2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (292+ words) Calin P used his hardware knowledge to break down how the PS1 graphics work and how to recreate them in Godot. The wave of indie games going for the PlayStation 1 aesthetic is nothing new, but lately it feels like there are…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (867+ words) Researchers Anamaria Buliga and Kamil Tebani explain how EchoForge combines spatial audio analysis, scene graphs, and procedural generation to transform sound recordings into explorable and interpretable 3D environments in Unity. Editor's Note: Most 3D scene-generation systems begin with an explicit visual description,…...

4+ day, 28+ min ago   (311+ words) The iPhone Duo features a 7.6-inch Super Retina display and is the thinnest iPhone ever made. The display is versatile and can be used in different ways: run two apps side by side with Split View multitasking, use an app…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1183+ words) Researcher Rafael Padilla explains how Hierarchical Progressive Rendering uses scene changes and light transport to prioritize the pixels that matter most. First, can you please tell me a bit about you, your research, and your background as an introduction? That…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (216+ words) Pierrick Picaut has shared a few behind-the-scenes glimpses from his new animated short, The Chase. "Camera cheat: In this shot, the camera angle and focal length remain constant. It simply travels linearly through the canyon, with the character's root parented…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (454+ words) A company that makes portable and industrial 3D scanners, letting you capture real objects and turn them into accurate digital models... A company that makes portable and industrial 3D scanners, letting you capture real objects and turn them into accurate digital models…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (383+ words) Shirzad Bahrami is working on his own tool. Shirzad Bahrami, an EA Technical Artist whose excellent article on physics-based fish animation we recently featured, has been sharing a new project he's been developing. It's a muscle simulation tool inspired by…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (299+ words) It lets you create squishy setups. Back in June, we featured Gurgen Aloian's amazing setup, which essentially creates "fake" collisions in Geometry Nodes without any simulation involved. It generated a lot of interest, and now the artist has returned with…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (161+ words) Edit textures and see every change instantly in the engine. The tool supports 4K textures with transparency while keeping all communication local to your PC. The preview process is non-destructive, leaving the original texture and material assets untouched. You can also…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1468+ words) Ezequiel Grand discussed how Houdini transformed his approach to commercial animation and VFX, explaining what pushed him to build a procedural house generator, covering some of the major projects he has worked on, and detailing six tips for building efficient…...