Brainstorm has launched Edison PRO, a presentation tool that is designed to allow broadcasters, corporate, live events, education, houses of worship, influencers and online content providers to turn a simple presentation into a fully immersive experience using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) environments.
Based on Brainstorm’s real-time 3D technology, Edison PRO is an out-of-the-box solution that requires only a camera and a portable chroma set to include the presenter in the virtual world with the presentation.
By using a drag-and-drop operation, Edison can be used by practically anyone, and comes with a library of pre-defined templates, scenes, furniture, pointers, screens, and other objects to populate the scene, plus a number of interactive templates for quizzes and polls to further customise the event.
It is also fully compatible with Unreal Engine, allowing Unreal’s photorealistic scenes to be used as 3D backgrounds. An optional Edison UC (Edison Unreal Control) plugin allows for controlling and editing the blueprints, objects, and properties of the UE scene directly from Edison’s own, user-friendly interface.
Ricardo Montesa, Brainstorm’s CEO, explained, “By coupling advanced technology with extremely easy operation, Edison PRO helps users to bring their live and online presentations to a whole new level.
“It has been developed to bring the high-end quality of broadcast shows to users at a whole new price point, leveraging our more than 25 years of broadcast experience to create impactful presentations using pre-existing content, without requiring the expensive and time-consuming ad-hoc generation of new assets.”