Sony is launching its first camera tracking system, Ocellus (ASR-CT1), designed to simplify and facilitate augmented reality and virtual production applications in broadcast and cinema by providing marker-free camera tracking through multiple sensors.
Ocellus sends the camera position and orientation data while the camera is shooting. The system comprises a sensor unit, a processing box, and three lens encoders, and can be used with Sony Cinema Line cameras, system cameras, and non-Sony cameras.
With the five image sensors and Sony’s Visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) technology, the system creates a reference map, enabling stable marker-free tracking both indoors and outdoors.