Facilis Demos Immersive VR360 Collaborative Editing With Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Oculus Rift

At IBC 2016, Facilis Technology, Inc. demonstrated a virtual reality 360 3D playback system using TerraBlock shared storage.

Content creators are increasingly looking at VR as the next big challenge that threatens to grind many post production pipelines to a halt. The company has responded with its latest SSD technology, which it has incorporated within the Hybrid24 and SSD8 products, delivering high-resolution VR playback.

At IBC, the firm demonstrated VR workflows with Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Cloud, which supports editing stitched equirectangular VR for both monoscopic and stereoscopic content. Using the Mettle Skybox plug-in, editors can view their VR content with Oculus Rift goggles as they work. The demanding bandwidth requirements for full resolution VR require a holistic approach to the entire media pipeline, from the physical drives, to the connectivity method used for the editing clients.

Connectivity challenges
With client connectivity choices including 32Gb FC and 40GbE, the company remains a performance leader in shared storage networks.

“In today’s market it is imperative to consider the future when investing today. The storm of new HDR and VR deliverables is approaching, and our customers need a safe harbor,” says James McKenna, VP, marketing and pre sales, Facilis. “At IBC, our focus is on streamlining today’s popular post production workflows, and demonstrating safe passage through the workflows of tomorrow.“

In addition to VR challenges, Facility owners are already beginning to feel the pressure to deliver more 4K+ HFR HDR content as UHDTV specifications evolve. 32Gb FC delivers fast and low latency access to ultra-high bandwidth media that a lot of facilities are still wondering how to manage.

“With demanding new HDR and VR workflows pushing resolutions to 4K and higher, video professionals need storage that helps them keep their productions moving,” said Sue Skidmore, head, partner relations, professional video, Adobe Systems Incorporated . “This workflow with Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Facilis is a great option for post-production teams.”

For Adobe Premiere Pro CC users, the company showcased the integration of Adobe’s Collaboration Hub to share and collaborate on projects and associated metadata in real time at their booth.It is also announcing support for user groups in the TerraBlock interface, for easier permission management.