Silicon Studio Corporation develops console games, game apps, and social games in Japan and internationally. It provides online solutions for game development. The company also offers YEBIS, an advanced optical effects middleware; Mizuchi, the real-time rendering engine used in gaming and virtual reality (VR), video and animation, product and architectural visualization, etc.; Motion Portrait, a CG technology to create facial animation from a digital photo; and Enlighten, a lighting technology that delivers real-time global illumination over mobile, desktop, and VR platforms. In addition, it provides human resource services, such as development, consulting, outsourcing, and staffing, including temporary, temporary-to-permanent, and full-time placement services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.