Aximmetry showed an upcoming MCP server at NAB that lets any AI agent operate its virtual production software through natural language. The company is targeting a summer release alongside the next version of Aximmetry, and the install is a single configuration file that drops into any MCP-compatible agent client.
Once installed, the agent understands the Aximmetry control board. Operators can ask it to build a basic virtual production scene, move talent inside the scene, draw a virtual path, or change other control board settings without opening the panel. The agent also goes beyond the manual UI, generating components like a transition effect between two clips on request. The result is a standard Aximmetry project file, so any change the agent makes can be opened and refined the way an operator would edit it by hand.
How the MCP Server Works
The Model Context Protocol is the standard Anthropic introduced for letting AI agents call external software through a documented tool interface. Aximmetry's implementation ships as a server file that any MCP-compatible agent client can register. After that, the agent treats Aximmetry as a tool it knows how to drive.
The scope of what the agent can do mirrors the application itself. Anything an operator can adjust on the Aximmetry control board is exposed as an instruction the agent can issue. That includes:
Scene creation. Building a basic virtual production from a prompt.
Talent positioning. Moving subjects inside the scene.
Virtual paths. Drawing motion paths through the volume.
Component creation. Building elements like a transition effect between two source clips.
Because Aximmetry projects remain standard project files after the agent finishes, a producer can hand a chat-built scene to a virtual production operator for refinement, or use the agent's output as a starting point and finish manually.
MCP Adoption Spreads Across Production Tools
Aximmetry's server lands as the broader VFX and post toolchain begins exposing itself to AI agents through the same protocol. We previously covered Foundry's Griptape acquisition, which brings agent orchestration into Nuke and Nuke Stage. The pattern is consistent: vendors skip bolt-on AI features and expose their existing software interfaces to whatever agent the user already trusts.
For virtual production crews not yet running a dedicated technical director, an MCP server changes the practical entry point. A chat interface can stand up a workable scene before someone with deep Aximmetry experience does the polish pass. That fits the company's broader accessibility push, which previously brought Aximmetry Instant to NAB as a streamlined version of the platform aimed at users without prior virtual production experience.
Image Gen Lives Inside Aximmetry Today, 3D Generative Backgrounds Still Under Review
The MCP server is one piece of a longer roadmap. Aximmetry has already integrated 2D image generation into the platform: operators can ask the AI to generate a still or video for placement on a virtual screen, or have it format incoming data and render it inside the scene. A future build is expected to embed an agent inside Aximmetry itself, so users can interact conversationally without bouncing to an external client.
In the interview, Aximmetry said it is continuing to evaluate generative 3D systems for backgrounds and environments, including World Labs and NVIDIA's generative models, but has not integrated any yet. The company plans to add a 3D system once it identifies one capable of meeting its requirements.
The MCP server is targeted for release alongside Aximmetry's next major version this summer.
