A virtual production stage features large LED screens with a nighttime forest scene. Performers and filmmakers are at work in front of it.

The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University has selected Sony Electronics Inc. and its state-of-the-art equipment and technology for the emerging Virtual Production Institute.

A still image from a short film features a woman wearing gloves and looking up in an outdoor setting. Behind her is the image of trees and sky from a large virtual production screen.

Visualization students recently premiered short films about triumph, discovery and enchantment using virtual production techniques at the Black Box Theater in the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities Building.

College students and faculty sit and stand on a large virtual production stage, listening to an industry professional speak. On the curved LED wall in front of them, a nighttime forest scene is displayed.

Visualization students took a deep dive into virtual production during the annual Summer Industry Course.

College students are seated around a long rectangular arrangement of tables next to a wall of windows. The students are listening to a lecturer speaking at the end of the table. Behind the lecturer is a screen showing another person joining the conversation via Zoom.

August 19 marks not just the first day of the fall semester for the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts, but also the college’s first day of classes in Fort Worth.

A person stands in front of a screen on a virtual production stage. The screen is displaying a winter mountain scene. Above the screen are two logos: Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts and Synapse Virtual Production.

The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University will partner with Synapse Virtual Production to build four virtual production stages as part of its emerging Virtual Production Institute.

Two actors are on a virtual production stage shooting a movie. The camera view is visible on a screen to the left. The images behind them make it appear they are in a nighttime wilderness scene. Crew members are shown working in the background.

These join the existing minors — Choreography, Dance Performance, Devised Theatre, Film and Media Studies, Game Design and Development, Graphic Design, Music Technology, Performance Studies and Studio Art — in providing a wide array of options for students.

A virtual production stage is shown, with images of outer space. A starship and an actor are in front of the screen. In the foreground are people working on filming the scene.

The institute will be based on the Bryan-College Station campus with an extension at the new Texas A&M-Fort Worth campus.