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Session Name: The Visual Effects Technology of 'Destiny'
Speaker(s): Ali Mayyasi, Brandon Whitley
Company Name(s): Bungie, Bungie
Track / Format: Programming

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Overview: This session will cover the technology, tools, and techniques behind the visual effects of the 'Destiny' franchise. It will provide a broad overview of Bungie's VFX pipeline, demonstrating how they armed artists with flexible and powerful authoring tools, managed huge volumes of content while maintaining a consistent visual look, and kept it all performant. This session will also discuss how the Bungie art team created some of the more interesting effects from 'Destiny 2'. Finally, this lecture will present a variety of techniques and tricks that could be applied to any real-time VFX system.

GDC 2018

Ali Mayyasi

Bungie

Brandon Whitley

Bungie

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Programming

Programming

Visual Arts

Visual Arts