PRODUCER-LED LIVE VR WORKFLOW

Here at Idonix, we strive to produce the best user experience possible in all of our software. We’re constantly on the look-out for ways to streamline processes for our customers, so they can get the most out of our products.

The Problem

Coming up with live VR pieces is hard work. Usually the turnaround is quite large from coming up with an idea for a story through to the end-result: a slick sequence of VR graphics that tell that story to its full potential. It can be a really struggle with back-and-forth communications between designers, developers and producers.

The Idonix Solution

Using Ignition, our rapid development framework, we put all of the power in the hands of the producer – they are in control of building their sequences, previewing them, and making tweaks to the graphics with real-time updates to how they will look on-screen.

Embedded Preview

This makes a real difference to the user experience: within Ignition, we can grab a window from whatever renderer is producing the preview output, and show it embedded within the sequence editor - make a change to a graphic, see immediate feedback of exactly how it'll look in the rendered output right there:

IMMEDIATE MODE

All we ask from the graphics development is that each command has an optional ‘immediate mode’ flag. This lets Ignition tell the renderer that the graphics should update immediately to their new state, rather than animate, leading to quicker feedback as the producer tweaks the options for their graphics (they can then play through their sequence in non-immediate mode to preview the animations too).

Simple Workflow

Once sequences have been created and tweaked by the producer, they flow on to the director, who then has the power to push the sequence into the VR set, ready for the presenter to click through. The producer also has the power to play through graphics without the presenter, or to adjust the sequence to a new point if the presenter clicks through too fast, or only wants to rehearse a particular section of the sequence.

Ignition has a ‘renderer-agnostic’ approach to graphics – whether you choose Viz, Ross, Brainstorm, Unreal, or the next big thing, we abstract the ins and outs of the renderer so that they can be seamlessly swapped depending on your renderer of choice.