Vi snakker med Lost in Time-selskapet

Tidligere i år sto The Future Group bak TV-programmet Lost in Time på TV Norge, en blanding av videospill, gameshow og fysiske prøvelser. Vi møtte Ellen Lyse Einarsen på Gamelab i Barcelona for å finne ut mer om konseptet.

"We have created a technology which basically is a graphics rendering platform. Using a specialised version of the Unreal Engine where you can put real people into virtual worlds and let them interact with the virtual world using physical props and then an audience at home can watch television or stream it and see the content as if the person is in the virtual world."

Denne teknologien har allerede blitt brukt i esport i forbindelse med Street Fighter V-turneringen (Turner-IMG's ELeague).

"We live-rendered AR characters on the stage as the esports event was happening so that the audience could also see the characters preparing and hopping around. And the fact that it's live that makes it for the camera man, they can make move around and act on what the virtual character does."

Samtalen med Ellen Lyse Einarsen var også en tur innom hennes tid i Funcom der hun jobbet med Age of Conan. Se hele intervjuet i videoen ovenfor.