Synthesis 5.0 & GenieMo DIY Quick Guide

04 C O N T E X T M E N U Synthesis 5.0: Multi-dimensional Motion Arts p. 49

The context menu is a popup and collapsible menu that figure 5. Context menu located on the bottom right of the program
is located on the bottom right of the program. GenieMo
can activate, change or import and play content on to the
stage. Current model formats include: Mesh, Animations,
Materials and Textures from FBX, OBJ, GLTF2, GLB,
STL, PLY, 3MF, and ZIP files (for ex. an FBX with
textures in a zip file)

CONTEXT SENSOR ICON

Once the environment is loaded on the stage, you can
right click to look around. To place the model (hence the
person in this demo) in context navigate to the Context
Map on the top right of the screen.

CONTEXT MAP GRAB ICON figure 6. Can activate, change or import content on to the stage.

When the grab icon is highlighted and selected use the
WASD keys on the keyboard to move horizontally in
space.

These are the keys and the corresponding coordinates. figure 7. WASD keys for horizontal and QE for vertical movement.
W - UP / A - LEFT
S - DOWN / D - RIGHT
To move vertical up and down the Q and E keys are
used. Once the model position is confirmed press the
grab button once again to leave it in place.

05 P E R CSEYPNTTUHAELSSI SO U( PNSDSS)C A P E

The PSS settings are found on the main menu. The
user can determine how 3D objects behaves with sound.
These 3D objects can be defined individually, an example
on the right.

PERCEPTUAL SOUNDSCAPE
SYNTHESIS (PSS)

PSS relies on our source separation technologies but
can also extract directions and distances of objects in a
recorded scene.Artificial reverberation and room acoustic
simulation technology allows you to overlay different
acoustic environments on your recordings.

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Synthesis 5.0: Multi-dimensional Motion Arts 06 E D I T I N G C O N T E X T

p. 50 To select 3D models loaded within the environment,
you can left click on them and a gizmo will appear. The
gizmo is basically values you can change within a 3D
model. This consists of scaling, moving and rotating
between the XYZ axis of the model.
This is how the gizmo appears once a 3D model is
selected. On the next page we will be showing you how
to manipulate it to the desired effect.

figure 8. Use the gizmo to change the values of a 3D model.

The gizmo will only appear on imported 3D objects.
Below are some instructions for the controls and
movements of the gizmo. The yellow highlighted parts
are where to select the objects by left clicking to pull to
change the properties.
MOVEMENT: SELECT AND PULL ARROWS HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL

SCALING: SELECT AND PULL CENTRAL CUBE

ROTATION: SELECT OUTER ORB AND PULL ON AXIS

RED IS HORIZONTAL | GREEN IS VERTICAL | BLUE IS DEPTH

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07 F I L M F X Synthesis 5.0: Multi-dimensional Motion Arts p. 51

Film FX can be enabled and disabled with the four
buttons for Auto Focus, Glow and Dirt. So the FX button
will need to be selected first before you can use the
effects underneath.

For example the Auto Focus (AF) button enables Motion figure 9. FX toolbar is located on the top / Auto Focus effect in use.
Blur, Ambient Occlusion and Depth of Field.

08 T H E C A M E R A D I R E C T O R

The Camera Director allows the handling of the setup
and transitions between ten cameras. Pressing any of the
unlit camera buttons on the top toolbar will duplicate the
current camera on the newly pressed slot.

CAMERA ICON figure 10. Camera buttons on top, can add more cameras views.

The brightly lit camera button is the active camera.
To change the angle of another camera, activate it by
pressing its button. Once your desired shot is found,
click on an unlit camera button to position another
camera starting from your desired angle. Clicking on the
active cameras switches between them while creating a
transition between them. To adjust the transition time use
the slider under the camera buttons.

figure 11. Use the transition time slider on the selected camera.

TRANSITION SLIDER

To clear the active camera right click on the corresponding PLAY ICON
camera button. Once all the angles are set use the Play
button on the toolbar to automatically switch between the
different camera angles to see them in sequence.

figure 12. Switch between your cameras to see the sequence. figure 13. To delete a camera right click selected camera button.

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Synthesis 5.0: Multi-dimensional Motion Arts 09 C A P T U R I N G

GenieMo can capture in more formats, to access the
features use the Capture button on the main menu on
the left of the screen.

CAPTURE ICON figure 14. On main menu on the left select capture button.

There are four formats available when capturing, These
are 2D Video, 360 Video, Mesh and GenieLamp. Select
the desired format for cappture and then press the
Capture button underneath to start.

2D VIDEO 360 VIDEO figure 15. 4 formats in 2D, 360 Video, Mesh and GenieLamp.
MESH GENIELAMP

Once the capture has started return to the main menu.
We can now go through and toggle our various camera
states and even change the transition in real time. For
example figure 12 and 13 of the Camera Director. To
stop capturing use the stop button underneath the main
capture button where it is recording and showing the
duration of the capture with the timer.

STOP ICON figure 16. Select capture and runs in real time, use stop to end.

Once the capture is stopped, GenieMo opens up a
preview of the video captured that can be seen within
the GenieMo Player.

There are two options on the player that can place figure 17. When capturing stops, the Player gives you a preview.
the video onto the stage, these are 2D Video and 360
Sphere. Figure 18 is an example of the 2D Video placed
onto the stage.

The flat screen, as well as the 360 sphere and most
imported media is placed in front of the camera. You
can use the WASD and QE to move the captured media
around the stage.

p. 52 figure 18. Captured video placed on the stage via 2D Video effect.

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Capture Menu (figure 16) and press the capture button.
Then direct your video via the different cameras. Press
the stop button once done and the GenieMo Player will
appear once again. This time it will display as a 360 video
on the player.

This time on the player options select 360 Sphere to figure 19. Use 360 on Capture Menu, record and place as Sphere.
place the video on the stage. You can move the position
of the sphere on the stage and also go inside the sphere
to immerse inside the 360 content; using the WASD and
QE keys to move around.

figure 20. The Sphere is shown placed within the stage figure 21. Go inside and navigate within the Sphere on stage.

10 I M P(OSRKTEITNCGHMF AOBD)E L S

Sketchfab is a platform to publish, share, discover, buy
and sell 3D, VR and AR content (sketchfab.com). On
GenieMo navigate to the top right of the screen and
exit fullscreen to access the browser for downloading
SketchFab models.

figure 22. Go to sketchfab.com and choose an interior to test.

figure 23. Download 3D model and choose gITF format if possible. figure 24. On GenieMo context menu use Import 3D Objects.

SKETCHFAB The time it may take for GenieMo to load in the 3D model
depends on the complexity of the model. Once loaded
you can use the WASD and QE keys to reposition within
the stage.

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Synthesis 5.0: Multi-dimensional Motion Arts 11 S O CGIOAOLGCLAESMT IENEGT T O

With GenieMo we can place ourselves (or the subject)
in the chosen context and cast to social media. This
example shows how to do it via Google Meets. Go to
meet.google.com and make a new meeting and start an
instant meeting for testing.

figure 25. Make a new an instant meeting and navigate to settings.

GOOGLE MEETS

When inside the Google Meet browser navigate to the figure 26. Make new meeting and choose start an instant meeting.
more options tab (3 dots) located on the bottom right of
the window. Then on the drop down menu go down and
select settings. On the Video tab under Camera make
sure GenieMo is selected. The Audio under Microphone
choose Azure Kinect.

SOCIAL CAST ICON

To start casting to Google Meets we return to GenieMo figure 27. Go back to GenieMo and select Social Cast and HotCast
and navigate to the main menu towards the left of the
screen. We then select Social Cast and then after choose
HotCast to Social Cast.Then when you navigate back
to Google Meets you can see that it is now recieving
GenieMo’s active camera.

Now GenieMo is active simultaneously with Google
Meets. All the features can be accessed during the
session, from manually interacting with it to the Camera
Director.

figure 28. GenieMo is active simultaneously with Google Meets.

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12 S O C I A L C A S T I N G T O Z O O M Synthesis 5.0: Multi-dimensional Motion Arts p. 55

With GenieMo already open go to https://zoom.us to sign
up (if not already done so). Navigate to Host a Meeting
and with the dropdown menu select With Video On. This
will either prompt you to download the Zoom app or open
it; if already downloaded.

figure 29. Select With Video On then Settings.

ZOOM

When the app has loaded up navigate to the settings figure 30. Select GenieMo for Video and Kinect for Microphone.
menu on the top right. On the menu to the left go to Video
and on the Camera dropdown menu select GenieMo.
After go to the Audio tab and navigate to the Microphone
section. Use the drop down menu to the right and select
Microphone Array (3- Azure Kinect Microphone Array).

Go back to the main Zoom screen on the app and
choose a New Meeting, this will give you an interlace
green screen. It will then ask you to Join with Computer
Audio, select that and continue and it will give you a
confirmation.

If you are casting with YouTube or Twitch there are figure 31. New Meeting on Zoom then Social Cast on GenieMo.
settings for the user to try out. This can be accessed via
the main menu of GenieMo and inside settings. But for HOT CAST TO SOCIAL MEDIA ICON
now we are just using Zoom as the example here. With
the Video and Audio confirmed on the GenieMo main
menu select Social Cast and then after HotCast to Social
Media.

figure 32. Other cast settings. Select Social Cast on GenieMo. figure 33. Use HotCast to Social Media to begin GenieMo casting.

YOUTUBE TWITCH

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GenieMo | Health and Hygiene Handling Protocol

Synthesis 5.0: Multi-dimensional Motion Arts One of the greatest features of the GenieMo [MdMA] System is that it is completely mobile and usable in any envi-
ronment. Because of the system’s versatility it can be deployed in any environment safely and economically.

Transport of Hardware A GenieMo Transport Pack will include: A GenieMo Kinect Kit
2x Azure Kinect,
2x Azure Kinect Charger/Cable Pk,
2x Kinect Tripods,
1x Looking Glass/Hololens,
1x Looking Glass/Hololens Charger Pk,
1x NUC,
1x NUC Charger/Cable Pk,
1x Marker Pk,
1x Marker Stand Assembly Pk,
4x 5-plug socket ext.,
1x Disposable Gloves Pk,
1x Disposable Face Masks Pk,
2x Antibacterial/Antiseptic Wipes.

PlayLab.Z used ethically sourced British PPE that
contributed back to the NHS.

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Troubleshooting, Contacts and Resources

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https://github.com/PlayLabz [email protected]

https://github.com/FreekLabs https://playlabz.business.site

https://assetstore.unity.com/ https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk

https://stackoverflow.com/

https://next.reality.news/

https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK

https://github.com/rfilkov/AzureKinectUnityFree

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