Pixotope Reveal promises realtime background removal without green screen

Pixotope Reveal is going to further enable the seamless integration of the real and virtual worlds in live broadcast.

Pixotope Reveal is a new AI-powered background segmentation tool that enables seamless integration of 2D and 3D graphics without the traditional requirements of green screens, manual rotoscoping or match moving work.

Aimed at live broadcast graphics, the software can extract on-screen talent from any background, effectively enabling the seamless placement of graphics both in front of and behind presenters. Add this to Pixotope’s talent tracking, and it paves the way for fully natural integration and interaction between the real and the virtual. 

There are quite a few use cases for this. In news broadcasts, for example, the software enables dynamic data visualization that adapts to the storytelling and the presenter, allowing anchors to interact naturally with polling data, weather maps, and financial charts. In sports broadcasting, real-time statistics and analysis can be seamlessly integrated into the live action, with player stats, team analytics, and game data appearing to exist within the physical space rather than merely overlaid on screen.

It also spits out recorded mattes for on-screen talent which should go a ways to making editing in post faster and more efficient.

Usefully, multiple talent extractions can be handled simultaneously too, supporting over 20 people in a single scene while maintaining real-time performance at up to UHD resolution and 60 frames per second.

Key features and capabilities

• Real-time talent extraction without green screens
• Support for multiple simultaneous extractions
• UHD resolution at 60fps
• Comprehensive video I/O support including SDI, SMPTE 2110, NDI, and SRT
• Cloud-ready deployment options
• Works as a standalone application providing key+fill to any real time graphics system 
• Can be integrated into existing Pixotope Graphics workflows

Nothing as vulgar as an actual published price is available, but Pixotope does talk about the corporate sector as part of the launch materials and is offering a special 30% discount for early adopters who purchase before the end of the year. Also, a free 30-day trial is available for qualified broadcasters and production companies.