PHAZE
Work

Selected work
and archive

One collection, tagged by the substance of the work. Art covers direction, image and design; Tech covers the systems and pipelines that made it. A trailer for a VR experience is film work, so it sits under Art, not as evidence that PHAZE built the VR product.

Case studies 10 projects

Live action, CG dinosaurs and Unreal Engine 5 in one trailer for Sandbox VR.View project

Age of Dinosaurs

Game trailer · 2026Director / Cinematography / Lighting
A close-up study of a digital character, cut to music, for the Real-Time Shorts Challenge.View project

Grace

CG teaser · 2020Cinematography / Lighting
A multiplayer Unreal Engine world with wallet and NFT integration. Creative direction at Spectre Studios.View project

Human Park

Interactive world · 2022Creative Director, Spectre Studios
Shot in camera on an LED volume with Unreal Engine environments for Zero Latency's VR experience.View project

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine VR

VR campaign · 2025–2026Director / Cinematography / Lighting
A physics comedy in Unreal Engine 5. Game direction and design by Rick Pearce; built and delivered by Fenix Studios.View project

Office Fight

Game · 2023 onwardGame Director / Game Designer / Originating concept
A real-time animated short. Winner of the Yoram Gross Award, Flickerfest 2021.View project

Roborovski

Animated film · 2019Art Director / Technical Director
Character-led promotional films for COOKED, produced through PHAZE’s hybrid workflow.View project

COOKED

Hybrid production · 2026Hybrid production, PHAZE
Outcomes from XAVUM’s prediction model, visualised by PHAZE for Proba-ball’s commercial version.View project

XAVUM / Proba-ball

Simulated visualisation · 2026Simulated visualisation, PHAZE
Six years of real-time production R&D: previs, stunt visualisation, capture, digital doubles and LED-volume work.View project

Spectre: Real-Time VP

Virtual production · 2016–2022Co-founder / Technical Director
An original adult animated science-fiction series, made in Unreal Engine 5 with every frame rendered in real time. In development.View project

Ares Machina X1: ECHO

Original series · In developmentCreator / Writer / Director / Producer

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Supporting collection Work by teams Rick founded or led

Unreal digital doubles and stunt previs with PROXI Studios.View project

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Feature filmCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Unreal environment work supporting the film's VFX.View project

Elvis

Feature filmCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Virtual-production environments developed with MELS Studios.View project

Beau Is Afraid

Feature filmCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Virtual art department environments and on-set Unreal operations for an LED volume.View project

La Brea, seasons 1 and 2

TelevisionCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Digital location reconstruction for action planning and stunt previs.View project

Triple Frontier

Feature filmCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
An LED-volume promotional shoot across multiple virtual settings.View project

ZED RUN, promotional film

LED-volume promoCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
A real-time CG cinematic in Unreal Engine, directed by Rick.View project

ZED RUN, cinematic

Real-time CG cinematicDirectorFilm not yet supplied.
Two broadcasts using virtual-production methods.View project

Ford, SEMA broadcasts

BroadcastCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre StudiosBroadcast footage not yet supplied.
Tracked-camera commercial combining physical subjects and virtual environments.View project

Lexus, “Effortless in Every Way”

CommercialCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Optimised environments for a virtual-production launch campaign.View project

Volkswagen, ID. Buzz launch

CommercialCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Virtual environments and on-set direction for performance content.View project

Masked Wolf, “Astronaut in the Ocean”

PerformanceCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Unreal environments and rendering tools for animated television.View project

Tales of Aluna

Animated televisionCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Virtual environments and live compositing for children's television.View project

Lah-Lah's Stripy Sock Club

Children's televisionCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Emergency simulations developed with Tacmed for responder training.View project

EmergiSim, First Responder VR

SimulationCo-founder / CTO, EmergiSim

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Legacy Historical work, kept for the record

Immersive cultural training with digital characters and environments.View project

Project Tyrion / CrisisCast

Immersive trainingFounder / CEO / CCO, Fenix Studios
Interactive VR adaptation of the film world.View project

Nekrotronic VR

VR experienceCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
Film-world expansion using interactive characters and environments.View project

Wyrmwood VR

VR experienceCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios
A captured Arnhem Land cave translated into a virtual experience.View project

Living Cave VR

VR experienceCo-founder / Technical Director, Spectre Studios

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Virtual Production / LED collection →The Lab →