“We took delivery of the Aquilon RS2 at the beginning of this year and our sister company, OCD-Labs, built a rack for it to support it for our work on the road,” explains Cole Abshier, Technical and Creative Coordinator at AP Live. “Our Aquilon rack wasn’t ready for live events before the pandemic hit, so in early March we decided to set up and staff our 12,000-foot Franklin warehouse with full virtual production capabilities.” The acquisition of a larger warehouse in La Vergne, Tennessee had freed up existing space in Franklin to house a new virtual production studio featuring a 40 x 10-foot curved Esdlumen 2mm LED videowall powered by 20 MacBook Pro sources and driven by the Aquilon RS2.
Leading pharmaceutical firms, government agencies, beverage companies and music industry professionals have taken advantage of AP Live’s new virtual production capabilities for “the smallest to the largest events,” Abshier says. “Clients have seen how they can fulfill a lot of the functionality of big events here; when virtual production is paired with our proprietary, secure web platform and they can add in our live support for breakout rooms and an exhibit hall for a better overall product.”
Additional customers have included government agencies for meetings, a band for a live event/music video crossover, and local non-profits, which afford AP Live “the opportunity to give back to the community,” Abshier says.
