Mickey 17
Volucap Hydralite and Ultra Portable: complementary facial-reference and volumetric capture programmes used on Mickey 17.
Open project record ↗- Release
- 2025
- Operator
- Volucap
- Scope
- Facial + volumetric capture
Performance-specific reference
Volucap identifies its portable Hydralite array, nicknamed the Crazy Rig, as a source of facial reference for Robert Pattinson’s digital doubles. The case describes shot-specific acquisition for face replacement and compositing.
Hydralite and Ultra Portable, working together
Volucap confirms that Hydralite was used together with the portable volumetric programme on Mickey 17. The systems served complementary capture needs. This production credit uses the current Ultra Portable name for the programme; the later catalogue generation does not establish an unchanged film-era camera inventory.
Keep hardware revisions distinct
The film case describes 63 MP, 16-bit RAW cameras. The current Hydralite product describes different 65 MP and 12-bit-log VRAW specifications. Those statements refer to different published contexts and must not be merged into a single native mode.
Explore the systems.
Volucap / Hydralite–DCAP–Crazy Rig facial capture programmeHydralite facial-reference programme↗Volucap Ultra PortableUltra Portable programme · film-era hardware revision unspecified↗Volucap Hydralite / Crazy RigHydralite programme · current body revision not backdated↗Sources & evidence limits 4 references
Capture year unknown. The owner's mobile-stage lineage statement does not prove the exact configuration represented by the later portable full-body catalog row.
Hydralite product page’s 2025 release milestone does not establishMickey 17 capture date. Published 63 MP/16-bitRAW case-study wording differs from current 65 MP/12-bit-logVRAW product description; do not merge modes across revisions.
Capture, development, publication and film release are distinct dates. A rig variant is not additional simultaneous capacity. Reviewed 2026-10-28.
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