracking calibration software for users working with various game trackers and object tracking devices that do not have their own lens calibration system. Accurate results for fixed or zoom lenses.
    • • Measures the parameters of a lens (lens distortion, FOV, etc.), which is necessary if camera tracking is used.
    • • Measure where and in which orientation the tracking device (sensor) is attached to the camera for accurate results.