Vizrt partnership with BBC Sport

BBC Sport & Vizrt winter Olympics. The advanced virtual studio created with the contribution of Viz Engine 4 and Unreal® Engine offered an enhanced experience to the viewers.

Vizrt is extremely proud to have partnered with BBC Sport to deliver a ground-breaking virtual graphics suite for its coverage of the Beijing Winter Games.

Viz Engine 4 & Unreal Engine 4

BBC Sport's innovative, integrated system gave sports fans unprecedented access to the sporting action taking place in China. BBC Sport created a seamless studio environment with easy operator control, using Viz Engine 4 combined with Vizrt's Unreal Engine 4 rendering pipeline and Fusion Keyer.

Viz Arc

One of the challenges the BBC had to solve with this Unreal 4-Viz Engine 4 hybrid studio was to enable an operator-friendly workflow and streamline content changes to provide viewers with meaningful information during broadcasts. BBC Sport & Vizrt winter Olympics. Viz Engine offers native Unreal Engine integration, and the Viz Arc control application is the only one on the market that allows seamless control over aspects of both rendering pipelines. This way the producer can focus on the facts rather than the details of how the graphics are rendered.

“2022 was not only the year of sports for the industry, but also the year of sports for Vizrt. We have strengthened our offering across all sports to support our customers in achieving their production needs. BBC Sport is a great example. We were honored to be part of last year's celebration of the UEFA Euro 2020 championships and the much-anticipated Summer Games, and for us, the BBC is setting the standard in sport in both look and functionality across the market," notes Gerhard Lang, CTO Vizrt.

And the BBC spokesman added: “It's been a busy year for sport and with great numbers of viewers watching from home. It was essential to the success of the broadcast to offer viewers dynamic graphics alongside an innovative visual experience.”

 

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