NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ state of the art motion-capture and virtual production facility now offers students enrolled in the new Master of Professional Studies degree in Virtual Production a chance to learn with next generation technology.
Motion-capture pioneer, Vicon, has partnered with Lux Machina to outfit NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts’ new Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center with next generation motion-capture and virtual production technology.
NYU’s new 36-credit Master of Professional Studies degree in Virtual Production offers students the opportunity to study at the Martin Scorsese Center for Virtual Production. 2025 Fall applications are now open. The 45,586 square foot facility lives on the top floor of Building 8 at Industry City, a 35-acre innovation campus on the Brooklyn waterfront. The Center features two double-height, column-free stages, two television studios, state-of-the-art broadcast and control rooms, dressing/make-up rooms, a lounge and bistro, scene workshops, offices, post-production labs, finishing suites, and training spaces.
The Center features Vicon’s Shōgun entertainment market software and 40 Vicon cameras, which deliver superior resolution, speed, and performance. This combination provides the Center with a state-of-the-art motion-capture system for virtual production.
“This project is a natural fit for both Vicon and Lux Machina given our focus on education and empowering the next generation of digital creatives,” said Vicon’s VFX product manager David ‘Ed’ Edwards. “Vicon software and cameras are installed in dozens of universities across the globe for applications spanning virtual production, to sport and exercise medicine, to engineering and robotics research. We’re thrilled to play a part in outfitting NYU’s world-class Virtual Production Center, which will open the door for tremendous innovation in the field.”
Vicon and Lux Machina have worked in close partnership on large scale productions and installations spanning the education, engineering, life sciences and entertainment sectors. Vicon users, working with the company’s long-term partner Lux Machina Consulting, have used virtual production on The Mandalorian and more recent projects including House of the Dragon, Barbie, and Masters of the Air.
“We love to see the innovation Vicon is pioneering in markerless as motion-capture continues to evolve,” said Lux Machina head of Motion Capture India Vadher-Lowe. “The ability to mix and match workflows will help us bring to life experiences for customers that were previously limited to the motion capture studio. There’s a whole new world of possibilities that we’ll soon be able to experience, and we look forward to putting that within reach in the near future.”
Source: Vicon
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
