Designing Oscar: Bespoke Tablet Workflows in ILM StageCraft

StageCraft, the end-to-end virtual production platform created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), is the culmination of decades of experience in the field. Advancements in real-time rendering, combined with motion tracking, have provided an opportunity for a new paradigm: on-set, in-camera visual effects (ICVFX), with a level of spontaneity and flexibility not previously possible in visual effects creation. Filmmakers can now expect near-instanteous responses to their creative direction on set. In order to support StageCraft Operators as they work to achieve a filmmaker's on-demand vision, we developed Oscar: a suite of tablet-based user interfaces which provide intuitive access to the complexities of the underlying StageCraft technology.