Real-time technology powered virtual sets, virtual scouting, and shot exploration as The Third Floor helped showmakers innovate increasingly complex scenes on Game of Thrones.

Since adopting a real-time pipeline based on Unreal Engine for everything from game cinematics to previs, Halon Entertainment has found it can take on projects it would never have previously considered. 

Cars and environments are swapped out efficiently in real time at the highest visual fidelity in a proof-of-concept version of Nissan’s ident films for the ICC Cricket World Cup, thanks to a pioneering workflow for configurable TV advertising.

To create an animated version of the popular “No Guns Life” comic under a tight schedule, Japanese studio Cyclone Graphics tapped into Unreal Engine to render the backgrounds in real time. In the process, they not only met the deadline but discovered a real-time pipeline for future work.

When Blue Zoo began experimenting with game engine technology to create real-time animation, it discovered a new way of working that fostered greater collaboration, opened new creative avenues, and made the artistic process more enjoyable. 

Epic has partnered with Lux Machina, Magnopus, Profile Studios, Quixel, ARRI, and DP Matt Workman to put the latest virtual production toolset in Unreal Engine 4.23 through its paces. Here we take a deeper look at how the tools come together to present exciting new filmmaking possibilities.

Find out how VFX veteran Ingenuity Studios harnessed the UE4 toolset and asset library to create a real-time lyric video for Bruce Springsteen’s Hello Sunshine, set in a dreamy desert landscape. 

When Alex Nice was tasked with helping develop the look and feel for a complex film set on John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, he turned to immersive real-time technology to help everyone from the director to the stunt team understand the design. 

Using Unreal Engine, Demodern Creative Technologies created a VR experience that convincingly projects the nuances of human facial and body motion to an animal.