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title: "Dark Slope is opening a virtual production stage at North Shore Studios in December"
description: "Toronto-based immersive technology company Dark Slope will open a virtual production stage at North Shore Studios in North Vancouver District in December 2026, adding to the film industry facilities on the North Shore."
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last_updated: "2026-11-14T17:43:47.548Z"
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Dark Slope, a Toronto-based company that builds immersive and virtual production technology, is opening a stage at North Shore Studios in the District of North Vancouver in December 2026, according to Auganix, a trade publication covering extended-reality technology.

## What is opening and where

The new facility is a virtual production stage at North Shore Studios, located on Heatley Street in the District of North Vancouver. Dark Slope describes its work as building tools for immersive storytelling. The December opening, as reported by Auganix, adds an LED-volume stage to the complex.

Virtual production stages use large LED screens to display computer-generated backgrounds during filming. A camera tracking system adjusts the screen image in real time to match the camera's position, so the footage captured on set includes the digital environment without needing it to be added in editing afterward. Productions use the technology to avoid location shoots and to control lighting conditions precisely.

North Shore Studios is a separate facility from Vancouver Film Studios, which is in the City of Vancouver. The studios on the North Shore form part of Metro Vancouver's film and television production infrastructure.

## What it means for the District

The film and television industry is one of the larger employers in Metro Vancouver. Production facilities in the District of North Vancouver, and the businesses that supply and service them, employ people in a wide range of technical and creative roles. A new stage adds capacity that can be rented by productions working in the area.

Virtual production technology has grown quickly as a production method in the years since the technique became commercially practical for film and television work. Studios in several cities have added LED-volume stages to attract projects that want the method's combination of controlled conditions and reduced location costs.

Residents who want to follow business developments in the District can check the District's planning and business pages at DNV.org and the promise tracker at [/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/tracker](/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/tracker), where commitments from the new Council on economic development and local business are recorded.

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