Guides & Articles

LED Volume stage delivers strange new virtual worlds to B.C. film industry
In the 21st century, virtual film sets are now beaming into B.C. studios coated in LED screens to create the illusion of strange new worlds materializing around actors and physical sets.

Focus on Virtual Production by British Cinematographer
Shining a light on virtual production, a cutting-edge filmmaking tool creating a buzz in the industry.

How Netflix series The Silent Sea recreated the Moon with UE’s ICVFX tech
Having successfully enhanced the quality of Sweet Home, another Netflix series produced using Unreal Engine’s VP features, Westworld was fully aware of the power of the engine and decided to leverage it for this challenging project.

Light fantastic – Virtual Production
“Light control, colour matching, and close inter-departmental collaboration are the keys to lighting for VP. Be ready to integrate with a lot more departments than you were expecting,” advises Jeff Webster.

Uniting physical and virtual lighting to create compelling concert experiences
Live concerts consistently wow audiences with increasingly immersive, jaw-dropping moments. Incentivizing users to attend a virtual show means delivering some extra visual magic that is only possible through game engine technology.

VP offers real savings for studios of all sizes
As folks who work in production know, company moves take time. One move can take a whole day. With VP, all the people and all the equipment are staying put.

Scandinavian company Nordisk Film bows advanced LED VP Stage
Nordisk Film has launched an advanced LED virtual production stage. Named the Shortcut LED Stage, the venue will provide advanced VP services for TV, film, commercial shoots, music videos and live events.

Sony Pictures Entertainment unveils its 1st LED VP stage
Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced the establishment of its first LED VP stage, located at Sony Innovation Studios in Culver City.

Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ to film in Atlanta using VP
Megalopolis, the long-awaited sci-fi feature is finally set to begin filming, and it was announced that the production will be shot using VP.

How Netflix series The Silent Sea recreated the Moon with UE’s ICVFX tech
Having successfully enhanced the quality of Sweet Home, another Netflix series produced using Unreal Engine’s VP features,

All-in-one real-time change management solution for UE5 and Maya 2023
BeeHive 2.0 lets users visualize their content, whether on an LED wall or remotely, across an entire VP team.

Where are we at with VP?
Jim Geduldick from Dimension joins Ian Failes from befores & afters to discuss the current state of play of virtual production.


Unreal Engine 5.1 is released with VP improvements

Fathead: End-to-End Workflow (Siggraph)
