fARsight

Virtual production tools and techniques have expanded across nearly every stage of filmmaking, while many productions still face familiar challenges around workflow speed, iteration costs, and technical complexity.

That’s why Framestore built fARsight, our proprietary virtual production ecosystem. This suite of scalable, intuitive, and collaborative tools streamlines filmmaking by putting a single virtual production solution into the hands of directors, cinematographers, and more.

Whether you are scouting impossible virtual locations, establishing shots with virtual cameras, or using iPad-based AR for on-set framing, fARsight ensures every creative decision is informed by real-time context.

The fARsight ecosystem consists of three applications; fARsight Go, Studio, and VR. It’s all held together by fARsight Link, which enables each application to easily and securely share clean scene and shot data across the virtual production pipeline, and with external teams.

Traditional on-set visualisation often requires bulky trackers and complex camera setups that can restrict movement and slow down production. fARsight Go solves this by providing a portable, high-performance tool designed to improve the framing and composition of VFX shots in real-time.

fARsight Go is a portable iOS app built on Unreal Engine 5 that utilises augmented reality for instantaneous real-time compositing. Users get the visualisation capabilities of lens and camera simulation apps, with the added advantage of seeing CG elements in frame, that will be properly integrated in post-production.

Translating the intuition of an on-set cinematographer into a digital environment isn’t easy. To get authentic movement and framing, you need to bridge the gap between physical performance and real-time rendering.

fARsight Studio provides a robust virtual camera system that makes the digital experience intuitive for traditional filmmakers. Compatible with any tracking solution, it enables directors and cinematographers to operate a physical camera rig while seeing CG elements in real-time.

To make confident creative decisions about lighting, composition, and design you need to step inside the environment early in production.

fARsight VR provides an immersive scouting system that enables interactive scene exploration and collaborative decision-making within a fully realised, virtual space. Directors, production designers, and cinematographers can don a headset and iterate in real-time, or follow the action through our smooth spectator camera. The system delivers a more efficient workflow and a clearer path to the final frame.