The Future of Cinema: Epic Games Gave Us an In-Depth Tour of The Volume (Their Virtual Set Tech) 

Yeah that was amazing.

Correct, it is the future mate

as it should be, videogames seem to have pushed the technology faster and farther than those 2.

When video games make more money than all other forms of media combined

It's not a gaming tech, it's just tech.

@@gerardoguaran6356 Whats pushing this tech? Even more and more demanding games and ideas! So its Gaming Tech.

@@JackieWelles to assume that videogames necessarily require technological advances is to limit their discursive and narrative capacity, what actually drives the technological movement are the laws and trends of the market, in a few words: capitalism.

yeah now Ian McKellan can stop crying

Post is the new pre. Love that my guy! 👍😂

It's a step forward but unless you already have all the 3D assets pre made and ready for the pre production you are still going to be suffering that technical debt to make those assets. At least with Quixel Megascans and Metahuman they will be able to use stand in assets for the preview stage and get the kinks out before they start hairing away at asset production.

there is no atmosphere to the scene though. No dust outside in the air

The new technology makes it look cheap and fake.

@@bighands69 Except it doesn't. 🤔

​@@RaXXha while the tech is really cool and jawdropping, RJ is right tho. This makes films disgusting to look at. Filming on location will always be Better.

​@@diollinebranderson6553Filming on such a stage is still better than filming in front of a green screen. Of course filming on location will always look the best

@@iconictuba4126 nah on this stage it looks faker than green screen. A result of that would be a show that feels compact. It won't feel open. Even though you can see the set it in an open desert, you can still obviously tell it's fake an shot in a warehouse. Just compare any desert scene in the recent star wars show to the one in A New Hope at the beginning

Seems like this engine will really bring unity to cinema and gaming

Any source?

@@DevranUenal No, Source can’t do this yet.

@@nem0meimpunel8cessit seems like you wooshed yourself

@@nem0meimpunel8cessit The joke went right above your head and slapped you in the neck…

It all looks cheap and looks tacky as well.

yeah the future is bright with this technology advancing

@@bighands69 nah dude this is advancing , new technology it’s always like that let’s see in 10 years …

if anything the jobs will be decreasing.

@@SamosIMP how lmao, the amount of people you'd need for film increase with this. you still have all the roles in a film traditionally but now you could include developers alongside the normal visual fx artists.

@@Extremexboxplayer all the small businesses that will be left out of the loop when scenes are shot on location? that impact is huge.

It would be like VR without VR, genius!

non 3D is boring

And VR without 3D. So less immersive.

It would be VR without the V! GENIUS!

literally the Holodeck From star trek lol

There's actually been a number of productions that have made use of VR! The director being able to check out a virtual set using a VR headset is a VERY useful tool!

Glad you think we have 20 years! Let's go!

And so sad it was cancelled.

but need to 3d render it

sure but production companies think about profits,they dont give a eff about what actors feel.

Yes, these volume stages help with costs but make the movie less immersive

@@sav145 Exsctly and filming on location sometimes earns the production a rather handsome rebate. It costs more to digitally shoot with CGI than actual location setsm

Obviously this is for when you can’t create a real set or visit a location or If your movie is in a more fantastical/fictional setting

they did that on 1899! tv show it was amazing!

How about a real floor with real cameras and not using CCTV production values.

@@bighands69 what do you mean? Real cameras and real floor? what are you talking about?

It just looks inferior to real environments using 35mm film.

2022 a big hop into to the future

The latter.

yes

Disney doesn’t use UE anymore, they have their own engine for The Volume now.

@@astronotics531Actually, this is many steps up from what ILM was doing with regards to virtual sets.

@@astronotics531 That's incorrect. StageCraft still uses Unreal, but the final renderer uses their inhouse Helios.

Yeah, no. Disney does not own that many sets of this calibre "all over the world"

Is that a pun?

The Batman had similar issues, but to smaller extent. Felt stagey on several occasions.

That can be solved easily when transparent displays become mainstream in 10 years via rotoscoping.

Andor used a lot of real locations and didn't feel at all like it was on a soundstage, unlike Kenobi

This tech is garbage, and continues the path of unimaginative film making.

They can dial in depth of field with this as well.

Well this reminds me of the holodeck in Star Trek Enterprise

It's best when it's used to extend or enhance real locations or physical sets. It's essentially just a really advanced green-screen.

The screen in mandalorian was just a big 360 tv with a 2nd video. This is more like a video game render. Everything in the screen is 3d model not a video

And that’s why that show is forgettable - like all other Star Wars.