Experience Transfer Through OER in Virtual Production: On-Set Alignment Support for VP Workflows

Virtual production (VP) requires real-time coordination between virtual environments, physical sets, lighting, camera configuration, and cross-departmental workflows. This paper reports a software engineering (SE) project conducted in support of a university-based VP short-film production. During the formal shoot, on-set alignment problems between virtual and physical elements refined project requirements and motivated the development of an Unreal Engine (UE) plugin for targeted workflow support. At the same time, these production experiences revealed a broader need to preserve workflow knowledge that remained difficult to formalize through conventional documentation alone. In response, the project produced an open educational resource (OER) by restructuring and extending the previous OER based on a similar VP project into a four-module resource, covering VP workflow, UE basics, on-set experience, and UE plugin development. This paper makes two contributions: (1) an OER framework for VP workflow knowledge transfer, designed to onboard future SE teams into VP projects and support iterative workflow improvement; and (2) a proof-of-concept UE plugin that addresses on-set virtual-physical alignment challenges while serving as a practical case study for the OER's plugin development module.