NEXT Weather News

Played a hands-on role in deploying Zero Density’s virtual production technology across 15+ CBS local stations as part of the NEXT Weather initiative. Instead of a weather presenter simply pointing at a 2D weather map, you can put a 3D hurricane around the presenter and let viewers see its size, movement, and impact.

His responsibilities included:

• Supporting the deployment and implementation of virtual production systems across CBS stations in major U.S. markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Pittsburgh.
• Working directly with broadcast teams to integrate virtual production into live weather-news workflows.
• Training local broadcast personnel to independently operate the virtual production technology.
• Helping production teams transition from conventional 2D weather presentation toward more interactive, spatial 3D visualization of weather data.
• Supporting the technical implementation of a workflow designed for live broadcast, where reliability and real-time performance were critical.