Former Rockstar president, Leslie Benzies has invested in a Scottish audio tech company named, Krotos to further strengthen his new empire, and there’s more talk about VR.
The Scottish audio tech company founded by Orfeas Boteas, named him company Krotos, and they are known for their Dehumaniser voice tools, and have worked on many video games and movies in the past. Krotos are based in Edinburgh, and have worked alongside names such as Disney, and Warner Brothers to create incredible monster sounds with their Dehumaniser voice tools.
“Our tools will finally free audio designers, creatives and musicians from outdated workflows and will allow them to focus on creativity. The next few years will open up exciting possibilities for new media, as audio is now more challenging than ever with Virtual Reality, Augmented reality and Mixed reality. Video games and films are our core market but there is massive potential in VR and that will be an important focus for us moving forward.” – Orfeas Boteas
The Dehumaniser has helped movies such as Avengers: Age of Ultron, and games such as, Farcry 4, DOOM, and even League of Legends, creature some high quality monster sound effects.It was a software initially designed as part of Boteas’ Masters degree in Sound Design, which enabled the user to create imaginary creature and monster sounds in real time. It was a innovative method that helped speed up the process of creating the sounds through intense editing.
The main investment from Benzies and the co-funding for the six-figure deal provided by the Old College Capital will help the company to expand into VR, as well as doubling the headcount to twenty.
“Orfeas understands the potential of bringing technology and creativity together, and his vision for the future of audio tools resonated with me. I look forward to working with such a talented and driven team.” – Leslie Benzies
Benzies will be joining the Krotos board with non-executive directors, Matthew Smith (a former audio director for Rockstar North, IT Entrepreneur, Ian Ritchie, and Financial Expert, Colin Grant.
Mr Benzies will join the Krotos board, which includes non-executive directors Matthew Smith, the former audio director of Rockstar North; IT entrepreneur Ian Ritchie; and financial expert Colin Grant.
Benzies has been a busy man recently with him opening up his own firms at the beginning of this year and then going on to open another studio and recruiting a former Crytek Hungary boss.
Source: Press Release
