Spaceage's Visibox 5 Released

	A new local HTTP and WebSocket API exposes nearly every part of a Visibox project -- clips, songs, visualizers, effects, set lists -- to outside control by show controllers, custom tools, and production rigs.

Spaceage is announcing Visibox 5.0, the largest feature release in the product's history. The update turns the performer-friendly media and backing-track player into a complete visual authoring environment, introducing audio-reactive Visualizer Clips, an open API with a built-in Elgato Stream Deck plug-in, and an MCP server that brings AI assistance to every part of a project. Visibox 5.0 is available now for macOS and Windows.

Visibox is the simple alternative to complex VJ software -- an AV environment for musicians, theatres, and live event professionals. Performers drag and drop video, images, and camera streams into a project, assign them to triggers, and play them live from a laptop, MIDI controller, or Stream Deck. With 5.0, those clips can now listen back. Visualizer Clips render real-time graphics that move with the music, built from ISF shaders and MilkDrop presets -- formats with tons of free, community-made visualizers.

A new local HTTP and WebSocket API exposes nearly every part of a Visibox project -- clips, songs, visualizers, effects, set lists -- to outside control by show controllers, custom tools, and production rigs. An included Elgato Stream Deck plug-in installs with a single click. And a built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) server adds natural AI control, putting Visibox among the first wave of live visual tools with native AI agent support -- and the only one where AI assistance covers the full creative workflow, from authoring a visualizer to editing it to performing with it live, all in one app. Performers can use any MCP-compatible AI assistant -- Claude, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, and others -- to navigate projects, trigger clips, build visualizers, and design effects in natural language. A performer can describe the visualizer they want, and Claude handles the technical work -- the ISF shader, the audio reactivity, the preset setup - leaving them free to focus on performing. Hand it a set list, and it can map out the visuals; keep it in the loop on stage and let it adjust on the fly. Or, if you really want to get weird, let it run the show live.

"Visibox started as a way to give performers concert-quality visuals without the complexity," says Jeff Robbins, founder of Spaceage. "With 5.0, it becomes something more - a complete visual authoring environment, but still simple. Visualizer Clips let your visuals breathe with the music. The AI integration is genuinely new territory -- it lets a novice describe what they want and watch it appear. We built all of this without losing what makes Visibox work: you load your media, you trigger your clips, and you perform." Under the hood, 5.0 is faster and more reliable, with optimized graphics performance and an overhauled clip- and song-editing experience.

Visibox 5.0 is now available on spaceage.tv for macOS and Windows. A free plan and free trial of the Pro version are available, and paid pricing includes monthly and annual subscriptions as well as a one-time perpetual license. Visibox has complete interface translations in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean.