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Stage Precision releases SP software version 1.1.0

Stage Precision, a software developer in the world of virtual production and live events technology, announces the latest software release, SP version 1.1.0. This update introduces a variety of features and integrations designed to streamline workflows and enhance user control.

One of these features is the revamped Camera Calibration, designed for all virtual production setups, including green screens, LED walls and augmented reality. “We’ve made it much simpler and faster to calibrate a lens profile and align a tracking system”, explains Axel Lambrecht, CTO of Stage Precision. “This will further reduce reliance on manual measurements and enable much of the camera and lens calibration workflows to be handled offsite, allowing more time for fine-tuning onset and much faster setup times.”

Additionally, SP version 1.1.0 introduces new tools for focusing cameras on known points, making it useful for large-scale calibration scenarios like stadium-scale augmented reality productions. Other enhancements include a new Screen Reposition feature: “By utilising a well-calibrated lens profile and tracking system, SP can now calculate the position and orientation of screens or LED walls based on camera images”, says Lambrecht. “This will help streamline workflows for professionals in the live event, studio and virtual production industries.”

The updated release also includes native support for OptiTrack Camera Technology. Useful for the lower resolution 3D person and object tracking requirements found in live events, theatre and immersive installations, this integration enables control, visual feedback and tracking status directly within the SP 3D viewport, thereby removing the need to use OptiTrack’s Motive software tools within these environments.

“We’ve developed tools within SP to reduce the sensitivity for position changes of the optical tracking cameras. Focused on the use in a low res environment”, says Lambrecht. “This enhances stability, making it perfect for long-term setups and less controlled environments that would otherwise affect the desired behaviour of the tracking system in these harsher environments in Live Experience.”

Furthermore, native support for OptiTrack technology enables integration with SP’s full toolset. This offers wider benefits to the project workflow such as the ability to record and playback tracking data, providing back-ups and saving costs by minimising the need for repeated stage choreography.

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