"Designing in a 3D Playground: Unlocking Low-Code Add-on Development for Engineers" by Seán Carroll at Blender Conference 2025

This talk explores how engineers can create domain-specific tools in Blender using the low-code development add-on Serpens and powerful Python libraries such as OpenSeesPy. The presentation highlights StructureWorks, a structural analysis add-on that brings finite element simulation into Blender’s 3D environment. By combining node-based visual scripting with external Python tools, engineers can now prototype and deploy custom workflows with minimal coding. This session demonstrates how Blender offers an accessible and highly visual alternative to traditional engineering software, aiming to inspire the AEC community and others to consider Blender as a platform for building tailored, professional-grade tools.

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"VFX workflows for Sonic the Hedgehog 3" by Joel Prager at Blender Conference 2025

A walkthrough of how Blender was used as a core part of the VFX pipeline on Sonic The Hedgehog 3. I’ll cover how we integrated Blender into Paramount’s in-house pipeline, from previs through postviz to final shots.

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"Light my shiny render pass!" by Yaraslau Lebedzeu at Blender Conference 2025

Rendering relies heavily on approximations of physical reality, which can sometimes fail to capture complex optical effects. This is one reason why 3D renders don't always appear true to life. Yaraslau will explore phenomena such as birefringence, gradient index of refraction, diffraction, and the challenges of spectral rendering—topics that go beyond the limits of the RGB color model. He will also discuss when simplified models fall short and what Blender’s Cycles renderer can accurately mimic.

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"An Automation Pipeline for Robotics and Animation with USD" by Lars Beier, Vitus Pacholleck, Julius Schöps at Blender Conference 2025

In this presentation, Lars Beier, Vitus Pacholleck, and Julius Schöps share how they use Blender as the cornerstone of a 3D pipeline for robotics onboarding, simulation, and animation. They demonstrate how Blender supports automation across multiple workflow stages: from asset preparation and rigging to procedural animation, while integrating with OpenUSD-based platforms. The speakers will highlight practical use cases from industrial pipelines, showcasing both strengths and limitations. Their session illustrates how Blender enables collaboration between engineers and creatives, and why it is an essential tool for connecting robotics simulation with streamlined animation workflows in professional environments.

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"From Comics to Animated Films: Bringing a Graphic Novel to Life—Solo!" by Dirk I. Tiede at Blender Conference 2025

Graphic novelist Dirk I. Tiede shares how he single-handedly adapted his comic series Paradigm Shift into an animated short film. He demonstrates the challenges of creating character rigs (including a fully transformable werewolf rig!), using comics as storyboards, recreating his illustrative style using EEVEE and Grease Pencil, and ultimately bringing it all together to bring the comic to life!

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"The Future of Rendering" by Jules Urbach at Blender Conference 2025

Join Jules Urbach as he presents his vision for the future of GPU- and AI-driven rendering and how it will impact gaming, visual effects, media, design, and art into the 2030s and beyond.

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"Squishy Volumes at Your Fingertips" by Lars Helge Scheel at Blender Conference 2025

The Material Point Method (MPM) is a powerful technique for physical simulations, combining elastic, rigid, sand, and fluid objects. Over the past decade, it has become an important tool for VFX. Houdini and Maya already support it. In this talk, you will get an intuitive explanation of how MPM works and a showcase of a work-in-progress extension written in Rust that integrates MPM into Blender.

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"Case Study on Spiritquest" by Timo Berg, Iris Burkhardt, Valentin Dorian Schlie, Lukas Kuhn, Automne Ritzel at Blender Conference 2025

Case study of how we transitioned from Maya to Blender, and used, learned and implemented everything we found in the Blender toolbox to create our own unique style for "Spiritquest"

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"SkySplat Tutorial: From drone video to photo-realistic 3D scene" by Kyle Johnson at Blender Conference 2025

This tutorial covers the full process of turning low-cost drone footage into a photo-realistic 3D scene in Blender using SkySplat, a free and open-source addon. I’ll walk through frame extraction, COLMAP Structure-from-Motion, scene alignment in Blender, and 3D Gaussian Splat generation, done entirely within the Blender viewport.

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"Integrating Blender into the manufacturing industry" by Jean-Christophe LEDUCQ at Blender Conference 2025

The presentation shows how Blender is integrated into Renault Group’s digital ecosystem, featuring full vehicle configuration, collaborative editing, and seamless connection to tools like Autodesk VRED.

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