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//How I build Virtual Movie Sets in UnrealEngine - part 3 - City Destruction//

I'm hereby sharing my 3rd 'vlog' on how I create 3D Virtual Production content for Unreal Engine. This week is all about the destruction of the City elements I built previously - adding resemblance to the post-apocalyptic reference I picked at the start of this series.

This process actually requires some architectural knowledge, because parts of the internal building structures will be visible. After adding random debris - I use cloth simulations to resemble curtains swirling in the wind. In UnrealEngine 4.26 I combine all elements with lighting setup, camera positioning and color grading - finishing off with the placement of 3D Human Actors in this Virtual Set.

This part concludes the basics of building a realtime 3D environment - my next updates will focus on 3D character setups, posing, emotions and more. Note that the combination of Environments and Characters I'll show, is difficult / impossible to capture by 3D scan or Green Screen filming - simply because the environments don't exist in the real world - in other words; I want to demonstrate that any 'imaginary' setup is possible - made inhouse from behind a computer.

Hope this series is giving you new insights in the possibilities of realtime Virtual Reality - let me know if you have comments or questions.

thx, Aron

How I build Virtual Movie Sets in UnrealEngine - part 3 - City Destruction I'm hereby sharing my 3rd 'vlog' on how I create 3D Virtual Production content for UnrealEngine. This week is all about the destruction of the City elements ...