A background display device for a virtual image recording studio, which is configured to display, behind or above a real subject, a representation of a virtual background for a recording by an associated camera, wherein the background display device is further configured to display a plurality of predetermined optically detectable position markers in order to enable a determination of a position of the associated camera relative to the background display device by identifying the position markers in an image of the background display device, wherein the background display device comprises a light-source wall including a plurality of light sources, wherein the light sources are configured to display the representation of the virtual background and to generate the plurality of position markers, characterized in that the background display device comprises a plurality of position marker light sources which generate the plurality of position markers, and wherein the light-source wall comprises a plurality of individually controllable picture-element light sources which generate respective picture-element light signals in a planar arrangement in order to display the virtual background, wherein the plurality of picture-element light sources is arranged in a regular grid, wherein a respective one of the plurality of position marker light sources is arranged between the plurality of picture-element light sources of the regular grid, and/or wherein the background display device comprises a plurality of display modules having lateral edges, wherein the plurality of display modules adjoin one another at their lateral edges, wherein each of the plurality of display modules comprises a part of the plurality of picture-element light sources, wherein the plurality of position marker light sources is arranged at the lateral edges of the plurality of display modules. wherein the background display device is further configured to display a plurality of predetermined optically detectable position markers in order to enable a determination of a position of the associated camera relative to the background display device by identifying the position markers in an image of the background display device, wherein the background display device comprises a light-source wall including a plurality of light sources, wherein the light sources are configured to display the representation of the virtual background and to generate the plurality of position markers, characterized in that the background display device comprises a plurality of position marker light sources which generate the plurality of position markers, and wherein the light-source wall comprises a plurality of individually controllable picture-element light sources which generate respective picture-element light signals in a planar arrangement in order to display the virtual background, wherein the plurality of picture-element light sources is arranged in a regular grid, wherein a respective one of the plurality of position marker light sources is arranged between the plurality of picture-element light sources of the regular grid, and/or wherein the background display device comprises a plurality of display modules having lateral edges, wherein the plurality of display modules adjoin one another at their lateral edges, wherein each of the plurality of display modules comprises a part of the plurality of picture-element light sources, wherein the plurality of position marker light sources is arranged at the lateral edges of the plurality of display modules.