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Updated on August 18 – specs have been updated.
4Dviews, a French company specialized in volumetric capture, announces at SIGGRAPH their next generation capture system: HOLOSYS+.
The core idea remains similar to their previous offering, HOLOSYS. In a nutshell: a turnkey volumetric capture solutions, with all the hardware needed (from cameras to lighting and a control unit), software (with lifetime license and Unity, Unreal and WebXR plugins), 1 year of technical support as well as on-site installation and staff training.
4DViews explains that HOLOSYS+, visible above, brings increased texture quality, larger capture zone (with up to 3 people), better performance thanks to upgraded hardware and an extended recording capacity.
Here is a comparison between HOLOSYS+ & HOLOSYS:
| HOLOSYS+ | HOLOSYS | |
| capture volume | up to D6m x H3m | up to D5m x H2.4m |
| capture frame rate | up to 30 FPS | up to 60 FPS |
| output format | 4DRAW, 4DS, ABC, OBJ, GLTF, USD | 4DRAW, 4DS, ABC, OBJ, GLTF, USD |
| texture resolution | up to 2880p | up to 2880p |
| volumetric filesize | down to 2 MB/s (4DS format, Mobile 720p version) | down to 2 MB/s (4DS format, Mobile 720p version) |
| recording capacity | 180 minutes at 30 FPS | 110 minutes at 30 FPS |
| storage capacity | up to 60 hours of volumetric data | up to 30 hours of volumetric data |
As a reminder, we interviewed 4Dviews CEO Richard Broadbridge back in 2022. He told us about the company, the advantages of using volumetric video, applications, as well as their editing software. The interview is in French but English subtitles are available.
0:25 Advantages of using volumetric video
0:42 Holosys
1:06 History of the company
1:49 4Dfx
2:26 component shortages?
