Olivier Ozoux

How cool is websim.ai??? 😅🕶️🎉 By using Anthropics Claude 3 models (choose between Opus, Sonnet and Haiku) websim.ai generates a website for you by just providing a URL and optional parameters. I tried https://lnkd.in/g54nQrTN and it created a website with a searchable database of movies shot on celluloid 🤯 I mean how cool is that! And I like the fact that a lot of the generated websites look a lot like they are straight from the first days of the world wide web 😅 #websimai #ai #websites #llm #anthropic #claude3

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🚀📘 As I delve deeper into Unreal Engine and game design, I've also been enriching my understanding of scaling strategies with Ludovic Bodin’s insightful book, "Atomic Scaling - How Small Teams Create Huge Growth" (I just finished 😊). It's been a fascinating read, particularly through the lens of the 3P3R framework, which focuses on People, Prediction, Playbook, Revenue, Reach, and Retention. Here are some compelling takeaways that can transform how we approach not just business, but also game development: 1. **People:** Empowering teams and fostering a culture of trust can accelerate performance far more effectively than individual talent alone. It's about assembling teams that can think with both sides of their brain—merging data with storytelling to enhance engagement and creativity. 2. **Prediction:** Harnessing the power of prediction to anticipate market needs and player preferences is crucial. By teaching teams to use data for making educated predictions, we can better align our game development projects with future trends. 3. **Playbook:** Clearly defining your mission and understanding your audience through frameworks like BRAW (Budget, Reach, Authority, Want) can direct your strategic efforts more effectively, ensuring your games resonate well with your target market. 4. **Revenue:** The challenge is to create compelling games that not only attract users but also offer viable monetization strategies that ensure long-term viability without compromising the gaming experience. 5. **Reach:** Optimizing how we attract and engage with our user base, from leveraging SEO to forming strategic partnerships, can amplify our games' visibility and success. 6. **Retention:** Incorporating feedback loops and continuously improving based on user interactions ensures that our games remain engaging and relevant, encouraging long-term player retention. Each of these elements provides a blueprint for not just running a business but also for designing games that are both profitable and beloved by players. Whether you're a game designer, developer, or someone interested in the mechanics of scaling, "Atomic Scaling" is a must-read! #GameDesign #UnrealEngine #GameDevelopment #BusinessStrategy #AtomicScaling

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This is an interesting one: UK PETITION TO ‘STOP PUBLISHERS KILLING GAMES’ EMERGES For context, in the UK anyone who gets more than 10k signatures on a petition has the right to have it debated by the government. This petition gained 27k signatures very quickly. It didn't get the response they wanted (and got closed early because of the UK's upcoming election). However, it's an interesting one, especially in the detail. Essentially it highlights that when players buy a game the terms state that the game can be cancelled at any time. That applies to both games as a product or service - and there is debate over the definition of those two. And this happens a lot. The petition references Ubisoft's The Crew servers being taken down after 10 years. It's perhaps hard to totally get behind that. But the point is interesting. What the petition actually asks is: "Require publishers to leave video games (and related game assets / features) they have sold to customers in a reasonably working state when support ends, so that no further intervention whatsoever is necessary for the game to function, as a statutory consumer right." https://lnkd.in/ems4fd7z

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I'm thrilled to introduce my latest creation, the "RealVisionBabes" model, now available on Civitai! This Stable Diffusion model is designed to generate stunningly realistic and diverse images, pushing the boundaries of AI-generated art. 🔗 Check out the model here: RealVisionBabes on Civitai With the power of AI, deep learning, and neural networks, "RealVisionBabes" can create high-quality visuals for various applications, from digital art and marketing to content creation and beyond. Key Features: ✨ High-quality, realistic image generation ✨ Versatile use for different creative projects ✨ Cutting-edge AI technology Join the AI art revolution and see what "RealVisionBabes" can do for you. Let's innovate and inspire with the power of artificial intelligence! #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #StableDiffusion #DeepLearning #MachineLearning #NeuralNetworks #GenerativeAI #AIGeneratedArt #AIInnovation #DigitalArt #AIModels #ImageGeneration #TechInnovation #AIResearch #AIApplications #CreativeAI #RealVisionBabes #Civitai #AIEvolution #TechArt #AICommunity #AIArt #FutureOfArt #TechTrends #AIInArt #DigitalTransformation #InnovativeTech #LinkedInTech #AIShowcase #AIModelRelease

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Check it our Harmony Handbook with Christopher Wieduwilt (The AI Musicpreneur) We dive deep into some mind-blowing strategies to take your music career to the next level using AI. Whether you're an: Artist Musician Producer, or just a music lover, this is your ticket to game-changing AI tools and insights! Don't miss out. #AIMusic #MusicTechnology #MusicInnovation

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If you are using Unreal Engine 5.4 and Nanite with Tessellation you might be interested in this: The dicing rate (r.Nanite.DicingRate) can be tuned to get some extra juicy ms, but it is a bit counter-intuitive. The lower the number, the more triangles are produced by the tessellation algorithm (Currently static since is happening at runtime, hope this improves!) The default value is 2. Using a value of 1 produces way more triangles, performance almost stays the same. But it is actually really hard to tell the difference. 2-6 Performance slightly improves, 5 and 6 you can already notice tessellation shadows slightly popping if you move slow. Performance improves from 1 to 2 ms, those are gold. 7 and more, even having way fewer triangles, performance slowly decreases. Yes, even with less triangles, you are most likely creating a bottleneck in who knows what part of the pipeline. My magic number until see how 5.5 evolves is: r.Nanite.DicingRate 1-2 extra ms. Less triangles than the default 2. Tessellation almost stays the same. Extra tip for Nanite and WPO. Virtual shadow maps are a must. Separate dynamic and static meshes in two VSM with r.Shadow.Virtual.Cache.StaticSeparate 1 Make all your foliage invalidation settings as static/rigid (Also making them static objects), and only characters and transforming objects as "auto" (Which will invalidate per frame) Limit the WPO distance to 5000 to 7000 units. This will give you easily 3-4 ms in shadow depths if you are using WPO. Good luck!

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I'm refining my UEFN Metahuman MOCAP workflow. I got some helpful tips on X/Twitter from some other devs that I share in my YouTube video - https://lnkd.in/e6E4tCHD

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The below is a fantastic example of why traditional training in the arts, cinematography, photography, etc will allow you to better understand how to create amazing images.

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The current frontier for Generative AI is precise creative control. And while we all wait for Generative models to go 4D and output animated Gaussian Splats directly ( because Generating pixels is soo 2024 😜) hybrid 3D+AI workflows are the most promising. Reading between the lines, the workflow below is actually Blender -> Stable Diffusion ( because ControlNets ) -> Flux Image 2 Image. It'll be interesting to see how quickly the Open Source community can port these tools directly to Flux. #3DAI #Flux

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A new #opensource txt-to-video #GenAI is up. Impressive, and with the same ethical and legal problems as usual of course : https://lnkd.in/e3QiejQv

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Navigating the complexities of porting to Apple Vision Pro? Unity's guide offers 6 essential tips to streamline the process, from leveraging Unity's AR Foundation to optimizing your app's performance on Vision Pro. Check out the full guide for expert insights and practical advice to ensure your app shines on Apple's latest platform - https://lnkd.in/dCcxYKem. #AR #VR #AppleVisionPro #Unity #realtime3D

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Bootstrapping (Acoustic R&B Version 1)’ by Liam Bear Brown is on #SoundCloud https://lnkd.in/eQ_k4sFW Artist: Liam Bear Brown Lyrics: Nik Bear Brown Release Date: April 13, 2024 Genre: Acoustic R&B Dive into the rhythm of statistics with "Bootstrapping," a unique acoustic R&B track that brings the world of data analysis to life through music. Created by the talented Liam Bear Brown with insightful lyrics by Nik Bear Brown, this song explores the innovative statistical method known as bootstrapping. "Bootstrapping" begins with a vivid description of a researcher out in the field, grappling with limited data but armed with a powerful technique. The song weaves through the process of bootstrapping—using random samples with replacement to estimate properties of an estimator (like the mean or variance). It's both an educational tool and a catchy tune that makes complex concepts accessible and engaging. With its smooth melodies and clever lyrics, this song is perfect for anyone interested in data science, statistics, or just looking for a fresh musical experience. Liam Bear Brown delivers a track that not only entertains but enlightens, making "Bootstrapping" a standout piece in any music collection. Listen, groove, and let the numbers speak to you! #Bootstrapping #AcousticRnB #DataScience #Statistics #LiamBearBrown #NikBearBrown #EducationThroughMusic #Bootstrapping #SamplingStatistics

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FMOD Studio 2.03.01 is out now and available to download. Find all of the latest features and fixes at https://fmod.com/download #gameaudio #unity3d #unrealengine #ue5

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Unreal Engine 5.4 has a ton of amazing animation features and improvements - no better time to dive into real time animation! And there's lots more to come. Here's some great guides on the various new features: 1. Control Rig - https://lnkd.in/gXBA3WeY 2. Modular Rigging - https://lnkd.in/gwTUgMxA 3. Animation Authoring Overview - https://lnkd.in/gykmXW-U 4. IK Re-targeting - https://lnkd.in/gmtRQQUY 5. Sequencer Updates - https://lnkd.in/g6QU-uRc #ue5 #unrealengine #epicgames #realtime #transmedia #animation

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The power of GenAI is in the ability it gives us to quickly build highly specific solutions to highly specific problems. Truth is, GenAI in itself will only get you so far, and what really makes the ROI obvious is having a team capable of leveraging it in all aspects of our work. In this article, I am sharing thoughts on our transition to being an AI Native team, currently building our own custom solutions within ALL verticals of the studio, supporting Development, LiveOps, Infra and more.

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Hello friends. Last month, I was looking for more work and finally secured some on Reddit from a guy who needed help with preproduction on his Tabletop RPG / Card Battler. After a meeting with him, he showed me what he had and it was quite impressive. He had a prototype of a card-battler using a tabletop RPG battle system, but he had little to no documentation or planning—he's been chiseling away at his game for a few months in his spare time after work. I suggested that before I dive into art, we flesh out the game design and the rest of the game up to around an 80% mark and let the last 20% be changes, additions, and that sort. As your game evolves, it'll come into it's own and you'll find things that need changed or added, this accounts for that. He agreed and I asked if I could work on all this since I did that with my game Alligori and lead the team from start to finish with our vertical slice, and I know tabletop RPGs very well. He agreed and we did the whole song and dance with paperwork, and he sent over a retainer and I began work the following Monday. Three weeks go by and we're working great together. I'm fleshing out his game, adding some meat to the backbone of his prototype with classes, abilities, etc. My goal was to write out as much as possible and then trim content to fit it into a 1-year development cycle. So I flesh a bulk of his game out, and then categorize it more into a game design document that clearly conveys concepts, ideas, and mechanics. Catching up, last week was the final week of my first month and payment was due. He just up and disappears like a fart in the wind, I have no idea if he's alive, incarcerated, on vacation, or what. He didn't remove me on Discord, so I don't entirely suspect malicious intent, but he gave no notice. That's the risk you run with working 1-on-1 with a client remotely, one day they can just up and disappear. I do have paperwork, so I may pursue legal action. If he doesn't log on by Friday, I'm going to publicly release all my documentation and the GDD I wrote on here.

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Here is an article I wrote about my experience with Unreal Engine for Multi-Platform Game Development.

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