Scatter

Scatter is a Brooklyn-based creative technology studio working at the intersection of cinematic storytelling and computer science. Its practice centers on volumetric filmmaking, capturing live-action people and performances as three-dimensional material for virtual reality, augmented reality and interactive experiences. The studio brings together documentary production, creative direction and software development to explore storytelling in spatial media.

Its creative work uses immersive environments to address subjects ranging from cyberwarfare to racial injustice. Zero Days VR explores cyberwarfare through an interactive virtual reality experience, while Blackout places viewers inside a New York City subway car. The Changing Same, co-produced with RADA Studio, uses a magical-realist journey through time to examine racial injustice in America. These productions combine captured human performances with environments that viewers can experience spatially.

Creative production and technology

Scatter developed Depthkit, a software platform for capturing and processing volumetric video. Its development connected the studio’s filmmaking practice with tools intended for other creators, visual effects teams and interactive media producers. Supported workflows ranged from single-sensor configurations to multi-camera capture stages, with integrations for Unity and Unreal Engine.

The studio’s capabilities encompass volumetric capture, reconstruction and compression; immersive narrative development; creative technology direction; and interactive exhibition production. Its research and consulting work has also included computer vision, sensor configurations and custom tool integration. This combination supported a business spanning original creative productions and commercial software development, serving entertainment, independent documentary, cultural exhibitions and spatial computing.

Scatter grew from an earlier studio and open-source depth-camera research before launching its public brand in 2016. In June 2024, Evercoast acquired Depthkit and its intellectual property, bringing the software business and engineering team into its volumetric video operations. Scatter continues to maintain its production archive and independent creative advisory work. The transaction therefore marks a change in the operation of its software platform while preserving a distinct continuing creative practice.