Conducted a demonstration experiment to remotely produce anime CG by mobile communication using 5G such as Splashtop and DoCoMo

At the production site of animation CG, production activities were generally done in the old office, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it became necessary to respond to production activities at home.

However, for animation CG production, it is necessary to prepare a personal computer with the performance equivalent to a workstation, and it is not possible to prepare a remote environment with the same performance and operability as the office environment at home, so the production activity is delayed. There was a problem that was directly linked. At the same time, production activities must be carried out in a closed network environment, and there is also the problem that a very high level of security is required.

Splash Top Co., Ltd., Color Co., Ltd., Wacom Co., Ltd., and NTT DoCoMo Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, DoCoMo) are "stand-alone (SA)" that can bring out the capabilities of 5G high-speed communication and ultra-low latency without switching to the 4G communication network. ) Method ”5G was used to conduct a demonstration experiment to remotely produce anime CG via mobile communication on December 22, 2021 and was successful.

In this demonstration, an edge server using NVIDIA GPU and splash-top remote computing technology was built on the cloud platform service "docomo Open Innovation Cloud" provided by DoCoMo, and the area was closed by "Cloud Direct" (*) with 5G SA. We made a connection and realized screen transfer with a maximum resolution of 4K and a high frame rate (60fps). This time, assuming use in the animation CG industry, creators belonging to color will use the liquid crystal pen tablet provided by Wacom to check the pen pressure and tilt of the digital pen on the liquid crystal pen tablet with high resolution and high frame rate. It detected the signal and confirmed that drawing can be performed smoothly with the same operability as the office environment. The equipment used in the demonstration is as follows.

With this environment, high-performance PCs used in industries such as animation CG, construction BIM, manufacturing design CAD, finance, and media can be used with general PCs, tablets, and smartphones without having to carry them to places other than the office. You will be able to work in a highly secure mobile communication environment.

The roles of each company in the demonstration are as follows.

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