Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based

The technical and technological advances of recent years in the field of real-time photorealistic rendering have enabled enormous development in virtual production. However, the democratization of this technology faces two main obstacles: the high economic cost of implementation and the high complex...

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Autores: Méndez Fernández, Roi, Sosa Fernández, Rocío del Pilar, Fernández Ledo, Fátima, Castelló Mayo, Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Virtual production
Usability
Cloud Computing
System Usability Scale
Investigación
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spelling Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-BasedMéndez Fernández, RoiSosa Fernández, Rocío del PilarFernández Ledo, FátimaCastelló Mayo, EnriqueVirtual productionUsabilityCloud ComputingSystem Usability ScaleInvestigaciónThe technical and technological advances of recent years in the field of real-time photorealistic rendering have enabled enormous development in virtual production. However, the democratization of this technology faces two main obstacles: the high economic cost of implementation and the high complexity of the necessary software. This paper studies three virtual production software solutions that represent different stages in the democratization process of the technology, ranging from the professional software InfinitySet, to the more generalist and educational environment Edison, and to the cloud version of this same software, Edison OnCloud. To this end, an analysis of their functionalities and interfaces is conducted, the SUS questionnaire is applied, and the three systems are evaluated from the perspective of Nielsen’s usability principles. These tests demonstrate the complexity of the professional software InfinitySet, making it unapproachable for non-expert users without extensive previous training. On the other hand, both Edison and Edison OnCloud show significant usability improvements through limiting and reducing functionalities, which also results in a reduction in implementation costs, making the use of the technology feasible in non-professional environments, such as in education or for streamers.MDPIUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Ciencias da Comunicación20252025-09-3020252025-09-30journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/44381reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/443812026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
title Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
spellingShingle Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
Méndez Fernández, Roi
Virtual production
Usability
Cloud Computing
System Usability Scale
Investigación
title_short Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
title_full Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
title_fullStr Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
title_full_unstemmed Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
title_sort Democratization of Virtual Production: Usability Analysis of Three Solutions with Different Levels of Complexity: Professional, Educational and Cloud-Based
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Méndez Fernández, Roi
Sosa Fernández, Rocío del Pilar
Fernández Ledo, Fátima
Castelló Mayo, Enrique
author Méndez Fernández, Roi
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Sosa Fernández, Rocío del Pilar
Fernández Ledo, Fátima
Castelló Mayo, Enrique
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Fernández Ledo, Fátima
Castelló Mayo, Enrique
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Virtual production
Usability
Cloud Computing
System Usability Scale
Investigación
topic Virtual production
Usability
Cloud Computing
System Usability Scale
Investigación
description The technical and technological advances of recent years in the field of real-time photorealistic rendering have enabled enormous development in virtual production. However, the democratization of this technology faces two main obstacles: the high economic cost of implementation and the high complexity of the necessary software. This paper studies three virtual production software solutions that represent different stages in the democratization process of the technology, ranging from the professional software InfinitySet, to the more generalist and educational environment Edison, and to the cloud version of this same software, Edison OnCloud. To this end, an analysis of their functionalities and interfaces is conducted, the SUS questionnaire is applied, and the three systems are evaluated from the perspective of Nielsen’s usability principles. These tests demonstrate the complexity of the professional software InfinitySet, making it unapproachable for non-expert users without extensive previous training. On the other hand, both Edison and Edison OnCloud show significant usability improvements through limiting and reducing functionalities, which also results in a reduction in implementation costs, making the use of the technology feasible in non-professional environments, such as in education or for streamers.
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