In this session, we discuss the unique requirements that broadcast television poses for virtual production, and how automated and templatized tools in a highly engineered Unreal Engine control layer can reduce the footprint from many UE specialists to a single video operator.
You’ll get a complete overview of the GRACE Studio Suite that Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology’s Creative Automation & Studio Technology (CAST) team developed with ESPN Studio Operations to drive virtual production on the LED Catalyst Stage in the traditional broadcast pipeline.
The Studio Suite is comprised of two halves linked by bidirectional websocket communication: a JavaScript based Web UI that offers high-quality interactivity for video shading operators, and a control layer in Unreal Engine Blueprints that outlines and applies all incoming requests from the GRACE UI to the currently loaded Unreal Engine content.
https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/talks-and-demos/1V6j/unreal-engine-grace-studio-suite-building-a-comprehensive-web-based-virtual-production-toolset-unreal-fest-2023