Northern Ireland’s Studio Ulster is launching its virtual production facility, which represents more than $ 96.5 million ($ 72 million) in investment.
Belfast -based studios Ulster said it is celebrating its launch today as the world’s latest virtual production facility, which covers 75,000 square feet.
Studio Ulster is designed to support blockbuster films and high -end television to AAA game development and world -class animation, at all scale production, at all scale production. This facility integrates a smooth, real -time engines in the pipeline, visual impacts in the camera, hijitic capture and motion tracking that are created, provided, and explains their supply.
The studio Ulster Million is the result of an investment of 72 million, which is financed through the Belfast Region City Deal. The University of Ulster developed in partnership with Belfast Harbor and supported the Northern Ireland screen, which offers a large -scale virtual production stages that set new world standards for real -time filmmaking.
It is designed to elevate the UK and Ireland’s capacity to manufacture commercial studio using the latest camera visual impact, which has established world -class standards for the industry. The studio is also home to the Ulster Costar screen lab, one of the five national research labs built under the UK’s vast Costar Initiative. In this program, the funding of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is $ 75.6 million and Million 63 million in the investment of the new industry, the Studio Ulster position in front of the global R&D in screen and creative technologies.
“From the bandits that have built the titanic, from the lead stages that now build the entire universe, Belfast has always taken over its weight. The Studio Ulster is a new chapter, where a modern production, motion capture, and digital scriptures, and digital players, and digital players. Member, in a statement. “We have developed and applied for the future of telling the story of Belfast Shipyards, health, ambitions and pride. It is not just a studio. It is a global platform of imagination, which is powered by modern creative technology anywhere in the world.”
The Northern Ireland continues itself as a premium production destination, which is rid of the UK’s generous screen sector tax for the UK’s advanced TV, film, animation and video game production. In conjunction with world -class infrastructure and a skilled local workforce, the region is rapidly going to the center for global content creators.
The Studio is the sole purpose of its kind on the island of Ulster Ireland. Its integrated ecosystem includes everything from 3D/4D scanning and motion capture to the entire scale from each roof, from LED volume stages and post production suite.
“Virtual Production is really age in the Studio Ulster,” Richard Williams, CEO of the Northern Ireland screen, said in a statement. “Although many filmmakers are aware of the basics, some are fully grabbed to the extent to which the technology is developed. The Studio Ulster is a real game changer, which has advanced the boundaries of what is possible and enables directors to bring any imaginary world into life.
Virtual Production Technologies Stories are told how the stories are told, the film enables the makers to create an infinite world on a single site. Beyond creative freedom, these tools offer significant costs and time qualifications by reducing the need for physical set and location travel, while also supporting more sustainable productive methods.
“Studio is an investment for a change for the screen industries of UK and Ireland,” said Professor Paul Barthilmo, Vice -Chancellor of Ulster University. “This incredible facility is more than a milestone, a launchpad for creators and storytellers for the next generation. By bringing modern virtual production capabilities to Belfast, we are promoting the region’s global competitiveness and creativity, resulting in creating jobs and economic effects, we are excited that we are excited.
“This is an important time for our industry, where innovation is faster, but mainly produces new forms of how we make stories and experience it,” said Laura Living Stone, Laura Living Stone, NetfX Executive, Laura Living Stone. Their techniques have been informed.
“After working on virtual production stages around the world, I can say with confidence that the studio Ulstr is a standout,” said Kyle Olson, the head of the Virtual Production in Studio Ulster. The scale and sophistication of this place is noteworthy, but it is a matter of fact.