Volumetric capture records a performance in 3D through time. The subject can be viewed from any angle, at any moment, after the shoot, so the camera path is a post production decision rather than an on set one.
How We Capture It
Our Argus Rig records continuous, frame synchronised video on 50 cine cameras arranged around the subject. From that one capture we build volumetric and videogrammetry output, 4D Gaussian Splatting, and, from any single frame, static photogrammetry and 3D Gaussian Splatting. We have built camera array systems since 2001, and volumetric work runs on the same rigs, software and two person crew as our bullet time productions.
What Volumetric Capture Is Used For
Film and TV production
An actor, object or environment is captured once, and the director and DP choose the camera path, or several paths, after the shoot, exported at high resolution.
Games
A character, object or environment that looks exactly like the real thing, delivered as a model that drops straight into the engine.
Previs and storyboarding
We capture the set, and directors compose shots in 3D software from anywhere in the world before anyone steps on it. Lighting, camera and production crews know their job before the day.
Human and animal motion
Every movement is captured, down to small micro movements, which can be tracked and studied for scientific, educational or creative work.
Advertising and interactive
TV adverts, interactive campaigns and AR apps can all be built from the same capture.
Training and tutorials
The viewer can pause, rewind, zoom and orbit to see exactly what a demonstration is doing from any angle.
If your use is not on the list, ask us. The question is the same as asking what a camera can be used for. For how volumetric differs from a digital double, see volumetric versus MetaHuman.
Volumetric Work and Tests
Talk To Us About Volumetric Capture
Contact us with the performance or object you need captured and the format it has to end up in, and we will confirm the rig, the pipeline and a per camera, per day price.