Virtual Sets
Join Epic Games and our partners at NAB 2025
Don’t miss our talented partners on the show floor at NAB 2025, where they’ll be showcasing cutting-edge applications, virtual environments, and innovative projects powered by Unreal Engine. Read on to find out who’ll be there this year.Sony and Pixomondo launch VP Academy for Virtual Art Departments in Japan
Virtual production (VP) is on the rise in Japan. To cater for the growing need for VP specialists, Sony and Pixomondo have launched a new school to provide skills training for a new generation of Virtual Art Department artists. Find out more.
Introducing PLAVE: the animated Korean boy band powered by Unreal EnginePLAVE are a K-Pop band with a twist—the bandmembers are digital humans and their performances are rendered entirely in Unreal Engine. Discover how VLAST combines motion capture, real-time rendering, and UE’s animation tools to wow PLAVE’s fans.
Unreal highlights in the media and entertainment industry this year
This year saw some truly standout Unreal Engine-powered media and entertainment projects. Check out the highlights of 2024 as we look back on Dune: Part Two, Fallout, and much more.
Dimension Studio sees more directors turn to virtual productionNo longer a niche filmmaking technique for blockbuster movies, filmmakers are turning to virtual production to deliver on lower budgets and shorter timeframes. Find out more as we catch up with Dimension Studio.
Join Epic Games and our partners at NAB 2024Over 30 companies are showing off Unreal Engine-driven tech and services at NAB 2024. Here's a quick rundown of who’s coming and where to find them, so you know where to go. Check it out.
Explore the Virtual Production Visualization GuideWant to learn visualization in Unreal Engine? Explore the new Virtual Production Visualization Guide—a step-by-step look at how to master this innovative filmmaking process that encompasses previs, pitchvis, techvis, stuntvis, and postvis.
Join Epic Games at NAB 2023Over 30 companies are showing off Unreal Engine-driven tech and services at NAB 2023. See who’ll be at the show inside.
Pixomondo gives viewers a kick with new virtual production-based soccer commercialHow do you produce a commercial with a stadium full of screaming soccer fans that doesn’t break the bank or require hours of rotoscoping? Find out how PXO and partners used LED stages and virtual production workflows to achieve just that.
FOX Sports kicks off the NFL season with a groundbreaking multicam virtual production studioTwo years ago, lensing a live multicam show on an LED volume was impossible. Now, FOX Sports can do it anytime they want. Discover how the team built a groundbreaking virtual production studio for their NFL pregame show, FOX NFL Sunday.
The Broadcast and Live Events Field Guide: a resource for real-time production teamsToday’s audiences expect ever more engaging and exciting content from live events and broadcast shows. Find out how production teams are using Unreal Engine to create immersive and interactive experiences that keep audiences coming back for more.
Patrick Mahomes’ Fortnite debut hyped with help from virtual productionWith a limited amount of time to work with Patrick Mahomes, The Robot Company and Los York turned to an Unreal Engine-powered LED stage to create an atmospheric teaser promoting the NFL superstar’s debut in the Fortnite Icon Series.
Shin Ultra Fight morphs 70s-style monster suits with real-time toolsHow do you recreate the charm of Ultra Fight’s low-fi monster fights using fast and modern real-time workflows? Find out how Studio Bros leveraged Unreal Engine to shoot the sequences and put a 2022 twist on the quirky 70s series.
Virtual production conjures up excitement for Diablo ImmortalTo bring an epic battle to life in miniature on the commercial for the new mobile Diablo game, Impossible Objects combined hybrid virtual production, live action, and full in-engine visualization. Find out how real-time workflows in Unreal Engine slashed the project timeline by half.
Webinar: Exploring the New Sports Broadcast and Motion Graphics SampleMissed our webinar on creating motion graphics for sports broadcasts and live events? Now you can watch it on demand! Dive under the hood of the new Hype Chamber sample and learn how production-ready sports graphics can be systemized using Unreal Engine.
Enter the Rocket League Hype Chamber: a new sample for broadcast and live eventsWhen Psyonix needed a way to handle the increasing complexity of Rocket League Championship Series broadcasts, it switched to a real-time approach for motion graphics and animations. Now, you can get your hands on the broadcast package it created in a new Unreal Engine sample project.
Netflix smash hit Space Sweepers harnesses Unreal Engine for real-time previsMeet the Creative Director for Space Sweepers, from Korea’s WYSIWYG STUDIOS. The team’s innovative approach to previs meant the director could iterate and communicate complicated space scenes, yielding both enhanced quality and lower costs.
Automotive Salt Flats and Winter Scene now availableDownload the two new beautiful, realistic automotive scenes for free today.
How to set up automotive studio lighting in Unreal EngineThis guide will show users how to improve their lighting, ray tracing, and environments to elegantly show off cars.
BMW Group unveils next-gen vehicles using virtual productionWith the pandemic ruling out attending events in person and next-generation vehicles to promote, BMW Group needed a new way to reach its audience. The solution lay in an immersive, multi-format digital event with Unreal Engine-powered virtual production at its heart.
Virtual production expands what’s possible for TV commercialsLED screens and in-camera VFX are spreading beyond Hollywood and into the hands of smaller production companies. For agencies like Quite Brilliant creating short-form content, this cutting-edge filmmaking technology offers more creative options and improved cost efficiencies.