Dimension Studio
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 4
About Dimension Studio
Dimension Studio is a British virtual production and real-time content studio working across feature films, episodic television, advertising, fashion and live entertainment. Its capabilities combine in-camera visual effects, volumetric performance capture, digital humans and real-time 3D environments, supporting productions from early visualization through filming and digital asset finishing.
The studio develops workflows that connect virtual art departments, camera tracking, LED volumes and performance capture. Its visualization services include concept development, previs, virtual camera scouting, technical visualization and postvis. Digital human production encompasses photorealistic avatars, digital doubles and crowds, while its extended reality work brings captured performances into interactive experiences, broadcasts and live events. Mobile capture services allow production teams to record performances on location as well as in permanent facilities.
From immersive content to virtual production
The business began in 2014 as Hammerhead VR, producing virtual reality films, games and branded experiences. In October 2017, it partnered with Digital Catapult and Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios to launch Dimension, a commercial volumetric capture facility in London. Hammerhead's virtual reality and capture operations unified under the Dimension brand in March 2020, reflecting the growing connection between game engines, performance capture and visual effects.
In April 2024, Dimension and DNEG launched DNEG 360, a virtual production and real-time division operated by Dimension Studio. Its production offering spans script breakdown, visualization, on-set LED volume capture and digital asset finishing. The company combines a British production and development base with international stage operations and mobile capture deployments.
Screen and live production
The supplied portfolio includes work on Masters of the Air, Those About to Die, Pinocchio, Bullet Train and Venom: The Last Dance. Beyond film and television, Dimension has created volumetric performances for Coldplay and BTS's My Universe, mixed reality avatars for Madonna's 2019 Billboard Music Awards performance, and captured fashion models for Balenciaga's Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow.
Journey acquired Dimension Studio in December 2025. The studio continues operating within the wider group, contributing virtual production and real-time production capabilities.
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Leadership
- The report identifies Simon Windsor and Steve Jelley as co-founders and co-CEOs, and Steve Griffith as Managing Director of Dimension Studio and DNEG 360.
Capture technology and collaboration
- The original volumetric facility used 106 RGB and infrared cameras to capture photorealistic human performances. At its 2017 launch, it was Europe's first commercial volumetric video and 3D capture studio and the third licensed Microsoft capture stage worldwide.
- In 2019, the company began collaborating with Nikon to design and manufacture Polymotion Stage, bringing volumetric capture to film sets in specialized trucks.
- Its permanent virtual production stage development included collaboration with ARRI, Creative Technology and Unreal Engine.
Early milestone and growth funding
- ABE VR was the first virtual reality film certified by the British Board of Film Classification.
- Creative UK and Triodos Bank provided growth capital during the company's virtual production expansion. Growth Catalyst Partners subsequently invested in June 2024.
Notable credits
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Current and former locations of Dimension Studio
- Unit 35, Wimbledon Business Centre, Riverside Road, London SW17 0BA, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
Wimbledon HQ & Studio
HeadquartersCorporate headquarters, registered office, technical research and development, and production facility.
- Cinecittà Studios, Stage 18, Via Tuscolana 1055, 00173 Rome, ItalyRoma, Lazio, Italy
Cinecittà Studios Stage 18
Virtual production stage operated through DNEG 360, featuring a 24-by-8-metre LED volume and a 25-metre rotating platform.
- West London Film Studios, Springfield Road, Hayes, Greater London UB4 0FE, United KingdomHayes, England, United Kingdom
West London Film Studios Stage
Directly operated LED volume stages, motion capture suites and vehicle process stages used by the Dimension-operated DNEG 360 division.
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle upon Tyne office
About this office
Current North East production and real-time development studio. The report establishes a Newcastle/Gateshead presence but describes the specific PROTO address historically.
- Gateshead, England, United Kingdom
Gateshead offices
Former officeAbout this office
**Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 2.05 PROTO, Abbott's Hill, Gateshead NE8 3DF Historical North East premises and registered office; current occupation of these specific premises is not established. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Studio 07, Baltimore House, Baltic Business Centre, Gateshead NE8 3DF Historical registered office before relocation to Wimbledon.
- V1.04 Victoria Building, Victoria Road, Middlesbrough TS1 3BAMiddlesbrough, England, United Kingdom
Middlesbrough office
Former officeHistorical registered office before relocation to Wimbledon.
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