Join The VFA

We invite you to join our non-profit industry trade association and be among companies working together to develop interoperability best practices for a new medium that will revolutionize how we create, produce, experience, and engage with content. Our members range from technology giants and media production leaders to tech startups, award-winning creators, companies in the sports industry, and more!

Three Membership Levels

Enterprise Members

Enterprise Members represent the leading companies in our industry. These are the organizations at the forefront of technological innovation, developing the cutting-edge tools, services, and products that drive our field forward. As an Enterprise Member, your company will have a significant influence on the direction of the industry, playing a key role in shaping the standards and practices that define the future of our work.

Production Members

Production Members include studios and system integrators that are actively building and innovating in the field. These companies are responsible for creating the stages, sets, and production environments where the next generation of content is made.

Community Members

Community Members are companies engaged in various aspects of the creative industry. Whether your company is involved in producing documentaries, training videos, social media content, or high-budget productions with visual effects and virtual production, this level connects you with a network of like-minded organizations.

Membership Benefits

We are accepting applications for the "Enterprise," "Production," and "Community" membership levels for companies that want to join VFA.

Additionally, you can view the VFA Bylaws and IPR Policy at these links.

The cost for the "Enterprise" membership level is $6,000 per year, prorated based on the month you join. This membership level is targeted at companies that would like to actively contribute to VFA's technical specifications. Benefits include:

Ability to join and contribute to VFA working groups
Ability to vote within working groups
Access to final specifications
Attendance at special session meetings
Attendance at quarterly meetings
Potential invitation to join the board of directors

The cost for the "Production" membership level is $1,200 per year, prorated based on the month you join. This membership level is targeted at companies building production studios, working with virtual sets, visual effects, and motion capture. Benefits of being on the Production Committee include:

Providing requirements and use cases to the working groups that are building specifications
Developing best practices for capture, processing, and playback
Early access to review specifications and white papers produced by the working groups
Attendance at special session meetings as well as all member events

The "Community" membership level is free. This tier was created to bring together volumetric technology companies with creators and studios that want to use volumetric video in their workflows.

This free tier is available to professionals in media & entertainment, education/training, game development, and medical/first responders. Benefits include:

Attendance at general meetings
Networking opportunities
Promoting your work in the volumetric space