Green screens have been used effectively in the film industry for years. However, as the technologies like XR virtual LED are becoming popular, it has left the industry wondering if they can replace chroma keying. Especially after Mandalorian was successfully produced using XR studio for most of the scenes, the impact of it has been realized in the film making industry.

What is XR Virtual LED?

Extended Reality (XR) is an umbrella term that refers to all real and virtual combined environments such as AR, MR, and VR. In simpler words, XR is all these technologies combined together. The extended reality is created by either immersing you into the virtual world (VR), augmenting your surroundings (AR), or by doing both (MR).

Due to overuse of the world to sell it to the market, the term has left many confused. However, the truth is, virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are all subsets of extended reality. So any of the devices with those technologies are actually using extended reality tech.

XR virtual LED is an LED display that either uses VR, AR, or MR. These XR LEDs have started to pick up popularity in the film industry. Though green screens are still widely used, the XR technology has really shifted the paradigm of film making. However, it’s not only the green screen that XR has been replacing. With this tech, producers can skip on location shoots as well.

Real-time adjustment of visual effects：

The technical team can make real-time adjustments to the display before shooting.

Closer to reality:

Now the "world" around the actors in all scenes and costumes can be adjusted, and the lighting environment on site can also

be more realistic and save the time of post-production.

Actors interact more realistically:

Under the immersive live experience,the actors and filming team can watch the shooting effect, compared to CGI which is

without physical objects and scene performance, the actor performance effect is better.。

Shorter post-production time and more cost savings:

Most of the CGI work is done before filming, and many of the scenes need to be re-created afterwards. Immersive and

realistic lighting and reflections makes the post-production process is greatly simplified and relatively inexpensive.