The project in five facts.
Challenge, approach and results.
The diploma thesis Creating Virtual Sets with Unreal Engine Software Environment addresses the process of virtual film production, which is based on creating virtual sets using LED walls. In this context, Unreal Engine is currently the most popular software that enables the creation of photorealistic computer-generated images.
Problem
The diploma thesis Creating Virtual Sets with Unreal Engine Software Environment addresses the process of virtual film production, which is based on creating virtual sets using LED walls.
Solution and Method
In this context, Unreal Engine is currently the most popular software that enables the creation of photorealistic computer-generated images. Alongside an excellent community that contributes its products to the common public library, the software developers are in close contact with people who use the programme and thus continuously improve it. The fifth version of the programme, Unreal Engine 5, was released in April 2022.
The next major update, called Unreal Engine 5.1, which further developed the capabilities of rendering even more realistic lighting and introduced a new method of calculating geometry, was available just half a year later. Alongside the excellent quality of graphic images, their real-time generation is the reason for using the programme in virtual film productions. On set, we can thus use trackers to record the movements of the physical camera and assign them to the virtual camera in the programme.
This moves the virtual environment in accordance with the movements of the physical camera. This gives us real-time generation of the environment. Part of the diploma thesis relates to the physical rendering of these virtual locations using LED panels.
These are the foundation in major film productions. They enable the entire set to shine in the light of the virtual environment. The diploma thesis presents virtual production with an emphasis on creating virtual sets in the Unreal Engine software environment and the physical presentation of these sets on LED walls.
The second part of the thesis is a comparison of TV series that used virtual sets with those that used the conventional method of video production. Throughout the entire diploma thesis, it is thus possible to learn about the positive and negative characteristics of this method of virtual production, when it makes sense to use it and what limitations can be expected in its use.
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A diploma thesis at Academia solves a challenge from a company – often the one where you do your 800 hours of placement. Read about the Video produkcija module or book a consultation.