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Looks like there are a few options here:
1. Full Body Green Suit
Pros:
- Very immersive in AR/PT
Cons:
- Doesn't work well in Non-PT/Non-AR viewing (huge disatisfaction for non-PT audience, which is much larger at the moment)
- Custom backgrounds won't look good with a full body suit.
2. No Suit
Pros:
- Makes it bearable for Non-PT/Non-AR audience to watch
- Works with custom backgrounds
Cons:
- Less immersive for PT users and Non-PT users alike., both audiences will be dissatisfied.
- Delayed release of custom background scene for Non-PT audience.
- Alignment issues for PT users
3. AI generated PT
Pros:
- Great for PT and Non-PT users. Assuming, the scene is shot as an SLR original. Both audiences will be satisfied.
- Lower production cost (don't have to spend time and money on creating alpha channel and custom backgrounds)
- PT and Non-PT scene is released at the same time (just need to release one SLR Original).
- Provides a more customizable experience (can turn on PT for some scenes and turn it off for others).
- Highly reuseable technology (can use the same technique for videos from other studios too).
- SLR Developers gain AI skills.
Cons:
- AI generated PT quality is decent but not as good as alpha channel (AI generated PT can get better over time though).
- May use slightly more headset battery than usual (nothing to worry about though).
Final Recommendations
- SLR should redirect its PT efforts into making AI generated PT a reality. This option provides great satisfaction to both PT and non-PT users. AI generated PT also lowers cost for SLR.
- SLR should pause alpha channel PT production for now and replace it with SLR Originals (to see if production costs can be lowered with AI generated PT). This will also mitigate the dissatisfaction from the Non-PT audience (which is much larger than PT audience right now).