Two characters standing in a 3D bank lobby set, with move handles on one of them

AI hybrid
filmmaking.

The production platform for AI world building you can blend with the real one.

Early access opens to studios, agencies and filmmakers in waves.

One set. Every way to shoot.

Your script becomes one 3D set. Then you decide, shot by shot, how much is real and how much is generated. Slide it.

A bank lobby set playing on an LED volume in a dark studio Wipe between the green screen plate and the finished composite in the bank set The 3D cast on the grey-box set, one selected with move handles, the camera frustum framing them Photoreal frame of two characters in the bank lobby Close-up of a character, generated from a prompt LED VOLUME

LED virtual production

Shot for real

    Generated

      AI film sets.

      Every set, character, prop and light is a real 3D object. Direct it in plain language and only what you changed changes. Try it.

      No Second Take · Sc 1 · Meridian Bank TakeSetBlocking
      Marta in a charcoal suit facing Ray in the bank lobby The same frame with Marta now in a red coat; everything else identical The bank lobby as an explicit 3D set with the camera frustum visible Marta selected with move handles on her mark, Ray beside her, the camera frustum overhead
      Compiled for this shot, automatically

      Wide, 35mm, eye level. Marta stands three feet short of Ray at the teller counter, charcoal suit jacket over a pale blue shirt. Ray in the black quilted leather jacket. Meridian Bank lobby, marble floor, brass doors, cool overhead fluorescents…

      20 refs · 3,000 words · written for the selected video model
      Marta reference Ray reference Set reference
      Direct the sceneTake 01

      Set up your shot.
      Shoot your film.

      Pick the method per shot. The set, the cast and every decision you've approved come with you.

      Bank lobby as a 3D set with camera

      Full world

      An explicit 3D set with cast, props, real lights and a real camera. Lens, framing and depth of field behave like they do on a floor.

      Cast on a grey-box stage

      Green screen & grey box

      Shoot your actors against green or grey box, or stage a 3D cast. æther blends them into the world it built, contact and shadows included.

      Character close-up from a prompt

      Pure prompt

      Start from a character and an idea. The design system still carries who they are and what they wear into every shot.

      A picture goes in.
      A set comes out.

      Upload one photo of a real room. æther breaks it into named, movable 3D objects with masks and a clean plate, ready to light and shoot.

      vine-canopycanopy-bedcolumn-leftcolosseum-printbust-01bistro-tablechair-02tub-surround+38 more
      Photo of a themed suite with a vine canopy, columns, a canopy bed and a marble floor The same suite rebuilt as a photoreal, directable 3D set
      PhotoDirectable 3D set

      Design it once.
      It's in every shot.

      Define characters, locations, props and wardrobe. Approve them once and æther places them in every scene and shot they belong in, with the right references and a prompt written for each.

      sample production · the orchard

      Script to screen.
      One application.

      Every decision made upstream governs everything downstream. Change your mind anywhere and æther works out what it touches.

      Story workspace: the uploaded script with scenes listed and tracked

      See the whole film before you shoot it.

      Board it against the script, cut the animatic, record the dialogue. Find the problems before you spend a cent on final generation.

      Locked shots go straight to the Stage, references and all.

      A photoreal bank lobby set playing on an LED volume, with the stage ceiling and truss above

      Your world on the wall.
      At a fraction of the cost.

      A custom world for an LED stage usually takes weeks and tens of thousands per set. æther builds a photoreal, stage-ready set from one picture and exports it to Unreal, so booking the volume starts to make sense.

      <1 hrto a photoreal, stage-ready set, from one image
      −90%environment cost per set, against a custom build
      ~40%lower total cost than shooting on location
      Unrealexport, ready to play on the wall

      Cost figures from the æther cost model for an indie feature with six environments.

      Every frame comes back checked.

      Each return is measured against the staged frame it came from. Drift gets named and sent back. Only frames that pass reach your cut.

      Returned frame of Marta and Ray in the bank lobby, with check overlays
      Camera matches the plan Marta · on her mark Ray · on his mark Marta · approved Ray · approved

      AI virtual production.
      For everyone.

      Directable sets and shot-to-shot consistency, at a cost that lets more productions make the film they imagined.

      AI-native studiosAlready spending on generation. Keep more of what you make.
      Brand & agencyCampaign worlds built once, reused in every cut and market.
      Independent filmLocations and coverage that used to need a bigger budget.
      Hollywood previsSets you can hand straight to the LED stage.
      Animation & animeSets and cast that stay on model from scene one.
      Micro-dramaVolume, at a quality that holds episode to episode.

      Own the frame.

      We're opening æther to a small group of productions first. Tell us what you're making and we'll be in touch.

      • Early access to AI film sets and the Stage
      • Onboarding with the founding team on your first production
      • Founding-member terms when plans launch
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