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BUILT FOR SPHERE ®. READY FOR YOURS.
When you are producing content for Sphere® – the 160-metre, 16x16K LED venue in Las Vegas and one of the most technically demanding screen environments on the planet – there is no margin for a pipeline that cannot keep up.
Auckland’s Cause and FX know this firsthand. The studio has worked at that scale, delivering content for an environment where a standard cinema screen would barely register as a panel. And what that experience revealed was not just a technical capability – it changed the way the studio approaches film and television work.
“When people understand what we do at that scale, they get it fast. Sphere® makes the movies look easy. The infrastructure is already there.”
AMBROSE CHALLIES , VFX Producer, Cause and FX
That infrastructure is the real story. Cause and FX have developed a proprietary pipeline, built on a USD (Universal Scene Description) backbone, allowing assets, environments, and data to move seamlessly between tools like Unreal Engine and Houdini.
It’s a pipeline designed for scale - enabling faster iteration, reducing breakdowns between departments, and giving productions a stable foundation to move quickly with confidence.
The implication runs in both directions. A studio equipped to handle 16x16K content for the world’s largest immersive screen has the headroom to approach film and television with a different kind of calm. Complex doesn’t mean slow. Ambitious doesn’t mean unpredictable.
This is the version of Cause and FX that their closest production partners already know. The studio has served as primary vendor on Twisted Metal for Sony Pictures Television, contributed to Apple TV’s Chief of War, and worked across Amazon, Disney, and Paramount productions. The consistent thread is early creative involvement – coming in before the problems compound, helping shape solutions that serve the final frame rather than patch over it.
For international productions exploring New Zealand as a PDV destination, the picture is straightforward: a studio with tier-one credentials, technical expertise, and a team that has already operated at the edge of what modern screen technology demands.
If they can build for Sphere®, your production is well within reach.
Cause and FX is Auckland’s largest independent VFX studio. causeandfx.nz
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CONTACT CAUSE AND FX
Studio 3/13 Barrys Point Road, Takapuna, Auckland
+64 9 555 0660
Greg Flannagan - Co Founder l Operator
