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Alright, time to visit IBC, the international broadcasting convention! I am just visiting, and seeing what other industries are doing when it comes to tools. Starting off with this enormous camera crane that you can try out!

Next, this automated camera rig, with a spline animation tool that has the route and runs in.

Getting very Metal Gear vibes from this camera drone

This is the biggest drone I have ever seen, hanging over the DJI booth. (Also, I am wondering what other industries are milling about here.)

(So, my plan today was to cross-post the conference using Indigo by @anilineapps.bsky.social, but I am sad to report it is not up for prime time usage yet. It constantly disconnects accounts, fails to upload posts, fails specifically on video uploads, and has a very confusing interface for threads)

(Manually dual posting works fine, but is too time intensive. Maybe I’ll come back to it in the future, but for now I’ll only resume this thread on bluesky.)

In better news: There is a Star Wars Zero Company physical maquette at this conference?? Looks really neat!

I would love to see more physical level design creations like this. Usually you only see characters, or vehicles, but this is a whole level! I also appreciate how silly it looks to have a bridge covered in chest high boxes. You can instantly tell it’s a videogame

Already spotted two emmys so far. Now that I am thinking about it, it’s kinda interesting how I only ever see awards displayed at IGF booths at game conferences. Makes sense I guess, because it’s the game winning it, and it’s only shown one time, one year I’d still like folks to rep their wins more

Free cables! But no free lenses. One can dream. You can try them out though!

I still wonder how these could be used in editors. Imagine editing a material in Unreal, Unity, Godot, Blender, anything, and just softly moving a dial instead of having to type different numbers.

Though the marketing shows the words “Easy!” with… a terminal. That’s like saying you have dry water.

I really like hardware solutions for professional daily workflows. It adds so much that a 2D screen UI cannot add. Most of all: A ‘feeling’ for the values

Get your Batman searchlights right here

Wheel! Of! Lights! I am always a fan of ridiculous setups at conferences

I’m seeing a few of Vision Pros around as well. Broadcasting and sports still really want to get the audience closer, and this is really as close as you can get.