VFX Supervisor John Heller and MPC VFX Supervisor Greg Astles take us behind the scenes of their journey in creating the stunning environments for the sci-fi series Dark Matter in AWN's latest feature. https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/realizing-many-worlds-dark-matter #VFX #SciFi #VisualEffects #Filmmaking #Animation

Check out ReDefine's VFX breakdown of Indian sci-fi blockbuster Kalki 2898 AD, including the digital environments, digidoubles and combat sequences Watch the full video on the ReDefine YouTube channel:

Check out Framestore's VFX breakdown of its CG-enhanced stunts from The Fall Guy Watch the full video on the Framestore YouTube channel (also shows Metalstorm, the sci-fi film-within-the-film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHHPum1pZwc

🤯 What Was Once Sci-Fi is Now Reality! ⚠️ WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Don't play until the end to avoid graphic content from The Running Man film. This is SPARK, a brand-new AI model that can create 3D face reconstructions from multiple, unconstrained portrait videos and enable real-time tracking on unseen footage. It’s the result of a collaboration between Technicolor, Inria, and the Max Planck Institute. SPARK allows the creation of a relightable face avatar from multiple monocular videos—bringing sci-fi-like technology into the real world. What makes SPARK truly special is its precise face tracking, which can be used for face editing and visual effects IN REAL-TIME! Tasks that would typically require manual 3D modeling or complex scanning sessions of actors can now be automated! 🔝 This technology opens up endless possibilities in professional fields like FX, virtual production, 3D modeling, and gaming, but is not exempt of many ethical concerns. 🚩 This time, the potential for misuse, especially in altering real-time footage for fake news and deep fakes, is completely real in the wrong hands. ⚠️ As a fan of sci-fi and dystopian films, many of them have warned us about its risks. I specially remember "The Running Man", where they faked the death of Ben Richards by overlaying his face in real time with what the called "Digital Matte Tracking" 📌 Link to the model paper and samples in comments! Code is not yet available! Content Credits: © The Running Man, 1987. TAFT Entertainment Pictures / Keith Barish Productions. #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation#Future

Check out Automatik's new VFX breakdown from UK sci-fi series Doctor Who, showing the Tardis towing the CG manifestation of Sutekh, god of death, out into the vortex

Nature vs Technology I've seen this amazing artwork made by beeple (Mike Winkelmann). Made me want to create a personal version of it. You can see more of beeple's work here: www.behance.net/beeple #Blender #Blender3D #landscape #environment #cycles #hardsurface #nature #3D #scifi

Swamp scene with awesome weather effects in UE5 ⛈ Pasquale Scionti shared a look at a moody new 3D swamp scene powered by Unreal Engine 5. Set up in UE5.3, the scene's lighting setup mixes HDR and Directional Light, along with physically-based light values. The author also used the Sky Creator plugin.

Free assets: download Barney's Basement, Sentient Art's free Unreal Engine VR demo and asset pack. The retro sci-fi environment includes 150+ 3D models, ranging from small props to vehicles, and is licensed for commercial use.