Founded in 2017 by Barry Zundel and his team at Trapdoor Creative, Stage was born from Barry’s drive to find a faster, more efficient way to render. After years of working at companies like Disney, Pixar, and Nike, Barry saw the limitations of traditional rendering pipelines and knew there had to be a better, faster solution. That vision became Stage—a real-time rendering platform built on Unreal Engine 5. While Unreal Engine is incredibly powerful, it’s also known for its complexity, which is why Stage was designed to make its advanced capabilities accessible to all. With Stage, designers and creators can easily harness the power of Unreal Engine 5 to produce stunning, high-quality visuals at lightning speed. Stage helps companies reduce the need for physical prototypes, making workflows faster and more efficient. By allowing teams to iterate and refine designs in real time, Stage shortens development cycles and accelerates go-to-market timelines, saving both time and costs for businesses of all sizes.