Produce Broadcast & Live Events Mixed Reality Experiences

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Hot & Happening

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Broadcast cinematics explained!

There's an emerging genre that's setting new expectations in the world of live broadcast television, and you can make sure you're right up to speed with our latest Real-Time Explainer. Get the full low-down on the brave new world of broadcast cinematics today!

FOX Sports' Super Bowl AR extravaganza

FOX Sports took this year’s Super Bowl coverage to a whole new level, with 3D players, coaches, and even global pop sensation Rihanna—courtesy of their new AR studio and Unreal Engine.

Tripping the light fantastic with Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland Winter and Prismax’s amazing stage sets feature real-time visuals powered by UE5. The result? Some unforgettable experiences with the likes of Meduza, Vintage Culture, Joris Voorn, Steve Angello, and Afrojack.

Sizzle reel

The latest Unreal Engine sports and music projects

Super Bowl AR, floating Wrestlemania belts, a virtual Biggie—there’s a lot of eye candy in our new Sports & Music sizzle reel, which beautifully showcases the power of Unreal Engine in a live or experiential setting. Check it out!

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Overview

And we’re live!

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Perfect pixels

Start blending live action with CG wherever you are—in studio, in the cloud, or abroad—with the same platform trusted by FOX Sports, Moment Factory, and The Weather Channel. Whether you want photorealism or wild style, Unreal Engine can unlock your moment.

We see ourselves as storytellers, and Unreal Engine is giving us the tools to tell our stories in brand new ways. Five years ago we saw the potential of real-time technology with our NASCAR stage. Now, with our new LED volume, we can do just about anything.

Gary Hartley

Executive Vice President and Creative Director, FOX Sports

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The right fit

Plug it in or build it out, Unreal Engine is ready to work. Day-one connections to Disguise, Pixotope, Ross Video, stYpe, and other main tools make integration a snap, so you can move on to what really matters: the graphics.

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Strong and steady

When you’re live, there’s no room for error. Unreal Engine is a predictable platform that doesn’t go down. Run LED boards for 7 hours straight, power a ticker day in and day out, it doesn’t matter. When you want it, it’ll be there.

Broadcast & Live Events Field Guide

Get insights from content producers using real-time workflows for sports and esports broadcasts, weather reporting, live events and displays, and more.

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Features

Key features

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Always connected
Formats, protocols, hardware, software—for live production to work, they all have to play nice. With Unreal Engine, you get support up and down the line. The Live Link plugin works with all of the most popular 3D tracking systems; support for protocols such as OSC provides the ability to control and communicate with various devices; and all the leading media I/O formats like HAP, Apple ProRes, and Avid DNxHD will always work. As much as possible, it’s plug and play.
Comprehensive real-time compositing toolset
Composure, Unreal Engine’s built-in compositor, facilitates real-time compositing directly in the Unreal Editor, enabling real-time VFX to be delivered in camera. Powerful tools include an advanced green-screen keyer, support for virtual cameras, and a wide range of post-process effects, including color grading and filmic tonemapping, Open Color IO, depth-of-field, lens flare, lens distortion, light wrap, bloom, and vignetting.
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Multi-display rendering
Unreal Engine’s production-proven nDisplay system enables you to render real-time content at any resolution, then display it on multiple physical and/or projected screens—powerwalls, domes, CAVEs, and LED walls are all supported. Scenes can be rendered from multiple networked workstations, or from multiple instances of Unreal Engine running on a single workstation; nDisplay will always ensure that your content remains exactly in sync.
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Advanced particles, effects, and physics
Bring film-quality VFX to your productions with Niagara, Unreal Engine’s tool for customizable particle systems. Impact your scene with particle lights and create complex particle motion with vector fields. You can even fracture, shatter, and demolish massive-scale scenes with the Chaos physics and destruction system. Have fun with it.

Unreal Engine comes fully loaded out of the box, with every feature—even full access to the source code—included. With built-in real-time compositing; advanced particles and FX; state-of-the-art multi-display rendering and LED stage support; robust DMX integration; and so much more, UE5 is ready and raring to go for prime time.

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case studies

Epic stories

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Case Study

FOX Sports kicks off the NFL season with a groundbreaking multicam virtual production studio

Two years ago, lensing a live multicam show on an LED volume was impossible. Now, FOX Sports can do it anytime they want. Discover how the team built a groundbreaking virtual production studio for their NFL pregame show, FOX NFL Sunday.