Chaos Previews Its AI Technologies

Marcelo Souza, also known as Kumodot, showed us how he used Houdini as a "super-powered Substance 3D Designer" to set up a fiery procedural dragon eye using elements of 2D texture workflows. Introduction I started using 3D Apps back in 1993, with Crystal Topas on an Intel 386 PC. Soon I moved to 3D Studio 1.0 and I got my first professional job in 3D in 1995....

A YouTuber's Experiment with AI-Driven 3D Modeling A recent video by Mickmumpitz has sparked interest in the potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionize 3D modeling software like Blender. In the video, Mickmumpitz demonstrates how they used ChatGPT, a large language model, to automate various tasks within Blender. From Scripting to Scene Creation Initially, the focus was on using...

Meta's creator explained why you should buy his device, 7 times cheaper than Apple's. Apple released its $3,500 AR headset Vision Pro earlier this month, and many people have already found a way to integrate it into their lives. One of them was Mark Zuckerberg, who tested the device and posted his opinion on Instagram. Well, I think it's more accurate to...

Nodes Interactive – aka games artist and tools developer Piotr Popek – has released the Sculpt Bridge Tool, a new free modeling add-on for Blender. The add-on enables users to create 3D strands connecting two selected parts of a mesh, in a similar way to ZBrush’s Slime Bridge tool, or to punch out a tunnel connecting them. Generate organic-looking 3D...

6 days ago Hauke Thießen Technical Artist @ Limbic Entertainment Follow This article describes how to implement a system to adjust texture sizes in Unreal based on the sharpness of the source texture file. Blurry textures without much detail are reduced in size by this system. The Problem Very often when working on games you'll come across something like this:...