Scatter is the creator of Depthkit software for volumetric video capture. We are the Emmy award-winning team behind volumetric titles from Zero Days VR, to Blackout, CLOUDS and the Emmy-nominated The Changing Same.

Scatter’s work inspires other creators to pioneer visual effects, virtual and augmented reality alike. Scatter has led the boom of independent and artistic interactive 3D content over the past half-decade.

 

We believe creativity drives innovation and we leverage our pioneering productions to shape the software tools we build to achieve our vision. We then share our tools with other creators to empower a community through new forms of self-expression.

Scatter is democratizing technology for a diverse community of talented artists in the creative industries. Scatter’s first product Depthkit is the most widely used software solution that enables content creators to make volumetric video in immersive experiences, visual effects, and holographic displays.

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Our Team

 

Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder

James George

James George is CEO and Co-Founder of Scatter. Prior to founding Scatter, James was a new media artist and technical director. He has had exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Barbican in London, Tokyo Photographic Museum, and screenings at Sundance and Tribeca Film Festival. He was the first artist in residence at Microsoft Research in 2013, where he worked alongside other pioneers in volumetric capture.

 

Co-Founder

Yasmin Elayat

Yasmin Elayat is Scatter Co-Founder and CINO. She’s an Emmy-award winning immersive director and USA 2020 Fellow. Yasmin directed Scatter’s Zero Days VR (Sundance 2017) a documentary about cyber warfare and the Stuxnet virus, which won the Emmy for Original Approaches: Documentary. Yasmin’s work has won multiple awards and exhibited at various festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, SIGGRAPH, Festival de Cannes, and the World Economic Forum. 

 

Chief Technology Officer,
Founding Team

Tim Scaffidi

Tim Scaffidi is the Chief Technology Officer at Scatter, where he oversees all of Scatter’s engineering projects including their flagship volumetric filmmaking software, Depthkit.

Tim got his start coding at the of age ten by modifying video games, igniting a lifelong passion for programming and visual arts.
Outside of Scatter, Tim is a process based artist whose work blends custom hardware and software with sculptural elements and traditional media.

 

Lead Technical Producer

Cory Allen

Specializing in volumetric and immersive video production, Cory Allen has directed photography for Scatter’s 2017 Tribeca Film Festival selection Blackout, as well as The WaveVR’s Imogen Heap concert, Peabody Award-winning narrative "Queerskins: A Love Story", Cinehacker’s "Made This Way: Redefining Masculinity", and Salomon Lighthelm’s “aYia - Easy” film. He continues to explore the technology and applications that shape the future of this unique medium.