RealMotion
RealMotion, a brand of Montreal-based Float4, builds real-time C++ media servers (G2/G4/G8/G16/G32/4-Karat) powering permanent AV installations for entertainment venues, banks, airports, museums, hotels, and cruise lines, with integrated AI-based marker-less motion tracking.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2008
- HeadquartersMontréal, Canada
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What RealMotion does
RealMotion is a real-time media server platform serving large-venue AV integrators and end customers in entertainment, banking, transportation, museums, hospitality, and cruise lines. Operated as the technology brand of Montreal-based experience design studio Float4, the company builds hardware-accelerated graphics servers (the G-Series line: G2, G4, G8, G16, G32, plus the Gold-Series 4-Karat) running custom C++ code developed by game engine engineers. The platform supports uncompressed video playback, native real-time rendering including VFX and particle systems, 12-bit HDR pipelines, Rec 2020 color, genlock and timecode, and integrated sensor inputs for interactivity. It integrates with industry-standard creative tools (Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity) and show-control platforms (ISAAC by Smart Monkeys, CMS, lighting consoles), with the Realmotion Admin module providing remote system monitoring and a 3-Year Mission Critical Warranty on hardware.
The company monetizes through three streams: sale of proprietary G-Series hardware to systems integrators and direct enterprise customers, software licensing (Realmotion Engine, currently in pre-launch with a demo waitlist), and recurring support/warranty contracts. Distribution is enterprise field sales, executed via direct quote-based engagement, partner integrators (Electrosonic, Diversified, Simply Connected), and technology partners (LG, SACO, ISAAC). Notable deployments span the Statue of Liberty Museum (16 servers), Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (single 4-Karat server powering 2.3 million LEDs across a 400-foot guitar-shaped facade), Atomic Golf in Las Vegas (11 servers across 100,000 square feet), Orlando International Airport's Moment Vault (G32 servers with AI-powered Fusion marker-less tracking), LAX Time Tower, TD Bank branches, One World Observatory, Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, Sofitel Paris Baltimore, and Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seas — collectively representing 30+ permanent installations across three continents.
The company is privately held with no external funding disclosed and operates with a small team (1-10 employees per firmographic data), leveraging Float4's creative and operational infrastructure for project delivery. The single named executive is CEO Alexandre Simionescu. There is no public revenue disclosure, no institutional investors, and no public ticker; the firm's legal name is recorded as Float4.
RealMotion firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- RealMotion
- Legal name
- Float4
- Website
- https://realmotion.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2008
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- RealMotion, a brand of Montreal-based Float4, builds real-time C++ media servers (G2/G4/G8/G16/G32/4-Karat) powering permanent AV installations for entertainment venues, banks, airports, museums, hotels, and cruise lines, with integrated AI-based marker-less motion tracking.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
RealMotion industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Real-Time Media Servers
- NAICS
- Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118)
- SIC
- Computer Peripheral Equipment, Nec (3577), Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045)
- akta.pro primary industry
- VP Hardware: LED Panels, Processors, Media Servers & Render Nodes (MPAHADAL)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Virtual Production & LED Volume Services (Stage Ops, ICVFX, Real-Time Camera/Tracking) (MPADAHAB), Cloud & Distributed Real-Time Production (Remote ICVFX, Multi-site) (MPAHADAJ)
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Where RealMotion is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Montréal
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
RealMotion business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- G-Series Hardware Sales: Sale of proprietary media server hardware (G2, G4, G8, G16, G32) ranging from edge devices to large-scale permanent installation servers. Hardware built from ground up with commercial-grade components.
- Realmotion Engine Software: Software licensing for Realmotion Engine solution for audiovisual installations and multimedia environments.
- Support and Warranty Services: Realmotion Admin support delivery and 3 Year Mission Critical Warranty for installations.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
RealMotion product offering
Product offeringCore offering
RealMotion sells hardware-accelerated real-time media servers (the G-Series line — G2, G4, G8, G16, G32 — plus the 4-Karat Server) built on a proprietary C++ real-time rendering engine and bundled with the Fusion Tracking AI system. The platform delivers professional-grade video and graphics playback for live events, museums, sports and entertainment venues, transportation hubs, banks, hotels, and cruise ships, and is being extended with a software-only RealMotion Engine offering.
Product overview
RealMotion offers a unified platform of real-time media servers and software tools for professional AV applications. The core product line consists of the G-Series hardware servers (G2, G4, G8, G16, G32, and 4-Karat) which provide hardware-accelerated graphics, uncompressed video playback, and integrated sensor support. These are complemented by software modules including Realmotion Designer for content creation, Realmotion Admin for system monitoring, and Realmotion Engine (upcoming) for audiovisual installations. The proprietary Fusion Tracking System adds AI-powered marker-less motion capture capabilities. The platform supports real-time content from industry tools including Unreal Engine, Unity, Notch, and TouchDesigner, and integrates with CMS, lighting consoles, and show control systems.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- G-Series: Real-time media servers including G2, G4, G8, G16, and G32 models for professional AV applications, supporting sensors, real-time authoring tools, and uncompressed playback capabilities.
- Realmotion Engine
Products and services
- G-Series Media Servers (G2, G4, G8, G16, G32) Hardware-accelerated real-time media server appliances purpose-built for professional AV deployments including live events, museums, sports venues, banks, airports, hotels, and cruise ships. The product line is sized to fit the project, from smaller G2/G4 units through the largest G32 deployment.
- 4-Karat Server Specialized RealMotion media server appliance for professional real-time AV playback, sold alongside the G-Series family.
- Realmotion Engine Software-only version of RealMotion's real-time rendering platform that brings the proprietary C++ engine, hardware-accelerated graphics pipeline, and Fusion Tracking capabilities to deployments without dedicated RealMotion hardware.
Quantifiable outcome
- 2.3 million LED pixels powered by single 4-Karat server at Hard Rock Hotel
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use RealMotion
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
RealMotion technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration12 records
AI capability3 records
Feature7 records
RealMotion partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Float4coreFloat4 is the parent company behind RealMotion. The website footer states '© Realmotion by Float4'. Float4 serves as the experience design studio creating content for RealMotion-powered installations and developed the original technology. All major projects reference Float4 as the creative agency producing branded content.
- Smart Monkeys Inc.coreDevelopers of ISAAC, a scheduling and automation control platform used with RealMotion servers. ISAAC is used for content management, automation, and synchronization of multiple content elements in complex installations like Hard Rock Hotel and Brooklyn Paramount Theatre.
- ISAAC (Smart Monkeys Inc.)coreISAAC scheduling and automation platform integrated with RealMotion for managing and synchronizing LED displays and laser elements, notably at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel.
- Simply ConnectedminorAV integrator commissioned by Atomic Golf to power diverse range of displays. RealMotion was commissioned by Simply Connected for the installation.
- Sign&VolumeminorCreative agency that played significant role in creating content for Atomic Golf venue.
- ElectrosonicminorSystems integrator and AV company. Part of world-class team for Orlando International Airport Moment Vault installation. Also involved in Brooklyn Paramount Theatre project.
- Electrosonic Systems Inc.minorAV integrator for Brooklyn Paramount Theatre projection mapping installation.
- Materials & MethodsminorSpearheaded the gesture-driven art wall project for Royal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas. Designed and constructed the installation.
- DiversifiedminorTechnology solutions provider and partner featured on RealMotion website, operating in the AV/professional display industry.
- ESI DesignminorExhibit design firm that designed Statue of Liberty Museum exhibits, produced by Float4 with RealMotion powering the interactive components.
- FX CollaborativeminorArchitecture firm that co-designed Statue of Liberty Museum exhibits alongside ESI Design.
- JCDecaux GroupminorOut-of-home advertising company. Photos credited to JCDecaux Group for LAX Time Tower project.
- DCL (Design Communications LTD)minorBoston-based fabricator that managed, directed, engineered, and installed the Hard Rock Hotel guitar-shaped LED installation. Digital signage and architecture specialist.
- GentilhommeminorContent production studio for Orlando International Airport's Experiential Media Environment (EME) project.
- Sardi DesignminorExecutive Creative Director for the Orlando International Airport's Experiential Media Environment (EME) project.
- Burns EngineeringminorAirport Technology Systems Manager for Orlando International Airport Terminal C EME project.
- SACO TechnologiesminorEME Display Design and Feature Construction for Orlando International Airport's Terminal C.
- Hahn Integrated SystemsminorOwners Representative for Airport Technologies on Orlando International Airport EME project.
- MRA International GroupminorEME Executive Producer for Orlando International Airport Terminal C project.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
RealMotion competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Pixomondo: Pixomondo operates virtual production stages and develops VP tooling while also serving immersive experience customers; it is a broader incumbent in the same permanent-immersive and VP market that Realmotion's G-Series supports.
- Analog Way: Analog Way manufactures video processing, switching, and presentation switchers used in AV installations and live events; it is broader and more incumbent than Realmotion but addresses the same professional AV market for multi-display installations.
- ROE Visual: ROE Visual is a leading LED panel manufacturer whose hardware is deployed in many of the same permanent and virtual production installations Realmotion powers; not a direct media-server competitor but a tightly adjacent peer in the LED volume ecosystem.
Direct peers
- Megapixel VR (Megapixel): Megapixel VR makes professional LED video processors and media servers for high-end LED volumes in virtual production and large-format installations, directly overlapping Realmotion's core media-server-for-LED-wall use case.
- Brompton Technology: Brompton Technology is a leading LED video processor (LED processor) manufacturer whose Tessera platform competes with Realmotion's G-Series for driving large LED walls in entertainment, broadcast, and virtual production installations.
- Ventuz: Ventuz provides real-time graphics and content software for broadcast, events, and immersive installations, overlapping Realmotion's Realmotion Engine value proposition for real-time AV/interactivity at live and permanent venues.
- Green Hippo (Barco): Green Hippo's Hippotizer media servers, now part of Barco, are widely used for real-time generative and interactive visual experiences in live events and permanent AV installations, mirroring Realmotion's G-Series hardware-and-software approach.
- 7thSense Design: 7thSense Design provides high-end media servers and pixel-perfect playback solutions for theme parks, museums, and immersive attractions — overlapping directly with Realmotion's permanent-installation customers and uncompressed playback/edge-blending capabilities.
- Disguise: Disguise builds media servers and production software for live events, virtual production, and immersive experiences — including xR stages — making it the closest direct competitor to Realmotion's G-Series media server line targeting permanent and temporary LED volume installations.
Emerging players
- Mo-Sys Engineering: Mo-Sys Engineering develops camera tracking and virtual production tools (StarTracker, Unreal Engine integration) that compete with Realmotion's Fusion marker-less motion capture on the computer-vision/tracking side of LED volume workflows.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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RealMotion leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
RealMotion funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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RealMotion M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about RealMotion
What does RealMotion do?
RealMotion sells hardware-accelerated real-time media servers (the G-Series line — G2, G4, G8, G16, G32 — plus the 4-Karat Server) built on a proprietary C++ real-time rendering engine and bundled with the Fusion Tracking AI system. The platform delivers professional-grade video and graphics playback for live events, museums, sports and entertainment venues, transportation hubs, banks, hotels, and cruise ships, and is being extended with a software-only RealMotion Engine offering.
Is RealMotion a public or private company?
RealMotion is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was RealMotion founded?
RealMotion was founded in 2008. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is RealMotion based?
RealMotion is headquartered in Montréal, Canada, in the North America region.
How does RealMotion make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. G-Series Hardware Sales are the primary driver. The others are realmotion Engine Software and support and Warranty Services.
Who are RealMotion's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Pixomondo, Analog Way and ROE Visual. Direct peers are Megapixel VR (Megapixel), Brompton Technology, Ventuz, Green Hippo (Barco), 7thSense Design and Disguise. Mo-Sys Engineering is listed as an emerging player.
Does RealMotion have an API?
No public API is recorded for RealMotion.
What industry is RealMotion in?
RealMotion's product category is Real-Time Media Servers. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAHADAL, VP Hardware: LED Panels, Processors, Media Servers & Render Nodes, with a secondary code of MPADAHAB, Virtual Production & LED Volume Services (Stage Ops, ICVFX, Real-Time Camera/Tracking). Its NAICS code is 334118 and its SIC code is 3577.