S.I.C. Film School adopts BOXX workstations for studio-based volumetric capture

The integration of high-performance workstations into film education signal a shift where virtual production (VP) is moving from a niche VFX specialty to a foundational skill. By placing enterprise-grade hardware like the APEXX S3 in a student's hands within a major studio complex, the barrier between technical training and professional-grade output is thinning. For the broader ecosystem, this accelerates the talent pipeline for the growing $3.3 billion virtual production market. As streaming platforms increasingly demand high-fidelity, interactive, and spatial content, the ability to produce volumetric assets at scale will determine which studios can efficiently feed the Metaverse and AR-enabled distribution channels. Watch for whether rival film programs adopt similar onsite-studio partnerships to secure hardware-heavy VP curricula.

BOXX Technologies has positioned its APEXX S3 workstation as the reference hardware for Depthkit Studio, the volumetric capture application developed by Scatter. BOXX's official Depthkit Studio solution page specifies that the APEXX S3 supports up to 10 Azure Kinect depth sensors simultaneously, recording at 30 frames per second with no dropped frames and no cloud processing required. This configuration mirrors the setup S.I.C. Film School uses in its volumetric capture studio, where ten cameras feed into a single APEXX S3 running Blender and Unity for mesh cleanup and environment building.

S.I.C. Film School operates within the Hollywood on the Hudson complex in Yonkers, New York, a facility that houses 18 sound stages shared by Great Point Studios, Lionsgate Studios, and MediaPro. The school was founded by filmmaker HEZUES R and offers programs for youth ages 14 to 19 as well as adult certification tracks. BOXX's customer story notes that S.I.C. is the first film school located inside a major studio development, giving students direct access to active production sets alongside their volumetric capture training. The school's CTO Ted Brooks, a 30-year IT professional who builds virtual environments, indicated that S.I.C. plans to expand its BOXX fleet as demand grows for simultaneous livestream, volumetric scanning, and Unity rendering workflows.

Depthkit Studio exports volumetric video in a Combined Per Pixel format that integrates directly with Unity's Shader Graph and VFX Graph without requiring code, and supports local livestreaming and broadcasting output. BOXX's media and entertainment solutions page confirms the APEXX S3 is fully optimized for Depthkit Studio, making it the recommended workstation when Depthkit advises production facilities on hardware selection. This recommendation pathway is how S.I.C. originally came to BOXX, and Brooks has stated the school will continue sourcing from BOXX for future VR and 3D modeling workstations as its curriculum expands.