1. Definition 2. Functional Requirements 3. Syntax 4. Semantics

1. Definition

.Operator Descriptors are independent of the Venue Specification. They include data pertaining to all identified operators, consoles, or interfaces within the Real and Virtual Environment, including participants’ interactive controls.

2. Functional Requirements

  1. Audio/DJ console commands for all audio channels:
    1. Track selection and navigation.
    2. Volume control
    3. Audio routing
    4. Audio effects including spatial positions, directionality, filters, reverb, delay, pitch shift, tremolo.
  2. VJ console commands for all video channels:
    1. Video clip or source selection.
    2. Camera commands for position/orientation, zoom, focus, and aperture.
    3. Tonality (brightness, contrast, colour, highlight, shadows, gamma) control.
    4. Video routing.
    5. Video effects including spatial position, mapping, warping, colour cycling, kaleidoscope, playback speed, etc.
  3. Show Control/FX commands for all stage and theatre effects:
    1. From the Real Environment
      1. Rigging for lighting trusses, backdrops, scrims, talent, etc.
      2. Stage automation including elevators, curtains, turntable, etc.
      3. Set pieces containing lights, motors, or other automatable features.
      4. Pyro including flash pots, flame projectors, air bursts, etc.
      5. Effects (FX) including fog, snow, haze, bubbles, confetti, cannons, etc.
      6. Robotic controls including position, orientation, joint motion, grip commands, etc.
    2. From the Virtual Environment
      1. Background imagery including skyboxes.
      2. Scene animation including object motion, mesh deformation, etc.
      3. Materials including texture and surface properties.
      4. Fluid, particle, and physics effects including caustics, flames, gravity, collision, fog, snow, haze, bubbles, etc.
      5. Triggered animations and sequences including fireworks, character animation, scene changes, teleporting, etc.
      6. Avatar controls including position, orientation, joint motion, grip commands, etc.
  1. Lighting commands for all light fixtures including:
    1. From the Real Environment
      1. Dimming
      2. Colour
      3. Gobo/prism selection, rotation direction and rate
      4. Fixture motion and orientation.
      5. Beam focus.
      6. Sequencing, strobing, audio reactivity, etc. of the above commands.
    2. From the Virtual Environment
      1. Light source location, orientation, and motion.
      2. Light source type, colour, and beam shape.
      3. Projected image selection.
      4. Sequencing, strobing, and audio reactivity.

3. Syntax

4. Semantics

Label Size Description
Header N1 Bytes Header
– Standard- 9 Bytes The characters “CAE-VOD-V”
– Version N2 Bytes Major version – 1 or 2 characters
– Dot-separator 1 Byte The character “.”
– Subversion N3 Bytes Minor version – 1 or 2 characters
MInstanceID N4 Bytes Identifier of M-Instance.
VEOperatorDescriptorsID N5 Bytes Identifier of VEOperatorDescriptors
SpaceTime N7 Bytes  Space-Time info of CogState.
VEOperatorDescriptors N8 Bytes
– AudioDJConsole[] N9 Bytes Commands for all audio channels
  – TrackSelection N10 Bytes Audio Track IDs
  – VolumeControl N11 Bytes Volume level
  – AudioSourceID N12 Bytes Destination ID
  – AudioEffects N13 Bytes Collection of parameters related to Audio in Track ID.
    – Position N14 Bytes Position of Audio Track in 3d space.
    – Filters N15 Bytes (low-pass, band-pass, high-pass), Q Factor (number), Frequency (cut-off, center frequency, cut-off)
    – Reverb N16 Bytes 1 byte according to RE Venue Specification.
    – Delay expressed in ms
    – PitchShift N17 Bytes (number of semitones) – number
    – Tremolo N18 Bytes (volume and frequency) – two numbers
    – Vibrato N19 Bytes (extent in cent – and frequency of oscillation) two numbers
– VJConsoleCommands[] N20 Bytes Commands for all video channels
  – VideoSourceID N21 Bytes Video clip ID
  – CameraCommands N22 Bytes Position/orientation, zoom, focus, and aperture – 4 numbers
  – Tonality control N23 Bytes Brightness, contrast, colour, highlight, shadows, gamma – 6 numbers
  – Video routing N24 Bytes Destination ID
  – Video effects N25 Bytes Collection of parameters related to Video clip ID.
    – Position N26 Bytes Position of video effect
    – Zoom N27 Bytes
    – Focus N28 Bytes
    – Aperture N29 Bytes
  – Tonality N30 Bytes
    – Brightness N31 Bytes
    – Contrast N32 Bytes
    – Colour N33 Bytes
    – Highlight N34 Bytes
    – Shadows N35 Bytes
    – Gamma N36 Bytes
  – VideoSourceID N37 Bytes
  – VideoEffects N38 Bytes
    – Position N39 Bytes
    – Mapping N40 Bytes
    – Warping N41 Bytes
    – ColourCycling N42 Bytes
    – Kaleidoscope N43 Bytes
    – PlaybackSpeed N44 Bytes
  – ShowControlFXCommands N45 Bytes
N46 Bytes
N47 Bytes
N48 Bytes