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Tag: The Matrix

VFX Breakdowns

Epic Games posts making of ‘The Matrix Awakens’

Posted onJune 7, 2022

A really fun behind the scenes video with previously unseen footage from how ‘The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience’ was crafted.

Articles

These ‘Matrix Awakens’ behind the scenes videos are fantastic

Posted onApril 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Plus, you can download the sample city for free.

Podcasts

VFX Notes: The Matrix!

Posted onDecember 25, 2021

“This Is The Best Thing I’ve Done In A Long Time.”

Articles

Unreal Engine has made a ‘Matrix’-themed immersive experience with a photoreal Keanu

Posted onDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021

The experience has pre-rendered cinematics, real-time rendered scenes, and a car shoot-em-up you can PLAY.

Podcasts

VFX Artifacts: The Bullet Time rig from ‘The Matrix’

Posted onJuly 15, 2021September 13, 2021

How the actual rig was built and operated for the Wachowskis’ film.

John Gaeta
Articles

John Gaeta on dynamic adaptive geospatially aligned applications, and other things from the future

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

The Magicverse has you.

The matrix Bullet Time
Retro

Bullet Time before Bullet Time

Posted onApril 1, 2019May 13, 2022

The tests that led to the landmark visual effect of the ’90s.

Making the magic mirror
Retro

Making the magic mirror moment in ‘The Matrix’

Posted onMarch 29, 2019May 17, 2020

“Neo looks at his hand; fingers distended into mirrored icicles that begin to melt rapidly, dripping, running like wax down his fingers, spreading across his palm where he sees his face reflected.”

Retro

Anatomy of a crash: ‘The Matrix’s’ stunning helicopter scene

Posted onMarch 28, 2019April 8, 2021

I knew it. He’s the one.

The Matrix
Retro

Secrets of ‘The Matrix’ code

Posted onMarch 27, 2019May 17, 2020

It comes from Japanese cookbooks, it’s back to front, and it didn’t always flow vertically.

The Matrix VFX
Retro

Three things you might not have known about Bullet Time

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 15, 2020

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