I was asked to give a guest lecture for the students of NCSU's MADtech virtual production lab, where I answer their questions about the industry and my background working in VFX for 30 years. Oh boy!

YouTube link - Survive the VFX War: Battle-Ready skills you need for Virtual Production in 2026 (NCSU MADtech Q&A)

This is a previz sequence (no audio) of my short film, Holy Sh*t I'm Dead. The entire film is created using Unreal Engine for the environment while the actors are all shot on a green screen. I'm using Beeble to create PBR maps so the 2D plane of the actor can interact with the Lumen lighting.

High-intensity performance capture test from Apple Arts Studios.

Full body capture. Facial performance. Finger capture. Combat movement. Sword action.
Applied directly onto Unreal Engine characters in real time.

We continue pushing workflows across:
• Motion Capture
• Performance Capture
• Virtual Production
• MetaHuman Pipelines
• AI Motion Datasets

From cinematic sequences to game cinematics and AI-driven workflows, performance capture continues evolving far beyond traditional animation pipelines.

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Recent high-intensity performance capture test from Apple Arts Studios.

This workflow combines:
• Full body motion capture
• Facial performance capture
• Finger capture
• Combat movement and sword choreography
• Unreal Engine character integration

Focused on building cinematic sequences, game cinematics, MetaHuman workflows, virtual production, and AI-driven performance pipelines.

Always refining workflows and pushing performance capture further.