Building a sub-second virtual ThunderDome: Considerations for mass scale sub-second production broadcasts Jerod Venema, CEO and Co-Founder, LiveSwitch In the throes of the pandemic, the WWE debuted its ThunderDome, a world-first, large-scale installation of high resolution LED screens that transformed empty seats into live-streamed fans who joined over video from around the world. Performers in the ring and TV audiences at home could see and hear these virtual fans in real-time. LiveSwitch was selected to develop and manage the ThunderDome’s cloud video infrastructure. How to enable low-latency, live video streamed via the internet capable of fostering real-time engagement between performers and audiences on a massive scale. Massive-scale latency challenges and how to overcome them. Current and future uses of programmable communications for live fan engagement.

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Jerod Venema
Chief Executive Officer

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LiveSwitch provides critical
video infrastructure
that powers the most engaging
real-time
communications and
entertainment experiences on
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Spatial leverages LiveSwitch to
create XR experiences including
spatial audio and meta-data
(location, position, etc) using data
channels in virtual spaces with 3D
avatars.
Metaverse meeting space
Spatial
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Showboat Live uses LiveSwitch to
enhance its 3D virtual event spaces
with audio and video, including
distance aware audio levels, presence,
and grouped conversations..
Virtual event web application
Showboat Live
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Cavrnus is a Metaverse builder platform
that uses LiveSwitch video for versatile
spatial immersion and collaboration
technology.
Metaverse platform
Cavrnus RT
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ShoCap leverages LiveSwitch to
provide a 4-audience circus
experience, using the various
platforms LiveSwitch supports to
merge in-person, browser, game,
and VR experiences into one.
Cross-reality live concert series
LiViCi - Carry Me Home
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What is LiViChi?
Through an exceptional combination of
music, circus, dance, and theatrical
performances, together with real-time motion
capture, virtual reality and gaming
technology, Carry Me Home, invites
audiences around the world to an inspiring,
meaningful, and uplifting event. A tribute to
the mind’s incredible capacity to imagine,
dream, and create — a truly unique human
trait that connects us all.
In their words

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Let’s break it down
An in-person Cirque du Soleil style
experience
Incredible musical performance
Real-time motion capture
Using a four-audience model
- In-person
- Live streamed
- Interactive gameplay
- Immersive VR

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Progressive experiences
First ever four-audience model
- In person
- Stream (browser)
- VR
- Game
Other examples of progressive experiences
- Spatial
- Cavrnus
- Showboat
Have you tried getting started in VR?

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What does LiveSwitch solve?
- Broad platform support
- A/V encoding on all the above
- High quality audio/video capture and
render
- High quality stream @ sub-second for
interactivity
- Large scale

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Technical details
Unreal as the source for everything -
mixing etc took place there.
Bridge via the CLR to LiveSwitch to stream
various interactions and the main feed
itself
Virtual cameras concept inside Unreal for
remote participants for interactivity
Live-streamed via WebRTC to the audience
to keep latency low
Mapping of facial expressions to avatars
through AI - phoneme detection, facial
recognition

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Takeaways
- Hybrid in person/virtual experiences
are possible and can be engaging
- Large scale virtual, real-time
experiences are possible and fun
- A progressive experience is
absolutely necessary to drive
adoption
- People are willing to pay $ for this

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Questions?

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What is it?
-An interactive circus entertainment experience
-Delivered in a 4-audience model
What is a 4-audience model?
-Progressive XR experiences
-This is important!!
Why LiveSwitch?
-multiple platforms
-high quality a/v
-large scale
Some technical details
What are the major takeaways?
-hybrid experiences are possible and can be engaging
-large scale virtual, real-time experiences are possible and fun
-people are willing to pay $
-a progressive experience is absolutely necessary