Slightly opinionated awesome list of virtual production knowledge and resources
- https://www.vpglossary.com/ - Virtual Production glossery
- https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/virtual-production - Main hub for vprod related to Unreal Engine
- https://github.com/gm3/vTuber-SDK3 - vTuber Studio for VRC SDK3 (Udon): cameras / lights / LTCGI shader / avatar switcher
- https://github.com/MiloMindbender/UE4VirtualProduction - An example Unreal Engine Virtual Production Project
- https://github.com/aka-anoop/virtual-production-resources - Collection of Tools and Workflows related to Virtual Production
- https://github.com/otdavies/UnityChromakey - A simple, yet powerful chromakey / greenscreen solution for Unity
- https://github.com/lazpremarathna/awesome-virtual-production - A curated list of awesome virtual production resources using Unreal Engine
- https://github.com/GuismoW/awesome-unity-virtual-production - Tools for Unity Virtual Production
- https://github.com/ahrenm/VPToolKit - Extremely alpha Virtual Production ToolKit for UE4
3D Assets
- https://substance3d.adobe.com/magazine/digital-backlots/ - Useful information about what makes a successful digital backlot
- https://sketchfab.com/ - basically a digital backlot, many importer / exporter plugins available
- https://thebasemesh.com - 600+ CC0 licensed 3D assets
- https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/art-of-led-wall-virtual-production-part-one-lessons-from-the-mandalorian/ - LED walls part 1
- https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/art-of-led-wall-virtual-production-sets-part-two-how-you-make-one/ - LED walls part 2
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60gQpY8tbHY - What Goes into Building an LED Virtual Production Volume
- https://github.com/gm3/vTuber-SDK3 - All-in-one virtual production studio for VRChat SDK3
- https://github.com/PiMaker/ltcgi - Optimized plug-and-play realtime area lighting using the linearly transformed cosine algorithm for Unity/VRChat
- https://github.com/0beqz/screen-space-reflections - Screen Space Reflections in three.js
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061949514-On-Set-Infrastructure
- https://www.mixamo.com/ - Popular free platform to auto-rig and animate characters
- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/omniverse/apps/audio2face/ - generate expressive facial animation from just an audio source
- https://github.com/cgvirus/Simple-Retarget-Tool-Blender - A simple armature retargeting tool for Blender
- https://hackmd.io/@xr/mocap-interop - Animation interop notes and projects from xrdevlog
Shadermotion
- https://gitlab.com/lox9973/ShaderMotion - A shader-based motion-to-video codec for humanoid avatar
- https://github.com/guillefix/shadermotion-bvh-utils - convert shadermotion .mp4 video to .bvh files
- https://gist.github.com/CheapDevotion/85b8d70aa74afa7f4c135c1c971530ef - unity tool that converts bvh to fbx
Udonmotion
- https://gitlab.com/lox9973/UdonMotion - A motion tracking system for a VRChat world written in udonsharp
- How and Where to Learn Virtual Production Techniques
- Virtual Production Essentials: 10 Things to Know Before You Start Shooting
- Key Virtual Production Techniques That Editors Need to Know
Videos
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https://www.foundry.com/insights/real-time/top-three-ways-near-real-time-advancing-workflows
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https://github.com/FilmakademieRnd/VPET - tablet stuff
https://mars.vive.com/ Mars is a product designed purely for camera tracking purposes
FreeD is an industry standard protocol for the camera’s positional data which is used by established AR and XR solution providers. https://mars.vive.com/post/htcs-virtual-production-solution-vive-mars-camtrack-hits-the-market https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/LiveLinkPlugin/LiveLinkFreeD/
Remote collaborative virtual production workflows https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/spotlights/unreal-engine-delivers-new-methods-for-collaborative-filmmaking-even-from-home https://beforesandafters.com/2020/07/09/keeping-production-going-remotely/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMBxESl38o0How We Met In Virtual Reality trailer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTeheSCbgI virtual productions in vrchat
- Youtube channels
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- https://github.com/gm3/vTuber-SDK3 vrchat vprod studio starter pack
- stuff on boothpm