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Our Story: From Marvel to Market Leadership
Spheris Array Systems was born out of necessity by a team of seasoned industry professionals who united to solve a critical challenge: capturing complex aerial VFX sequences for Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
In just under a month, we conceived, designed, and engineered the Spheris AIR, a fully stabilized 360° aerial array system. Now in its third generation, the Spheris AIR has become the industry's premier solution for aerial environmental capture.
Leveraging our patent-pending Pinwheel camera layout and nodal stabilization system, we extended our innovations to the Spheris XL. This system stands as the world's lightest and most powerful turn-key array solution, delivering ultra-stabilized, full environmental capture for both ground and aerial applications.
After years of rigorous real-world testing and refinement, we are proud to offer this groundbreaking technology to the broader market, empowering filmmakers and content creators with unparalleled immersive capture capabilities.
The Spheris Array Systems represent a paradigm shift in capturing immersive environments for feature films, television shows, and commercials, particularly within the burgeoning landscape of virtual production and ICVFX workflows. These systems, meticulously engineered for unparalleled stitch accuracy and minimized parallax, offer a seamless bridge between live-action capture and digital manipulation. On LED volume stages, the captured 360° x 145° environmental data provides ultra-realistic backdrops, enabling directors to achieve dynamic in-camera VFX with real-time feedback. Actors can interact with the environment naturally, and directors can make on-the-fly adjustments, drastically reducing post-production time and costs. By capturing the entire environment, not just a partial view, the Spheris systems eliminate the need for reshoots due to missed angles or unforeseen creative changes.
In traditional VFX workflows, the Spheris arrays offer a wealth of high-resolution data that simplifies complex compositing and environment creation. The precise alignment of sensor circles and lens entrance pupils minimizes stitch errors, allowing VFX artists to focus on creative refinement rather than tedious clean-up. Driving plates, aerial sequences, and complex stunt shots, captured with the Spheris XL and Spheris AIR, provide a level of realism that is difficult to achieve with conventional capture methods. The ability to capture 270° FOV motorcycle sequences or helicopter long-line shots with exceptional stability and detail ensures that VFX artists have the necessary data to seamlessly integrate live-action elements with digital environments.
For commercials and television productions, the Spheris arrays offer the flexibility and efficiency required for fast-paced shooting schedules. The ability to capture comprehensive environmental data in a single take reduces the need for multiple setups and reshoots, saving valuable time and resources. Whether it's capturing dynamic driving sequences for automotive commercials or creating immersive environments for episodic television, the Spheris systems provide the quality and flexibility needed to meet the demands of modern production. The turn-key nature of the systems, combined with expert stitching services and custom array design capabilities, ensures that filmmakers and content creators have access to a complete and streamlined solution for their immersive capture needs.