Switchblade LPU4 Virtual Production Workstation with Aximmetry Professional DE

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 PROFESSIONAL

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

     

    • • Multiple simultaneous video outputs via SDI / NDI (SD/HD/4K)

     

    • • Limited to four (4) total SDI / NDI I/O ports

• • 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

Switchblade LPU4 Hardware Specifications

Processor: 20-core Intel Core i7 CPU
Memory: 64GB DDR5 RAM
Storage: 1TB NVMe Solid State Drive
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16GB GDDR6X
Video Input/Output: Four (4) 3G-SDI bi-directional connections (configurable as inputs or outputs)
Operating System: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
Dimensions: 16.89″ x 17.00″ x 4U (6.96″) (429mm x 432mm x 176.75mm)
Weight: 25 lbs (11.34 kg)