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doublevr I'm not really into the whole outdoor thing when it comes to intimacy, but I'm actually pretty excited to give this a try and see how it goes. Keep em coming!

    Hi,
    next scene ready to montage! Final version of underwater room.

    Chers!

    5 days later

    doublevr
    Foliage that doesn't move looks kind of fake and breaks the immersion...

    I'm not sure outside scenes without movement in the background are the best idea for CGI stuff. Much easier to make a believable interior in which no movement in the background is expected.

      The foliage in the Jade Kimiko video didn't bother me too much, probably because motionless foliage might actually occur under certain circumstances (indoors or on a dead calm day). But sure, some minor movement would make it appear more realistic.

      What I liked about the Serena Hill CGI background was that it created a sense of depth that I would have never expected from such a background before seeing it. I think the Jade background did not convey the 3D feeling quite as well, probably because it is way more spatious and there are no objects in the immediate surroundings. Moreover, the very far objects like the mountain in the center started looking less realistic and more like a flat wallpaper.

      Maybe for outdoor scenes it would be better to keep the space more or less room-sized and/or put some objects closer to the action to provide some reference points for depth perception.

      At least they are now more watchable than without background...

      Credit for trying to please also us, members without PT headsets.

      It would be appreciated to offer extra videos where the male is black as I do not have an appropriate headset yet.
      With Anya Olsen.

      Hi,

      I agree with opinion about background animation. We are working on find best solution to create high quality animated CGI in relatywely short time while maintaining great, movie quality.

      New preview from minecraft scene.

      Chers!

      10 days later

      Daron

      Daron background looks good but still don't wanna see the actors torso on PT. The later scene without it are so much better when you get the placement good.

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          This may be boring, but I sort of am a big fan of the studio NOIR and to a much less extent DarkroomVR, specifically for their backgrounds/lighting.

          Having a dark/black/low light background really creates a sense of seclusion with that person, intimacy, and it feels like ive been transported into a space with them. Imo static black > PT... also cuz my room is dirty lol.

          Some of the CGI backgrounds are like super bright and make me feel like I'm using a Virtual Reality helmet (which...I am right).

          The darker backgrounds from Noir (much lesser extent DarkroomVR) make me feel like I'm "under a spell".

          So... can't wait for static backgrounds!!!

          It's hard to fit your PT models into CGI scenes convincingly because your lighting is so flat, all coming from the front, sort of like a ring light effect but using several strip lights I think. It doesn't look terrible, but it's not "soft" (big diffused key light) like traditional high end / glamor work, there are hot spots and specular highlights typical of direct lighting, and it lacks shape and direction. So wherever you put the models will have inconsistent lighting. Have you guys tried softer light, with a little more direction? Is there no room for a larger diffused light in that little studio or did it complicate the masking? It's not really an issue for PT, where the wow factor overrides everything, but it's not as sexy as it could be.