Ventuz engine features & system requirements
Discover the powerful features of the Ventuz Engine, including real-time rendering, data integration, video I/O, particle systems, virtual & augmented reality support, and advanced animation workflows. Explore system requirements and supported formats for seamless creative production.
Engine features
Render engine
Fast, powerful, and reliable.
Materials and lighting
Physically based material system, HDR rendering, support for normal, diffuse, displacement, specular, and roughness maps, real-time shadows and reflections, support for Substance (SBSAR) materials.
Compositing
Industry-standard blending modes, 2D/3D compositing, real-time post-effects (blur, glare, edge detection, distortion), camera effects (depth of field, bloom, lens flares), color grading.
Multi-screen and multi-machine setups
Machine cluster support, synchronized video playback, soft edge blending and warping.
Particles and integration
Particle system
Modular system, supports picture, video, geometry, and audio inputs, mass data visualization in real-time.
Unreal engine integration
Synchronous world blending, bidirectional data integration, multi-instance support.
Data inputs and outputs
Video I/O
SDI input/output (SD, HD, 3G, 6G, 12G), Deltacast, AJA, Blackmagic-Design, NDI, HDMI, DP, encoded stream output.
Virtual and augmented reality
Supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, and various camera tracking systems (Mo-Sys, NCam, Stype, TrackMen).
Interaction
Native support for TUIO, Windows Touch, keyboard, mouse, tablet inputs, interactive web browser.
Audio
Multichannel audio, up to 8 outputs, SDI embedded audio, ASIO, FFT audio analysis.
Networking and control
Protocols
OSC, DMX, Art-Net/sACN, MIDI, LTC Timecode, Serial, Keyboard & Mouse, Camera Tracking, GPI inputs.
Remoting APIs
C#, HTTP.
Data integration
Excel, XML, JSON, Text files, Databases (MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, OleDB), RSS/RDF Feeds, DMX, OSC, Serial, MIDI.
Supported formats
Live video SDI
NTSC, PAL, 720p, 1080p, 1080i, 2160p, 4K DCI.
Video playback
AVI, ASF, MPG, WMV, MOV, MKV, MP4, OGG, WEBM, MXF (supports H264, NotchLC, DNxHD, etc.)
Audio
AAC, FLAC, MP3, WAV, AC3, M4A (supports MP3, FLAC, WMAV2, WMAPRO, etc.).
Images and graphics
JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, TGA, DDS, PSD (layered), SVG, HDR, SBSAR.
Geometry
glTF, 3DS Max, Collada, FBX, OBJ, STL
Tools and workflows
Designing tools
Customizable UI, modular node-based system, real-time WYSIWYG editor
Logic and scripting
.NET C#/VB scripting, HLSL shader support
Broadcast workflows
Template-based real-time graphics, newsroom integration (Octopus, iNews, OpenMedia).
Geometry workflows
Built-in geometries, Cinema4D Live-Link, support for SRT and mesh animations.
Animation workflows
Linear keyframe animation, state logic system, nested animations
UI workflows
Modular UI creation, support for 2D/3D rendering