Ross Video Launches UX Design

New augmented reality and virtual set design department will expand third-party partner relationships

Sunday April 6, 2014 [Las Vegas, Nevada, USA] – Today, Ross Video announced that it is launching UX Design, a unique Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Set (VS) design department, as part of its acquisition of Unreel LLC, the leading AR and VS solutions provider. UX Design is being launched in cooperation with a number of key industry partners, and Ross Video is excited to be demonstrating its AR/VS solutions in the Ultimatte and ProCyc booths at NAB this year. Ross Video also announced that it is entering into a reseller partnership with General Lift for jib encoders.

“At Ross, we understand that the key to customer success with AR and VS is the integration of design and technology,” says Dave Larson, General Manager of Ross Video AR/VS solutions. “To help customers integrate AR and VS into existing and new studios, Ross Video AR/VS will focus on delivering complete and comprehensive solutions that incorporate best-in-class products from Ross Video and other complementary third-party service providers. To this end, Ross Video will continue to work with and, in some cases, resell third-party products and services to ensure it can provide end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ needs.”

About UX Design
UX Design delivers an all-inclusive, end-to-end service that covers the entire design process from project definition and design to 3D fabrication and implementation. This breadth and depth maximizes system performance for customers. UX Design is structured to collaborate with design firms, virtual set designers and builders based on a customer’s needs, resources and relationships.

“For NAB 2014, UX Design is partnering with Full Mental Jacket for virtual set design and William Drescher for augmented reality and motion graphics designs to demonstrate the power of Ross Video’s innovative and exciting “Studio of the Future,” says Chris Mollomo, Manager of UX Design. “These demonstrations will be at the Ross booth (N3806). Also at NAB 2014, UX Design will be teaming with Dreamwall from Belgium to deliver VS and AR demonstrations at the Ultimatte booth (SL1105).”

UX Design intends to establish a wide range of partnerships that will enable it to deliver customized, seamless solutions that exactly meet the needs of each Ross Video AR/VS customer.

General Lift products
As part of its stated goal of delivering best-in-class, integrated AR and VS solutions to its customers, Ross Video will provide General Lift’s Jib Encoder Kits for CamMate and Jimmy Jib branded jib. This will enable Ross Video to offer a turnkey solution for those customers who wish to use jibs in their AR/VS productions. General Lift, which has served the motion picture, commercial film and broadcast business for more than 25 years, will be demonstrating the CamMate/Ross Video solution at the Ultimatte booth.

Ross Video AR/VS Exhibitions at NAB 2014
Ross Video will be demonstrating its AR/VS solutions at three booths this year:

• The Ross booth (N2806) will showcase the exciting “Studio of the Future,” which features a turnkey all-Ross hardware/software AR/VS system.

• The Ultimatte booth (SL1105) will be demonstrating how well Ross Video AR/VS works with other vendors, including Ultimatte for keying, the CamMate jib for tracking, Vinten, and motion analysis systems.

• The ProCyc booth (SL2425) will feature a Ross Video turnkey single camera Robotics system. The ProCyc cyclorama system, which is frequently sold in conjunction with Ross Video, will also be shown at the Ross Video booth.

About Ross Video
Ross Video designs, manufactures and supports a wide range of innovative products for use in video production applications. Ross’ award winning product line includes Acuity, Vision, Vision Octane, Vision Tritium, CrossOver and Carbonite Video Production Switchers; openGear, RossGear and GearLite Terminal Equipment; BlackStorm Video Servers; OverDrive Automated Production Control Systems; DashBoard Facility Control and Monitoring; Inception Media Management Systems; XPression Real-Time Motion Graphic Systems; NK Series Routing Systems and Ross Robotics. Ross Mobile Productions is a premium full service mobile sports production company, aligned to meet the need to produce economical Internet and Broadcast content. Ross Video is the only company in the broadcast industry to offer a single-vendor turnkey augmented reality (AR) and virtual set (VS) studio solution—a state-of-the-art “Studio of the Future.” Ross products are installed in over 100 countries around the world, and are used daily by top broadcasters, production companies, sports stadiums, government agencies and houses of worship.

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