Video capture system control using virtual cameras for augmented reality

A method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a video capture system for outputting a composite render to a display, the method comprising:

• tracking a moving virtual object in the virtual environment by a first virtual camera traveling on a first virtual camera path and a second virtual camera traveling on a second virtual path, wherein the first virtual camera path and the second camera path are defined by tracking a real object moving in a real environment;
• obtaining a first virtually rendered feed of the virtual environment, including the moving virtual object, from the first virtual camera, and a second virtually rendered feed of the virtual environment, including the moving virtual object, from the second virtual camera:
• obtaining, from the virtual rendering system, a first virtual camera position data and a first virtual camera movement data of the first virtual camera while the first virtual camera is travelling on the virtual camera path and tracking the moving virtual object in the virtual environment, and a second virtual camera position data and a second virtual camera movement data of the second virtual camera while the second virtual camera is travelling on the second virtual camera path and tracking the moving virtual object in the virtual environment;
• programming the video capture system using the first virtual camera position data and the virtual camera movement data of the first virtual camera to control a first robotic camera in the real environment, and using the second virtual camera position data and the second virtual camera movement data of the second virtual camera to control a second robotic camera in the real environment to travel on a real path corresponding to the first virtual camera path and the second virtual camera path, respectively;
• capturing, from the video capture system, a first video capture feed of the real environment using the first robotic camera while travelling on the real path and a second video capture feed of the real environment using the second robotic camera while travelling on the real path;
• rendering the composite render by processing the first video capture feed, the first virtually rendered feed, the second video capture feed and the second virtually rendered feed, including the moving virtual object;
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• outputting the composite render to the display by simultaneously displaying the first virtually rendered feed and the second virtually rendered feed, wherein the first virtually rendered feed corresponds to a birdseye view of the virtual environment, and the second virtually rendered feed corresponds to a flyby view of the virtual environment.