Unreal 5.8 MegaLights, Nuke Stage Vault, Scotland's New LED Volume + more (VP News 18 May)
Big week for virtual production. Unreal Engine 5.8 Preview is in your hands with MegaLights now production-ready, Foundry's Nuke Stage shipped the Vault for on-set metadata capture, Eurovision 2026 ran the first major live deployment of Disguise's new IP-VFC firmware, a serious new LED volume opened in Scotland with ROE Ruby 2.3 panels and Brompton SX40 processors, and the Visual Effects Society dropped the free On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide. We are doing all five. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:10 News 1: Nightsky Studios opens Scotland's biggest VP volume 02:07 News 2: Eurovision 2026 deploys Disguise IP-VFC firmware (ST 2110) 03:24 Product 1: Foundry Nuke Stage update and the metadata Vault 04:33 Product 2: Unreal Engine 5.8 Preview, MegaLights production-ready 05:30 VP Community & Course 05:58 Events 1: VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide 07:01 Outro Want more VP breakdowns before they hit YouTube? Join our free virtual production community here: https://www.skool.com/virtual-product... If you want the full step-by-step training, the VP Course is here: https://vp.coach/course Sources for this week's stories: Nightsky Studios / Brompton: https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/... Disguise + Creative Technology / Eurovision 2026: https://www.livedesignonline.com/news... Foundry Nuke Stage: https://digitalproduction.com/2026/05... Unreal Engine 5.8 Preview: https://digitalproduction.com/2026/05... VES On-Set VFX Data Guide: https://digitalproduction.com/2026/05... #virtualproduction #unrealengine #ledwall #icvfx #vfx #foundry #nukestage #vesglobal #vpbar #filmmaking
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