Pod 8 Studios
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About Pod 8 Studios
Pod 8 Studios is an independent game art outsourcing and photogrammetry production company based in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 2014, the studio creates 3D assets for video games, real-time applications, visual effects, augmented reality and virtual reality. Its work also extends to digital sculpting and concept design for physical statues and collectibles.
The studio focuses on realistic props, environment assets and character sculpting. Its asset production services cover high-poly modeling, retopology, mesh optimization, UV unwrapping, texture baking and physically based rendering workflows. These capabilities support the development of detailed digital objects and their preparation for use in production and real-time engines.
From scans to production assets
Photogrammetry forms a substantial part of the studio's offering. Pod 8 Studios captures real-world environmental material in India and processes photographic data into digital assets. Its scanning services include field capture, photographic processing, scan cleanup and mesh simplification, connecting source photography with the requirements of downstream art production.
Alongside scanning, the company provides conventional modeling and sculpting services. This combination allows its work to span captured real-world objects, digitally designed props and high-detail collectible sculpture. Its markets include AAA PC and console games, mobile games, film and television, and immersive applications.
Collectibles and production partnerships
Pod 8 Studios has collaborated on licensed merchandise for Prime 1 Studio, including sculpting and concept design for a Batman: Knightfall collectible statue and an Evil Dead statue commission. The report also identifies asset and digital production engagements with CBS Digital, CBS VFX, TAU Films, WEVR and Matterfield.
The company's founding background is rooted in computer graphics production. Its leadership core brought prior experience from international visual effects, animation and game companies, contributing a combination of entertainment production experience and asset development skills to the studio's outsourcing work.
More about Pod 8 Studios
Leadership and background
- The report identifies Venkata Manoj Vangala as a director, appointed August 20, 2014, and Shikhar Sharma as an additional director, appointed July 15, 2017. Both are named among the founding computer graphics specialists.
- The leadership core's prior employers include Rhythm & Hues Studios, DreamWorks Animation India and Rockstar Games India.
Production pipeline
- The reported software pipeline includes Autodesk Maya, Pixologic ZBrush, Adobe Substance 3D Painter/Designer and RealityCapture.
- Photogrammetry deliverables can include levels of detail, collision geometry and PBR textures alongside cleaned and optimized meshes.
Operating model
- The studio operates on site, bringing lead artists, modelers, texture artists and photogrammetry processing specialists together in its production facility. Its careers material listed Lead Artist and 3D Artist positions as of the November 2026 research.
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Where Pod 8 Studios is based
- PSR Prime Towers, Unit 504C, 5th Floor, Building No. 1, Next to DLF Cyber City, DLF Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana 500032, IndiaHyderabad, Telangana, India
Hyderabad office
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and on-site production facility for 3D modeling, texturing and photogrammetry processing.
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