ARRI announces new ARRI Solutions Group for innovative mixed reality environments and more

ARRI announces the establishment of the ARRI Solutions Group. With this new organisational unit, the company expands its offering of solutions for the global film and television industry.

The ARRI Solutions Group is focused on the design and engineering of customised production infrastructures, including innovative mixed-reality environments, state-of-the-art TV studios, and other ultra-modern solutions. Customers benefit from an international team of experienced engineers and project managers in combination with ARRI products, highly regarded for their high quality and user-friendliness, and a worldwide network. This is because ARRI works with specialised industry partners, depending on the region, project and scope of services required.

“ARRI has long since ceased to be solely a hardware manufacturer. Whether consulting, configuration, or turnkey installation: The experts of the ARRI Solutions Group design precisely the solutions our cine and broadcast clients need. Thereby, coordination and good cooperation with companies offering other products and services are also very important to us,” explained Stephan Schenk, general manager, Global Sales & Solutions at ARRI.

One of the ARRI Solutions Group’s first mixed reality reference projects is the recently operational DARK BAY Virtual Production Studio in Babelsberg near Berlin. At one of Europe’s largest permanent LED studio for virtual film productions, the ARRI Solutions Group was responsible for the overall technical planning as well as the coordination of the installation of all components. To achieve the highest production quality, client and partner, in close collaboration, combined state-of-the-art hardware with engineering performance to create an innovative overall system. For this project, ARRI’s three business units—Camera Systems, Lighting, Rental—worked together intensively under the project management and coordination of the ARRI Solutions Group.

With the establishment of the ARRI Solutions Group, an organisational realignment of the Berlin-based ARRI System Group, which previously specialised in broadcast and lighting solutions, took place. This division, with expanded responsibility, falls under the new, common name of the ARRI Solutions Group and now also offers its solutions and expertise, including consulting, planning, visualisation, design, implementation, and training for the cine market. In the future, camera systems such as AMIRA Live will be considered in addition to lighting systems such as SkyPanel and Orbiter.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, ARRI developed another holistic approach that is now being continued under the umbrella of the ARRI Solutions Group: the ARRI Remote Solutions for safe film productions of the highest standard. With a system of networked, remotely controllable ARRI cameras, lights, remote heads, and accessories, ARRI Remote Solutions allow workflows with safe distance between performers and crew and between the crew members themselves—without compromising operational and creative control.

“In all of these applications, there are regionally specific customer requirements; even the local partner companies are often different. At ARRI, with our Solutions Group, we strive to find the best individual solutions in the interests of our clients,” summarised Schenk.