Systems and methods to overlay remote and local video feeds

A system, comprising:

• a studio instrumented video camera outputting (i) a live studio video feed including a live studio subject image in front of a studio non-solid-colored background and (ii) real-time data that includes real-time information about dynamic adjustments being made to the studio instrumented video camera;
• a remote video camera outputting a live remote video feed including a live remote subject in front of a remote non-solid-colored background;
• a rendering engine receiving the live remote video feed from the remote video camera and the real-time data that includes the real-time information about the dynamic adjustments from the studio instrumented video camera and generating a real-time adjusted live remote video signal based on the live remote video feed from the remote video camera and the real-time information about the dynamic adjustments;
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• an overlay engine receiving the real-time adjusted live remote video signal and the live studio video feed and generating a real-time combined live output video signal that creates an impression that the live studio subject image and the live remote subject image occupy a shared physical space in real-time while retaining their respective backgrounds, and that the remote background is located next to the studio background.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a live studio video feed, from a studio video camera, the studio video feed including a live studio subject image in front of a studio non-solid-colored background;
• receiving a live remote video feed, from a remote video camera, the remote video feed including a live remote subject image in front of a remote non-solid-colored background;
• overlaying in real-time the live remote video feed and the live studio video feed to produce a real-time composite live video signal;
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• after receiving at least one of the live studio video feed and the live remote video feed, automatically adjusting in real-time at least one of the already received live studio video feed and the already received live remote video feed based on real-time information about dynamic adjustments being made to the video camera from which the other live video feed is received, such that the real-time composite live video signal creates an impression that the live studio subject image and the live remote subject image occupy a shared physical space in real-time while retaining their respective backgrounds, and that the remote background is located next to the studio background.

A method comprising:

• receiving a first live video feed, from a first video camera, the first live video feed including a first live subject image in front of a first non-solid-colored background;
• receiving a second live video feed, from a second video camera, the second live video feed including a second live subject image in front of a second non-solid-colored background;
• receiving a third live video feed, from a third video camera, the third live video feed including a third live subject image in front of a third non-solid-colored background;
• overlaying the first live video feed and the second live video feed and the third live video feed to produce a real-time composite live video signal;
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• after receiving the first live video feed, automatically adjusting the first live video feed based on real-time information relating to dynamic adjustments being made to the second video camera from which the second live video feed is received, and relating to dynamic adjustments being made to the third video camera from which the third live video feed is received such that the real-time composite live video signal creates an impression that the first live subject image, the second live subject image and the third live subject image all occupy a shared physical space in real-time while retaining their respective backgrounds, and that the first background, the second background and the third background are each located next to at least one of the other backgrounds.