The Future Group, the maker of virtual production tool Pixotope, has received development grants from the Epic Games MegaGrants fund and Innovation Norway to create virtual production cloud software.
The grants will allow The Future Group to develop, as an industry first, Pixotope Live Cloud. This will enable companies to connect to the power of live virtual production through a pay-as-you-go and always available cloud service.
Marcus B. Brodersen, CEO of The Future Group, explained: “We are making virtual production more accessible and giving streaming and broadcast production companies more flexibility in how they tell engaging stories.” Virtual production allows companies to integrate interactive photorealistic graphics into their live video broadcasts and streams, enabling new and attention-grabbing storytelling.
Built on the production-proven Pixotope virtual production technology, the cloud system adds a host of groundbreaking new features including access anywhere, user-friendly configuration, easy scalability, and a cloud-enabled digital asset management system.
Brodersen further summarised: “Unreal Engine is the perfect vehicle to drive innovation in media production, and Pixotope is all about making that power available to as many media producers and creators as possible. We couldn’t ask for better collaborators than Epic Games and Innovation Norway to give even more content creators access to these storytelling tools through Pixotope Live Cloud.”
Launched in 2019, Epic MegaGrants is a $100 million program from Epic Games designed to globally accelerate the work of talented teams and individuals working with Unreal Engine, 3D graphics tools, and open source software.
