Behind The Scenes of the Anvil Engine
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Behind The Scenes of the Anvil Engine is a free YouTube video on the Ubisoft channel.
Ubisoft YouTube playlist of four short behind-the-scenes videos on Anvil engine features used in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Covers real-time ray tracing for a living world, micropolygon detail at distance, building Feudal Japan at scale, and Atmos weather simulation. Aimed at viewers interested in modern AAA engine rendering and world-building tech.
It is aimed at all graphics programmers and matches the audience implied by Ubisoft's other work.
Access is a single free YouTube video with on-screen code and narration; numbered episodes assume you followed earlier parts of the same series.
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