Kino Flo’s Mimik VR is a first-of-its-kind product that allows video content to be perfectly mirrored on a LED light with a high tonal and color rendering. This is a very unique and interesting full spectrum lighting solution for XR Studios, and virtual film production.
KinoFlo introduces the Mimik VR a full spectrum illumination source where you can map every pixel to the background video, to properly light your foreground talent. Driven vu Helios by Megapixel, 2×4’ ~$5,000 pic.twitter.com/RhDALQFyjA
Mimik VR is essentially a 2′ x 4′ RGBWW LED light in a lightweight carbon fiber frame. This allows it to be quickly set up and moved around if need be. It is controlled by the Megapixel Helios video processor.
The system allows for instant extrapolation of foreground hues from RGB video content clues and enters a new era of extended spectral bandwidth that is claimed to deliver cinematic color fidelity on-set.
The whole idea behind the Mimik VR is that you can take the exact same light being emitted from a video wall and then use that to light your subject.
The Mimik VR has a maximum brightness of 10000nits and it weighs 12.5kg / 27.6 lb. It has a maximum power consumption of 400W.
Mimik VR features a patented technology that translates an incoming RGB video signal into five individual emitters (warm white, cool white, red, green and blue), generating a near full-spectrum source that synchronizes with the rest of the volume. This allows Mimik VR to display a full spectrum image that also doubles as a light source. This gives VFX teams the power to skip traditional DMX soft-light panels for foreground lighting and instead create something with a lot more realism on set.
There is no indication when Kino Flo’s Mimik VR will be available as it is still very much in the prototype stage. The price is likely to be somewhere around $5,000 USD.
Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with 30 years' experience working in more than 50 countries around the world. He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010. Matthew has won 43 ACS Awards, including four prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards. Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.
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