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Matsya is the third of three films we are presenting next week in Nice with Radical Ocean Futures and @tba21academy.

In this allegorical short, an ark ship roams the high seas, visiting threatened ecosystems and coastal communities, acting as a vault for those species, practices, and languages that are existentially threatened by the climate crisis.

#matsya #speculativefiction #unoc

Through three new short films, we’ve worked with Radical Ocean Futures and @tba21academy to ask how science/speculative fiction could shape the future of earth’s oceans beyond policy reports. These provocations premiere next week in Nice (link in bio).

In MANA, we explore the vital role of ‘large ocean states’ in marine governance across the Pacific. This film imagines how future attitudes toward marine protection, harvest and logistics might be radically adjusted by higher fidelity sensing and tracking of our oceans in combination with a return to far older cultural traditions of ocean stewardship.

#MANA #radicaloceanfutures #unoc #speculativefiction

We are excited to premiere three new short films at a workshop for the UN Oceans Conference in Nice next week. These films were developed with Radical Ocean Futures and @tba21academy and they tell speculative stories of governance, resource extraction + activism, and the preservation of threatened existences.

In Havsrå, we explore the looming shadows of deep sea rare-earth mining, and the ways in which civil society resistance to extractive ocean industries might reverberate through culture.

#radicaloceanfutures #unoc #speculativefiction #havsrå

Daughter of the Inner Stars is a 50 minute symphonic orchestral experience blending live narration, original animation, and an original cinematic score by Australian composer Nicholas Buc. Created for children and families, the fantastical environments of this saga form the backdrop for thematic explorations of folklore, animism, grief, and kin. This video is a behind the scenes look at the making of the ambitious 50-minute animation accompanying the show. We explore how we used @unrealengine for worldbuilding and Metahuman / Flow Studio for animation.

Daughter of the Inner Stars: Credits

Writer + Director: James Vinson (From the Hearth) @jamesvinsonpictus
Produced by: Melanie Hiluta | Nicholas Buc (Magical Muse) @innerstarsseries @mhiluta
Music By: Nicholas Buc @bucnicholas
Production Designer + Director of Photography: Nathan Su
Visual Effects Supervisor: Nathan Su @nathanssu @inferstudio
Motion Capture Actors: Fia - Misha Pinnington, Selki - Bethany Edgoose, Burto - Nathan Su,Dormo & The Witch - James Vinson
Animation & Motion Capture Technical Director: Nour Hassoun @impersonas @_no_ur.hh
Lead Character Designer: Ludvig Holmen @ludvig.holmen
Motion Capture Technician: Bethany Edgoose
Data Wrangler + AI Pipeline Developer: Sarah Su @sarahsu22
Digital Environments (Inferstudio): Nathan Su, Bethany Edgoose, Ludvig Holmen, Leon Kogan
Character Concept Artist + Illustrator (Tubik): Maryna Solomennykova
Illustrator + Graphic Designer (@tubikstudio): Arthur Avakyan
Storyboard Artist (From the Hearth) : James Vinson
Music Preparation (Magical Muse): Nicholas Buc | Melanie Hiluta

Editor (behind the scenes video): Bethany Edgoose @bethedgoose

#UnrealEngine5 #MetaHuman #VirtualProduction #RealTimeRendering #IndieDev

The small team at @Inferstudio and digital human platform @Impersonas used Unreal Engine 5, MetaHuman, and AI to blend stylized visuals, real-time production, and high-fidelity performance capture for ‘Daughter of the Inner Stars.’ ⁣
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We spoke to them about how they turned it all into a into a cohesive pipeline for the 50-minute original symphonic orchestral experience. Read the piece now on the Unreal Engine blog!

The small team at @Inferstudio and digital human platform @Impersonas used Unreal Engine 5, MetaHuman, and AI to blend stylized visuals, real-time production, and high-fidelity performance capture for ‘Daughter of the Inner Stars.’ ⁣
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We spoke to them about how they turned it all into a into a cohesive pipeline for the 50-minute original symphonic orchestral experience. Read the piece now on the Unreal Engine blog!

V&A East Storehouse

Gaussian Splat Test | Processed in Postshot | Rendered in Octane

#octanerender #postshot #gaussiansplat

The world’s oceans are under unprecedented threat.

From climate change and plastic pollution to overfishing and deep-sea mining, human activity is driving habitat loss and destabilising marine ecosystems.

On 25 March at RSA House, Oceans Futurisms brings together three short animated films, M.A.N.A, Havsrå and Matsya, each imagining a possible future for our seas.

Created by Inferstudio, the films blend scientific research with speculative storytelling to explore ocean governance, marine resources and preservation – offering three science-based visions of the future: cautionary, hopeful, and urgent.

The screenings will be followed by a panel conversation and audience Q&A on ocean policy, climate justice, activism and marine protection.

Limited free tickets available via link in bio. 🔗

The world’s oceans are under unprecedented threat.

From climate change and plastic pollution to overfishing and deep-sea mining, human activity is driving habitat loss and destabilising marine ecosystems.

On 25 March at RSA House, Oceans Futurisms brings together three short animated films, M.A.N.A, Havsrå and Matsya, each imagining a possible future for our seas.

Created by Inferstudio, the films blend scientific research with speculative storytelling to explore ocean governance, marine resources and preservation – offering three science-based visions of the future: cautionary, hopeful, and urgent.

The screenings will be followed by a panel conversation and audience Q&A on ocean policy, climate justice, activism and marine protection.

Limited free tickets available via link in bio. 🔗

The world’s oceans are under unprecedented threat.

From climate change and plastic pollution to overfishing and deep-sea mining, human activity is driving habitat loss and destabilising marine ecosystems.

On 25 March at RSA House, Oceans Futurisms brings together three short animated films, M.A.N.A, Havsrå and Matsya, each imagining a possible future for our seas.

Created by Inferstudio, the films blend scientific research with speculative storytelling to explore ocean governance, marine resources and preservation – offering three science-based visions of the future: cautionary, hopeful, and urgent.

The screenings will be followed by a panel conversation and audience Q&A on ocean policy, climate justice, activism and marine protection.

Limited free tickets available via link in bio. 🔗

Testing Gaussian Splatting to create 3D scans from drone footage taken during an @rca_ads13 field trip to Birchfield Natural Capital Laboratory in October 2024.

#gaussiansplatting #postshot #digitalscanning #digitaltwin #djiair2s

Testing Gaussian Splats in our new studio space in @stratford.workshops.

#gaussiansplatting #digitaltwin #spectral

Ephemeral memories from our field trip last year in this 3D group portrait of the @rca.architecture ADS13 25 / 26 team. Captured on a live-aboard boat where we stayed on the outskirts of Amsterdam.

#gaussiansplatting #architecturestudent #3dportrait #ue5

It is with incredible sadness that we learned yesterday of the passing of @chongyanchuah

You have been and remain one of our dearest friends, closest collaborators, and a most luminous example of a person.

We studied together, started a studio together, worked together, and lived together. Those years in London fundamentally shaped who we have become, and we are forever grateful to have shared a path.

You reminded us not to take ourselves too seriously, but to be seriously curious. You met every challenge with unmatched vitality. You quite literally showed us new worlds, and invited us to discover even more with you.

This world is so much the better for having had you in it.

Wherever you are now, keep exploring.
We love and miss you.

To your dreaming, to your searching, and to your voyaging.

It is with incredible sadness that we learned yesterday of the passing of @chongyanchuah

You have been and remain one of our dearest friends, closest collaborators, and a most luminous example of a person.

We studied together, started a studio together, worked together, and lived together. Those years in London fundamentally shaped who we have become, and we are forever grateful to have shared a path.

You reminded us not to take ourselves too seriously, but to be seriously curious. You met every challenge with unmatched vitality. You quite literally showed us new worlds, and invited us to discover even more with you.

This world is so much the better for having had you in it.

Wherever you are now, keep exploring.
We love and miss you.

To your dreaming, to your searching, and to your voyaging.

It is with incredible sadness that we learned yesterday of the passing of @chongyanchuah

You have been and remain one of our dearest friends, closest collaborators, and a most luminous example of a person.

We studied together, started a studio together, worked together, and lived together. Those years in London fundamentally shaped who we have become, and we are forever grateful to have shared a path.

You reminded us not to take ourselves too seriously, but to be seriously curious. You met every challenge with unmatched vitality. You quite literally showed us new worlds, and invited us to discover even more with you.

This world is so much the better for having had you in it.

Wherever you are now, keep exploring.
We love and miss you.

To your dreaming, to your searching, and to your voyaging.

It is with incredible sadness that we learned yesterday of the passing of @chongyanchuah

You have been and remain one of our dearest friends, closest collaborators, and a most luminous example of a person.

We studied together, started a studio together, worked together, and lived together. Those years in London fundamentally shaped who we have become, and we are forever grateful to have shared a path.

You reminded us not to take ourselves too seriously, but to be seriously curious. You met every challenge with unmatched vitality. You quite literally showed us new worlds, and invited us to discover even more with you.

This world is so much the better for having had you in it.

Wherever you are now, keep exploring.
We love and miss you.

To your dreaming, to your searching, and to your voyaging.

Its been a while but over the last couple of months we’ve revamped our website and updated it with some new projects that we are excited to start sharing!

Link in bio.

#inferstudio #speculativedesign #worldbuilding