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What an epic day it was! This year was the first time I attended #DutchGameDay, and the #DutchGameAwards, where I had the honour to be a jury member and give the Best Technology Award to @vertigogames for their outstanding work on #The7thGuest VR. The volumetric video blew us away, and the more subtle details like the lantern mechanics and the effect it has on the environment, the physical interactions you can have with props and the tech art visual flourishes scattered throughout the game. A proud moment for sure, and an experience I'll always remember fondly. Special thanks to @DGA_online for making this happen!

I loved your coverage of DLSS5, and as a showcase it was indeed very cool. I get why peeps are concerned with art directability (if that’s a word..), but seeing the boost in character fidelity and realism is crazy. It makes the uncanny valley effect of the animations stand out more than ever, I think in part due to the believability of the characters as humans. I’d definitely play Oblivion with this on.

The big DLSS 5 machine learning debate and why we should have waited before posting our first round of coverage - today's video: youtu.be/5dTTfjBAFzc

Today I found my favourite record! Textures on Vinyl! I wonder if there’s scratches on it.

@vuntra_city Caffeine just kicked in haha!

Implementing new walking animations for the NPCs today. I think it's going well! #gamedev #indiegame

If you’ve been looking for a first step into the VR industry, this could be it! Flat2VR Studios is seeking an Art Intern to help build 3D assets, environments, and characters for VR. If you’ve got the passion and a portfolio you’re proud of, we’d love to take a look. Apply here: impactreality.com/joblist/art-in…

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Today was fun! Special thanks to @HKUtrecht GSNI (Games Student Network Initiative) and Ilyas Ben Haddou and the volunteers to make this happen! Although the announcement mentioned the talk being solely about Substance Painter/Designer, we decided to go slightly broader and include online presence as an umbrella for portfolio building, creating your online ecosystem and making yourself easy to find as well as a bit on how to use AI as a tool in your toolbox . Thanks to the peeps attending for asking some great questions, which is always the highlight of doing this. More pics soon!

@RedefineFX That looks stunning! Could you also use the sprites as a way to represent the smoke itself? (For VR specifically, since volume rendering didn’t work for VR rendering in UE last time I checked.)

Testing my advection setup with 500K Niagara GPU particles driven by a smoke sim in real time all inside Unreal Engine. Lots of different FX can be made with this technique.

The graph from previous post shows the setup, with the preview on the bottom. It uses exposed parameters to align the extruded height maps when rotating the camera. The texture set features 2 normal maps, one for the inside and one for the outside of the bricks. There's also AO maps for both. and heightmaps used with POM and Nanite (POM for the inside, Nanite for the top surface).

The right-side video is a visualiser created in @Substance3D Designer to check if the inside and outside of the brick were the right ratio, shape and scale.

Was just about to post to @ArtStationHQ about my @UnrealEngine 5 Substrate doodle, Lego Ice but the site seems down! More coming soon!

@ArtStationHQ Uh-oh!

I ain’t afraid of no ghost instances! 🤣 @Substance3D

Happy to share I’ll be doing my first talk of the year at @HKUtrecht end this month! @Substance3D

A CGI masterpiece created by Animusic LLC in the early 2000s

Every reload is a promise. Wrath: Aeon of Ruin VR is coming soon to Meta Quest, PSVR2 and SteamVR!

I'm looking for 3D art commissions! After grinding full-time unpaid on my own game for months now, I have to make sure my ship doesn't sink😁 I specialise in retro graphics, PS1 and PS2, but can do everything else. Characters, cars, env, weapons, you name it.

@elonmusk I heard it’s a means, not an end. It can facilitate happiness tho. Get a N64 and a Summercart! You’ll have a blast playing Mario kart 64 with the kids. 😜

Whoever said “money can’t buy happiness” really knew what they were talking about 😔

@Flat2VR YES! 😍🤯

Alex LeTux is working on a standalone Perfect Dark VR port from the decompilation project

It’s alive! I can finally listen to the records I collected over the years. Starting with a classic! #vinyl #TeenageEngineering

@walaber This is what going to ikea with a baby stroller feels like 😂

Officially announcing my next game, and it's about: driving a 4x4 in a Furniture Store 🤣 (physics-based precision driving in a mini open world mega furniture store) Please help spread the word and ☆WISHLIST ON STEAM☆