Applied research, training and consulting involving digital cinema, virtual production, mixed reality, intelligent virtual humans
Sheridan College’s SIRT Centre is proud to support innovation in Ontario’s film, television and interactive media cluster through applied research, access to cutting-edge technology and a 10,000 sq. ft. innovation centre located at Pinewood Toronto Studios. This Canadian Technology Access Centre (TAC) acts as an industry/academic collaboration hub dedicated to the development and adoption of new technologies, processes and skills. SIRT’s work in Virtual Production, Mixed Reality and Intelligent Virtual Humans is at the forefront of immersive media and highlights the evolution of storytelling for the next generation of content creators.
Applied research, specialized training and technology consulting, testing, prototype development, virtual production, performance capture stereoscopic 3D high frame rate cinema
- Arts and cultural industries
- Education
- Healthcare and social services
- Information and communication technologies and media
- Management and business related services
Specialized labs and equipment
| Equipment | Function |
|---|---|
Motion capture system, 360° cameras, LIDAR camera | Virtual production research for film, television and game sectors, photogrammetry and 3D scanning |
| Various VR/AR systems including Vive Pro, Microsoft Hololens, Oculus Rift, VRX Motion Chair | VR/AR application development, and immersive content development |
| True Audio Next, immersive audio equipment including Sennheiser AMBEO VR Mic, Supbac | Real-time acoustics simulation, haptic feedback |
| Various specialized computers including AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core Processor | Programming, software architecture, software integration |
| ASRock X399 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming Motherboard | Programming, software architecture, software integration |
| Dual RadeonPro WX9100 Graphics Cards | Programming, software architecture, software integration |
Maya, 3DS Max, Zbrush, Houdini, Faceware
| Character creation/design, rigging & skinning, animation, retargeting, rendering, hair and cloth simulation |
| Sony F65 8K CineAlta, ARRI Alexa, 2D/3D stereoscopic equipment, Christie 4K projector | 2D/3D digital cinema production research |
| Esper Virtual Human capture setup, including lighting solution for 3D face scanning and 72 Canon cameras | Virtual Production research for film, television and game sectors, photogrammetry and 3D scanning, character creation and design |
Private and public sector research partners
- AMD
- Deluxe
- Take 5 Productions
- Secret Location
- Technicolor
- SideFX
- Samsung
- BlackMagic Designs
- SpinVFX
- SIM
- York University
- University of Waterloo
- Subpac
- Sticky Brain
- Seed Interactive
- Post office sound
- Quantum Capture
- Legend 3D
- Grayson Mathews
- Dark Slope
- Blackout Media
- Pixomondo
- The National Ballet of Canada
- Canadian Opera Company