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Umbra makes it possible to display arbitrarily large 3D data sets with real-time performance on any piece of hardware. Umbra’s solutions are the backbone of a wide range of 3D applications that are used by millions of people every day. Umbra was founded in 2006 and it's headquarters are located on the very northern edge of Europe - Helsinki, Finland.

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Umbra made it easy for us to improve both the visuals and audio in Quantum Break, so continuing to work with their technology was a no-brainer. Umbra is simple to use and their team provide great support whenever needed.
Jani Savolainen, Outsourcing Manager at Remedy Entertainment
We want to stay at the cutting edge of visual fidelity in mobile gaming, so using Umbra is strategically very important to us. The development team has been very pleased with the results we’ve had and how easy it is to use an automatic optimization solution.
Hothead Games, Director of Development, Vlad Ceraldi
By using Umbra, frame-rate performance could be improved over two times than before in characteristic scenes. The tool is extremely easy to use with a simple API build that allows paralleling computation to be handled with ease as well.
Final Fantasy XV development team
Umbra’s technology plays an important role in the creation of our next universe by freeing our artists from the burden of manual markups typically associated with polygon soup.
Hao Chen, Senior Graphics Architect at Bungie
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Remedy Utilizes Umbra for Future Projects

Helsinki, Finland – September 21st –  Umbra announced today that it has signed a studio wide license agreement with independent Finnish game developer Remedy Entertainment to use Umbra’s Visibility Solution in their future projects. This is to support Remedy’s long-term strategy of developing multiple games at the same time and releasing them more often . Umbra was recently used in Quantum Break, a visually stunning Xbox One and PC exclusive game developed by Remedy and published by Microsoft Studios earlier this year, to optimize real

Kill Shot Bravo upgrades the graphics performance with Umbra

Helsinki, Finland – July 19th – Umbra announced today that Hothead Games has licensed the Umbra 3 Visibility Solution to improve graphics performance in Kill Shot Bravo. The game was initially launched in November 2015 for iOS and Android – Umbra is introduced in the 1.9 version which is scheduled for release at 27th of July. Kill Shot Bravo is an intense first person shooter for mobile phones and tablets. Trained as a Special Forces soldier you will navigate secret missions across the globe, eliminating hostile forces and terrorist organizations that stand in the way of a peaceful world.

Umbra 3.4 released today

Helsinki, Finland – April 15th – Umbra released an major update today for their visibility solution product Umbra 3.  It is the biggest update since the initial launch of the original product, as it features completely rewritten computation pipeline, improved culling at a distance and backwards compatibility with Umbra 3.3. The Umbra 3 Visibility Solution improves development workflow by enabling both rapid content iteration as well as the creation of more detailed graphics. The software automatically generates occlusion data from “polygon soup”, enabling artists to use their valuable

Umbra improves frame-rate performance in FINAL FANTASY XV

Helsinki, Finland – March 25th – Umbra announced today that Square Enix has licensed Umbra’s technology to boost graphics performance in FINAL FANTASY XV. The game will be published in 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. FINAL FANTASY XV is the first game in history to take full advantage of Square Enix’s new game engine, which also has Umbra’s visibility optimization technology integrated into it. The engine has been specifically designed to allow the game to have high density, polygon rendering performance. Umbra’s technology is ensuring that only the visible objects in every frame

Umbra partners with Eidos Montreal for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Helsinki, Finland – March 2nd  – Umbra announced today that Eidos®-Montréal has licensed the Umbra Visibility Solution for use in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™, published by the Square-Enix® Group. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming August 23rd, 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided directly follows the aftermath of the Aug Incident, a day when mechanically augmented citizens all over the world were stripped of control over their minds and bodies, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents. The year is now 2029, and the golden era of augmentations is over.

Umbra powers up the massive open world of Fallout 4

Helsinki, Finland – December 1st, 2015 – Umbra announced today that Fallout® 4, the award-winning game from legendary developers Bethesda Game Studios, uses the Umbra 3 Visibility Solution. Released worldwide on November 10th, the game is generating record sales at retail outlets and via digital download for Xbox One, PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system and PC. The Umbra 3 Visibility Solution improves development workflow by enabling both rapid content iteration as well as the creation of more detailed graphics content. The software automatically generates occlusion data from “

Followed by Success in Games Industry, Umbra Evolves the Future of 3D Technology after Securing Millions in New Equity

Helsinki, Finland, October 29th 2015 – Software company Umbra, a pioneering graphics technology supplier in game industry, announced today that it has closed a $3.4M Series A round of financing. The investors include Inventure, Lifeline Ventures and Initial Capital as well as prominent angel investors. Umbra will use the raised capital to further develop technology for streaming and rendering any 3D content on any target device in real time. The company aims to create a new technical standard that provides a solution for displaying the ever increasing 3D content in various industries.

Bungie and Activision collaborate with Umbra on Destiny’s technology development

Helsinki, Finland – September 9th, 2014 – Destiny, the upcoming and award-winning game created by the critically-acclaimed developer Bungie and published by Activision Publishing, Inc. is powered in part by the Umbra Visibility Solution developed by Umbra Software in Finland. Umbra’s visibility technology has been in development since 2007, and now several of the most respected game studios and successful video games use the Umbra 3 Visibility Solution. Umbra Software has collaborated with Bungie since 2011. Many of the features of Umbra 3 have been specifically developed to meet the

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