Virtual Production Studio Equipment & Installation

Detailed Requirements 1. Design a virtual production solution and specification to a UK or British standard (transposing European Standards) within the scale and scope of the project that can provide several core elements including a video wall (approx. £180-200k spend on screens minimum), tracking system and camera to work with the video wall, a virtual camera rig to work in a green screen environment at the same location, the computing solution to support virtual production in real-time against the LED wall and in a green screen studio using game engine technology to provide the core assets onscreen. Other aspects of the design include the provision of a full body motion capture and facial capture rig plus necessary computing provision. All to be installed in an existing studio facility on the 5th floor in our Belfast campus. The equipment will be used for teaching students about virtual production, on student productions and for working with industry on research projects. The facility is therefore primarily going to be used by students in the execution of coursework, research projects and other creative projects to maximise learning opportunities in the field of virtual production. Students using the facility will come from Film, TV, Gaming and Animation backgrounds primarily. The facility will also support training and development of local industry partners. 2. Source, order and supply virtual production equipment meeting UK or British standards as per the specification outlined at point 1 above. The supplier will be responsible for providing a turnkey solution within the cost parameters and ensure the delivery of all goods on site by end of February 2021 ready for installation (if not sooner). 3. Install the virtual production technology solution at York Street, Belfast The installation, testing and calibration of the system solution as a turn key provision. System to be left fully operational, calibrated and tested before completion. 4. Offer 3 days training to technical and academic staff on site Supplier to provide expert training to Ulster University technical and academic staff for three days on the system when installed. Additional information: Funded by Higher Education Research Council-DfE