Virtual Production

We seamlessly blend virtual environments with live-action elements using cutting-edge LED technology, 3D rendering software, and motion tracking systems to support the industry's biggest storytellers.

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Behind the scenes of the ARRI LED Soundstage in London England Showing the backside of their LED Volume and the panel configuration and wiring
Team members on-set for green screen project
An LED Volume with an LED Ceiling panel displays a desert environment, illuminating an empty studio space
The CoPilot Crew on-site in a 270 degree LED Volume -- The wall is brightly illuminated showing off the colour brilliancy
The CoPilot iconic plane logo displayed on the LED Wall at SIRT's Research Facility
An ARRI Camera and Lens capturing footage using the LED Volume at the ARRI Soundstage in London England
Our Virtual Production Process - 004 The Shoot. BTS: Imagine - CoPilotXR's first ICVFX Demo shoot - showing a young girl in front of an LED Wall displaying a forest scene, atmospheric fog fills the scene as the young girl takes the environment in.
A Blackmagic camera resting on the floor of the studio connected to the configuration monitor or the Mo-Sys Startracker preparing to align and configure tracking data

Why Go Virtual?

Aside from fully immersing your cast and crew in a motion tracked 3D world, there are endless reasons to bring virtual production into your project.

Production Time

More content is being filmed on-set

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All-In-One Studio

Time and cost savings on crew travel and logistics

ICVFX Virtual Production - In the centre of the frame sits a film camera fully rigged for ICVFX Virtual Production including an Optitrak Camera Tracking Solution. In the background of the shot is an immersive curved LED wall soundstage showcasing a city skyline at sunset. The LED wall is also equipped with Ceiling LED panels adding more sunset lighting to the studio space.
Environment Friendly

Overall carbon footprint reduction

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Our Virtual Production Process

Virtual Production Process - 001-Discovery: An image of three young CoPilot crew members sitting behind a laptop engaged in a meeting with you, the client. The meeting room is bright featuring white and black walls, a bright neon sign of the CoPilot Brandmark plane glows in the background, sound dampening panels and plants can be seen.

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Discovery

Together, we dive into your project, figure out what it's all about, and set some clear goals together. Crafting a strategic plan, we blend creativity with clarity, guiding both the visual and technical aspects of your project.

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Virtual Environment Creation

Our virtual art team specializes in crafting immersive and optimized virtual worlds in Unreal Engine, bringing your ideas to life.

Our Virtual Production Process - 002 Virtual Environment Creation. An image looking over the shoulder of one of the Virtual Environment Artists at CoPilot Co. displayed on screen is an instance of the Unreal Engine Editor is live showing a dynamic city skyline environment at night. The office is cozy and inviting with warm low light setting the tone of the space.

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Our Virtual Production Process - 003 Tech-Vis and Pre-Vis An image on set with a CoPilot Crew Member and talent for a small ICVFX demo project. An LED Wall featuring the CoPilot Brandmark Plane sits as a temporary backdrop in front of a child's bedroom set decoration. The scene is darkly lit with motivated lighting illuminating the subject on-set as camera tests and technical tests are performed.

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Tech-vis and Pre-vis

To increase productivity on-set and avoid any frame drops during the shoot, we dedicate time to rigorously test virtual environments, ensuring flawless performance on the LED wall.

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The Shoot

Lights, camera, action! It's showtime as we capture your story in real-time using cutting-edge ICVFX technologies on an LED volume.

Our Virtual Production Process - 004 The Shoot. BTS: Imagine - CoPilotXR's first ICVFX Demo shoot - showing a young girl in front of an LED Wall displaying a forest scene, atmospheric fog fills the scene as the young girl takes the environment in.
Our Virtual Production Process - 005 Post Production. A shot of the interior of the CoPilot office where a CoPilot Co Editor works in Davinci Resolve applying colour corrections to captured footage The office is bathed in warm light featuring the Davinci Resolve editor windows on a dual monitor Apple Studio Max set-up

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Post-Production

After the on-set excitement, it's time to hit the editing booth! From editing to VFX and sound design, we've got it all covered.

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Delivery

The final step is here! Your virtual production project is ready to be showcased to the world. Get ready for the applause!

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Our Virtual Production Process - 006 Delivery. A screenshot of a project within Frame.io a video

Our Process

Set up a call

Discovery

Together, we dive into your project, figure out what it's all about, and set some clear goals together. Crafting a strategic plan, we blend creativity with clarity, guiding both the visual and technical aspects of your project.

Virtual Environment Creation

Our virtual art team specializes in crafting immersive and optimized virtual worlds in Unreal Engine, bringing your ideas to life.

Do it with FlightDeck

Try our AI tool that allows users to control and build in Unreal Engine 5 like never before.

Our Virtual Production Process - 002 Virtual Environment Creation. An image looking over the shoulder of one of the Virtual Environment Artists at CoPilot Co. displayed on screen is an instance of the Unreal Engine Editor is live showing a dynamic city skyline environment at night. The office is cozy and inviting with warm low light setting the tone of the space.

Tech-vis and Pre-vis

To avoid any frame drops, we dedicate time to rigorously test virtual environments, ensuring flawless performance on the LED wall.

Our Virtual Production Process - 003 Tech-Vis and Pre-Vis An image on set with a CoPilot Crew Member and talent for a small ICVFX demo project. An LED Wall featuring the CoPilot Brandmark Plane sits as a temporary backdrop in front of a child's bedroom set decoration. The scene is darkly lit with motivated lighting illuminating the subject on-set as camera tests and technical tests are performed.

The Shoot

Lights, camera, action! It's showtime as we capture your story in real-time using cutting-edge ICVFX technologies on our LED volume.

Our Virtual Production Process - 004 The Shoot. BTS: Imagine - CoPilotXR's first ICVFX Demo shoot - showing a young girl in front of an LED Wall displaying a forest scene, atmospheric fog fills the scene as the young girl takes the environment in.

Post-Production

After the on-set excitement, it's editing booth time! From editing to VFX and sound design, we've got it all covered.

Our Virtual Production Process - 005 Post Production. A shot of the interior of the CoPilot office where a CoPilot Co Editor works in Davinci Resolve applying colour corrections to captured footage The office is bathed in warm light featuring the Davinci Resolve editor windows on a dual monitor Apple Studio Max set-up

Delivery

The final step is here! Your virtual production project is ready to be showcased to the world. Get ready for the applause!

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If you're working on building a virtual production studio, we'd love to hear about it and see where we can help.

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FAQs

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What is Virtual Production?

Virtual Production is a new method of filmmaking & television production that combines the physical and virtual worlds as one, using state-of-the-art technology, to create in-camera visual effects (ICVFX). Virtual Production uses real-time 3D render engines (also known as game engines) to create photorealistic backgrounds, which are then displayed on a large LED wall behind physical sets using the real-time rendering capabilities of the game engines. The cameras are synced with the game engines, and using motion camera tracking technology, create enhanced realism and depth of perspective. This whole process removes the need for post-production CGI (computer generated images) and allows you to capture footage in-camera.

What is the benefit of Virtual Production?

Imagine a world where Golden Hour can last as long as you want… that's virtual production! Completely controlled settings, real time reflections, fully immersed sets for your actors and crew, and at the end of the day, your final shots can be achieved in-camera with little to no post production required.

What does ICVFX stand for?

In-Camera Visual Effects. Meaning that everything captured in-camera will be your final frame, requiring little to no post production processing.

What types of companies use Virtual Production?

Virtual production is for everyone! We have worked on projects for film studios big and small, Fortune 500 companies and even several corporations of all sizes. Virtual production is becoming popular in all sectors of media.

How much does Virtual Production Cost?

This is a tricky question. While we wish it were much more straightforward, it all comes down to the size of the LED volume, and the type of LED you're looking to purchase. Since we're agnostic, we work within your budget to get your into virtual production at the most affordable cost possible.

Is Virtual Production better than Green Screen?

Virtual production is different from green screen… but is it better? In some ways, yes. What makes virtual production different is it allows a production to achieve final visuals in-camera, on-set, in real time. This means, no more having to shoot on green screen, chromakey your actors and develop background environments that could take months to develop. With virtual production, this is achieved changes the shooting and post production workflow, shortening editing time. But it also allows your actors and crew to be fully immersed in your 3D visuals on-set, garnering a better performance and creating natural reflections on objects.

Do you custom build 3D environments for virtual production?

Yes! We build, design and modify Unreal Engine environments, specifically to use for virtual production.

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