When collaboration becomes the demo: Storm ISE

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Barcelona brought together a wide range of technologies and partners across the AV and broadcast ecosystem, and Brainstorm was pleased to be part of the Alfalite stand during the show. Together with Dejero and several other partners, we contributed to the Storm ISE demonstration, a live-streamed, emergency response simulation connecting technologies across multiple booths. Watch here >

Introducing Suite 7 at NAB

Suite 7 brings together the company’s flagship applications, including InfinitySet for virtual and XR production, Aston for real time graphics, and Edison for immersive virtual and AR live events, all powered by the eStudio render engine. This development focuses strongly on efficiency and workflow improvements, enabling advanced virtual production, graphics and AR pipelines to run on a single workstation while making better use of modern GPU architectures. Read the full PR > or Book a meeting >

Opening the doors at Pinewood Studios

Brainstorm hosted an Open House at the Sony Digital Media Production Centre at Pinewood Studios! Attendees were able to explore how virtual production technologies are being used to create high quality content in a flexible and sustainable way, meet fellow innovators, and get inspired by the most advanced tools for virtual content creation. The Open House featured InfintiySet with a dedicated LED screen and Sony’s new Ocellus. Request a demo >

Suite 7 brings together all of the Brainstorm flagship products: InfinitySet, the most advanced virtual, XR and AR production solution; Aston, the designer’s choice for real-time 2D and 3D motion graphics; and Edison, the simple route to immersive virtual and AR live events. These applications can run on eStudio, Brainstorm’s acclaimed render engine, also updated as part of Suite 7. 

“Responding to our users, our goal with Suite 7 is around efficiency and workflows,” said Miguel Churruca, marketing and communications director at Brainstorm. “The new functionalities will make users’ lives easier when creating the most advanced virtual content, no matter the application.” 

With growing pressure on all businesses to embrace sustainability, long a commitment championed by Brainstorm, Suite 7 is focused on hardware and software efficiency and flexibility. It makes seamless use of dual GPU workstations, which boosts the performance of a single licence while minimising hardware footprint and energy costs. 

Integration within the suite delivers the fastest interoperability between the Brainstorm eStudio render engine and Unreal, again for highly efficient performance. In a virtual studio, for example, you can input three cameras, compose them with Unreal and output all three channels simultaneously in a single workstation. Alternatively, the architecture could be used for set extension or multiple AR objects in just one render node on one hardware device. 

InfinitySet and Aston both enjoy better interoperability and have new video wall management features including advanced options for the component graphics such as animated presets and interaction logic between templates. InfinitySet now includes 360˚ output per render, paving the way to content for virtual glasses. 

As well as new features like QuickStart and Teleporter for automatic talent tracking with 4k cameras, Edison now has a lite version. Eddie is specifically oriented towards education, while still being able to call on all the other elements of the Edison ecosystem. 

“Virtual environments, including augmented reality, are a central part of production for broadcast, movies, live events and AV,” added Churruca. “With Suite 7 we are liberating creativity by giving artists and designers the tools they need, which are responsive, fast to output, and make significant strides towards sustainability.” 

See Brainstorm Suite 7 at NAB Show 2026 on booth N2352 and find out more at brainstorm3d.com

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A key highlight will be Suite 6.2, the latest version of InfinitySet, Aston, and eStudio, which will be demonstrated through a dynamic Elections show combining augmented reality (AR) and virtual production. Powered by InfinitySet with Unreal Engine 5.5, the demo will feature advanced capabilities including multi-scene management, talent tele-transportation, and hyper-realistic AR graphics with advanced rendering technologies, showcasing how InfinitySet blends real and virtual production in real time. The background scenes have been created by Fury XR, using several scenarios simultaneously so the talent can be tele-transported to any of them, creating a dynamic storytelling.

The setup employs one Telycam PTZ camera and two RED cameras with lenses, one mounted on a tracked crane and the other on rails from ABCS. This collaboration enables a fully remotely controlled production environment, ideal for space- or crew-constrained scenarios.

This demo also underscores the raw processing power and optimized software performance of InfinitySet. Thanks to its Dual GPU support and the recently certified NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, a single workstation can handle complex virtual production tasks, spanning chroma sets, multiple camera inputs, and real-time AR graphics. Key features like extra-render, 3D LUT-based real set extension, and immersive talent tele-transportation will be on full display, emphasizing performance, scalability, and ease of use.

Addressing the vital role of motion graphics in today’s broadcast landscape, Brainstorm will introduce new Aston features designed for hyper realistic data-driven AR graphics and collaborative, multi-channel workflows. A major addition is Instances, a centralized asset system that allows designers to reuse pre-compositions across templates and projects. These graphics can be embedded into immersive virtual environments, including Unreal Engine scenes, enabling seamless interaction with both talent and the virtual set.

“We’re thrilled to return to Broadcast India and highlight the powerful capabilities our products bring to content creators, showcasing not only the most advanced virtual production, but also how its combination with real-time data-drive graphics can enhance broadcasting” said Francisco Gallego, India & EMEA Sales Executive at Brainstorm. “As virtual production continues to expand across broadcast, film, and corporate sectors in India, Brainstorm’s decades-long expertise in real-time 3D graphics ensures our clients maintain their competitive edge.”

The demonstration will showcase virtual content creation, starting with multi-frame-rate capture using ZEISS markerless tracking. The tracking feeds into InfinitySet to create the virtual environment, rendered with Brainstorm’s proprietary engine in combination with Unreal Engine. The final output will be displayed on the Alfalite LED volume, powered by Brompton Tessera, in direct connection with Brainstorm.

Miguel Churruca, Brainstorm’s marketing and communications director, says: “Brainstorm partners with dozens of companies worldwide for a variety of workflows. Although we’ve long collaborated with Alfalite, Brompton and ZEISS, this is the first time the four companies will jointly showcase the possibilities of our technologies at a trade show. At IBC 2025, clients will be able to experience the amazing possibilities our solutions provide for their virtual content production.”

Rob Fowler, Director of Business Development at Brompton Technology, continues: “Broadcast is a market where we believe Brompton has a great deal to offer, and we’ve been consistently making strides over the last 24 months to grow our market share. We work successfully with partners from China to the Americas, but here at IBC in Europe we wanted to highlight the depth of engineering excellence and manufacturing talent on our home continent. It’s incredibly exciting to be partnering with Brainstorm, Alfalite, and ZEISS to deliver this fantastic technology demo.”

“We are proud to be part of this fully European showcase together with Brainstorm, Brompton and ZEISS.” Says Luis Garrido, Executive Director of Alfalite. “Our LED screens are at the heart of the setup, providing the image quality, reliability and versatility required for the most demanding virtual production environments. It also reflects our mission to give professionals the confidence that their productions are backed by European-made technology built to the highest standards”.

“We’re excited to be showcasing what the combined workflow of our CinCraft Scenario camera tracking solution and Brompton’s, Brainstorm’s and Alfalite’s technologies is capable of in the virtual production space”, says Jacques Bouley, Head of Cine Sales EMEA at ZEISS.

This collaboration highlights the power and possibilities of European companies to produce state-of-the art technology for the most advanced audiovisual production, from real-time graphics and virtual sets to LED-based workflows, for virtual production and for display purposes. These technologies are already enabling the daily creation of high-end content for film, television, live events, and corporate content.

The ability to run advanced workloads on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs marks a significant leap in performance and efficiency for Brainstorm’s clients, enabling ultra-demanding real-time graphics, AR, and XR workflows with greater speed, scalability, and visual fidelity than ever before, further improved by combining Unreal and Brainstorm’s own eStudio engine in the same production.

“Virtual production continues to push the limits of real-time rendering and hardware capabilities,” said Héctor Viguer, COO and Engineering Director of Brainstorm. “With the certification of NVIDIA’s RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, our users gain access to extraordinary graphics performance and AI-enhanced rendering, perfectly suited for the demanding requirements of InfinitySet and the broader Brainstorm ecosystem.”

Pushing the Boundaries of Real-Time Virtual Production

NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs delivers unmatched performance with next-gen ray tracing, massive CUDA core counts, and enhanced GPU memory—all key features for rendering complex virtual scenes, integrating Unreal Engine assets, and managing multi-camera, multi-layer environments in real time.

Brainstorm is committed to optimizing hardware and software, with sustainability and efficiency in mind, and its product line is designed to run multiple processes, inputs, outputs and renders with a single workstation. By leveraging the Dual GPU architecture, InfinitySet offers virtual production setups that allow a single workstation to handle complex environments that:

• Run simultaneous real-time renders across LED walls and chroma sets
• Incorporate in-context AR graphics with Unreal Engine 5
• Deliver smooth set extensions and immersive 3D LUT-based color matching
• Handle several high-resolution, multi-camera live inputs/outputs with ease

Support for RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs further reinforces Brainstorm’s commitment to delivering scalable, sustainable and future-proof technology that empowers broadcasters, filmmakers, and corporate users to create world-class virtual productions with hyper-realistic content.

InfinitySet with RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU support is available immediately, with full compatibility across Suite 6.2 and upcoming releases. Certified configurations are available through Brainstorm’s network of channel partners and system integrators.

Canon states that its CV Metadata technology is fully compliant with the OpenCV software library and is enhanced by proprietary high-impact extensions designed to elevate performance and flexibility. As a contributor to the SMPTE RIS OSVP drafting process, Canon is committed to ensure robust interoperability with the latest virtual production standards. CV Metadata is output and transmitted using the CV Protocol, composed in a highly readable JSON format, and it is received by InfinitySet which renders the virtual scene according to the camera and lens parameters.

This integration is a significant breakthrough for virtual production setups, as it ensures immediate calibration of Canon cameras and lenses that support the CV Protocol into the Brainstorm virtual production environments. Virtual content creators are aware of how critical it is to properly calibrate all the technologies involved in virtual production, and with this integration creatives can concentrate on shot tracking, camera blocking and other adjustments without worrying about lens and camera positioning when planning the scene’s environment, saving time and producing more accurate results.

Supporting zoom and prime lenses, as the lens and camera data are reliably linked -including the distortion map if required- it is now easier to match the live or recorded footage with the background render and other synthetic objects in the scene. Lens and camera data are automatically linked even if a crop frame setting is applied, so lenses and camera settings can be easily changed even within the same scene maintaining the coherence and accuracy of the blended image.

“This native integration is about facilitating our clients’ work and save time and resources while prepping the scenes” says David Moldes, Brainstorm’s product manager. “Virtual production requires perfect matching of the real scene with what the camera captures, so being able to supply the most accurate and reliable camera and lens data to InfinitySet allows for quicker setups and more reliable virtual content creation”.

A key highlight will be Suite 6.2, introduced at NAB 2025, the latest version of InfinitySet, Aston, and eStudio. This release will be demonstrated through a dynamic, data-driven weather show combining augmented reality (AR) and virtual production. Powered by InfinitySet and Unreal Engine 5, the demo will feature advanced capabilities including multi-scene management, talent tele-transportation, and hyper-realistic AR graphics with advanced rendering technologies including gaussian splatters, showcasing how InfinitySet blends real and virtual production in real time.

The demonstration will feature a hybrid workflow that integrates real sets and virtual environments using a Modularpix Pro LED volume from Alfalite, the European LED manufacturer. The setup employs Canon’s new generation EOS C500 Mark II cameras and CN-E Cinema Prime lenses mounted on XD Motion’s ARCAM / IO.BOT robotic motion control systems, an industry leader in aerial and multi-dimensional tracking. This collaboration presents a fully remotely controlled production environment, ideal for space or crew-constrained scenarios. Brainstorm has certified Canon’s new metadata transmission technology for virtual production, streamlining camera and lens calibration and enhancing visual consistency through Canon’s signature color science.

This demo also underscores the raw processing power and optimized software performance of InfinitySet. Thanks to Dual GPU support and the recently certified NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, a single workstation can handle complex virtual production tasks, spanning LED and chroma sets, multiple camera inputs, and real-time AR graphics. Key features like extra-render, 3D LUT-based real set extension, and immersive talent tele-transportation will be on full display, emphasizing performance, scalability, and ease of use.

Addressing the vital role of motion graphics in today’s broadcast landscape, Brainstorm will introduce new Aston features designed for data-driven AR graphics and collaborative, multi-channel workflows. A major addition is Instances, a centralized asset system that allows designers to reuse pre-compositions across templates and projects. These graphics can be embedded into immersive virtual environments, including Unreal Engine scenes, enabling seamless interaction with both talent and the virtual set.

For creating immersive presentations of any kind for corporate and education environments, Edison will demonstrate the latest developments in the Edison Ecosystem, including EdisonGO, a custom-built capture environment that provides video and tracking information from an iPad, and Edison OnCloud, a subscription-based web service that allows any user to create immersive presentations on the cloud.

“We’re thrilled to return to IBC and highlight the powerful capabilities our products bring to content creators,” said David Alexander, Commercial Director at Brainstorm. “As virtual production continues to expand across broadcast, film, and corporate sectors, Brainstorm’s decades-long expertise in real-time 3D graphics ensures our clients maintain their competitive edge.”

The updated Newsroom will be based around Neuron, Brainstorm’s MOS-compatible, template-based system that integrates graphics creation and management into most common newsroom, continuity and broadcast traffic operation environments. The project was delivered with the support of Whiteways Systems‘ Singapore team who designed a customized solution tailored to NTV’s editorial and operational needs. The integrator played a key role in connecting Brainstorm’s real-time graphics system with the Octopus Newsroom Computer System (NRCS), ensuring seamless MOS-driven communication between editorial and graphics teams.

“This marks a major step in our transition to modern, real-time production” says B. Undrakhjargalant, NTV’s Director of News. “The ability to control and update graphics directly from both the newsroom and MCR has made our operations faster, more efficient, and visually compelling.”

Along with the creation system, graphic designers will also utilize Aston player and Aston OnDemand for further playout flexibility and playlist management, on top of Neuron. Aston is a flexible solution, capable of both standalone and collaborative workflows, and its new Instances feature plays a crucial role in the creation of complex pieces by different designers, using a common project.

According to Stanlly Loke, Brainstorm’s VP of Sales for SE Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea “We are delighted to contribute to NTV’s transition to a newly designed Newsroom workflow. Our graphics creation solutions like Aston and Neuron for graphics management and traffic proved to be a perfect fit for NTV’s requirements”.

The successful deployment was made possible through close collaboration between NTV, Brainstorm, and Whiteways Systems, the system integrator responsible for designing and implementing the end-to-end workflow. This upgrade positions NTV among the region’s most technically advanced broadcasters, capable of delivering high-quality, graphics-rich content with speed and consistency.

Brainstorm will present its industry-leading virtual production solutions, headed by InfinitySet, demonstrating their powerful AR & XR capabilities with industry-unique features such as multiple scenes, talent tele-transport and AR graphics, including a transparent touchscreen, that allows for displaying in-context 3D graphics and provides additional control of the show by the presenters, which makes complex programs more interactive and friendly for the talents. InfinitySet is fully compatible with Unreal Engine 5 and can combine this render engine with eStudio, Brainstorm’s own render engine, renowned for its power, advanced graphics features, and flexibility.

Brainstorm will also introduce InfinitySet Lite in Asia, the new addition to the InfinitySet family, which has been developed to work seamlessly with PTZ cameras, providing all the tools required to create outstanding virtual content, but removing the complex set up and calibration of standard tracking installations, such as pedestals, cranes and other large system configuration items. InfinitySet Lite works out of the box in SDI or 2110 environments, and it is fully compatible with Unreal Engine, allowing users to leverage the power of Unreal’s real-time rendering alongside Brainstorm’s advanced features. It includes Brainstorm’s advanced Differencial Chroma Keyer but can also use other hardware keyers if the client prefers. Motion graphics are essential in any broadcast workflow, and Brainstorm will show how Aston, its state-of-the-art real-time 2D & 3D graphics solution, can provide designers with the most advanced tools for data-driven, in-context, AR graphics, which can be displayed in immersive virtual environments, including UE scenes, and seamlessly interact with the scene and the talents. Aston shows how multi-channel graphics and collaborative workflows can easily and transparently be part of any broadcast show, live event or esports.

Continuing its successful partnership with ABCS, Brainstorm will deliver an engaging live demonstration, showing advanced virtual production using LED volumes and chroma sets, motion graphics, data-driven AR and much more. This demonstration will show how virtual content creation provides unparalleled possibilities for broadcasters and content creators looking to push the boundaries of immersive storytelling and real-time graphics.

“BroadcastAsia is a fantastic platform for us to demonstrate our latest innovations and reaffirm our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions for the industry,” says David Alexander, Commercial Director at Brainstorm. “Our collaboration with ABCS further strengthens our ability to offer dynamic, high-quality, and efficient workflows for broadcasters and production teams worldwide.”

Visitors will experience firsthand how Brainstorm’s solutions are transforming the future of content creation, providing flexible, powerful, and visually stunning real-time graphics and virtual production capabilities.

Pivotal in this setup will be the public demonstrations of Suite 6.2, the latest version of the Brainstorm flagship products InfinitySet, Aston, and Edison. This showcase will feature a data-driven, real-time Virtual Production XR & AR show, powered by InfinitySet using Unreal Engine 5. With groundbreaking features like multiple scene management, talent tele-transportation, and hyper-realistic, in-context AR graphics, this demonstration will illustrate how InfinitySet seamlessly integrates cutting-edge virtual production techniques. The entire show will be controlled by the presenters with a simple clicker, proving that any production can be interactive and talent friendly, regardless of its complexity.

Utilizing a straight-forward setup with PTZ cameras, the presentation will highlight InfinitySet’s raw power and optimized software, allowing a single workstation to manage virtual production across LED and chroma sets, handle different inputs, and incorporate real-time AR graphics. Features such as extra-render, set extension with color-matching 3D LUTs, and immersive talent tele-transportation will showcase the power and efficiency of this technology.

Brainstorm will also demonstrate Aston’s capabilities in data-driven, in-context AR graphics, which will be used throughout the demo. These graphics can be embedded into immersive virtual environments—including Unreal Engine (UE) scenes—where they interact seamlessly with on-air talent and the scene itself. Aston also enables multi-channel graphics and collaborative workflows, streamlining content creation for broadcast professionals.

For corporate and education environments, Brainstorm will showcase the latest developments in the Edison Ecosystem, including EdisonGO, a custom-built capture environment that provides video and tracking information from an iPad, and introducing Edison OnCloud, a subscription-based web service that allows any user to create immersive presentations on the cloud.

“We’ve been very successful in the ME market since the pandemic, and we perceive our solutions fit perfectly this market because of their raw power and flexibility” says Francisco Gallego, EMEA Sales Manager. “Our growing presence at CABSAT highlights our commitment with the region, and we are also delighted to partner with Alfalite to provide attendees with a powerful presentation.”