This week Paolo speaks with Steve Talkowski about his 3D art career and his journey into visionOS creation.
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WWDC26 Events
WWDC26 Community Step-Into-Coffee — June 7, 2026 (Sunday) 9:00AM–11:00AMWWDC26 Step Into Vision × CommunityKit — June 9, 2026 (Tuesday) 10:00AM–12:00PMCommunityKit ScheduleWWDC Events List (GitHub)Guest & Career
Steve Talkowsky — Sketchbot.tv | ArtStation | IMDbTRON (Disney)Blue Sky Studios (Wikipedia)Joe’s Apartment (Warner Bros.)Alien Resurrection (20th Century Studios)Jim Henson CompanyCommunity
Step Into Vision — LinkedIn3D Tools & Software
Substance Painter (Adobe)Maya — Overview | YouTubeUnreal Engine — Home | Vision Pro Quick StartPolyArcSketchbot Museum (YouTube)ZBrush (Maxon)Blender ManualMarvelous DesignerClo3DPBR & Materials
Low-Poly PBR Workflow — PBR Guide Part 1 | Part 2 | Understanding PBR WorkflowsPBR in Unreal — Physically Based MaterialsMaterialX — API DocsUSD / USDZ
USD — OpenUSD.org | USDZ Spec | Pixar OpenUSDUSD Workflows — Creating USD Files for Apple Devices | WWDC 2021 SessionUVs & Bake Lighting
UV Mapping in Maya | Bake LightingApple Frameworks & Tools
Reality Composer Pro — AR Tools | WWDC 2023 SessionPhotogrammetry & Scanning
LALO Immersive Photogrammetry EnvironmentsObject Capture — RealityKit Object Capture | PhotogrammetrySession | WWDC 2021 | WWDC 2023Polycam — Object CaptureScaniverseRetopology Guide for Scan CleanupAnimation
Animating Only What’s Seen (YouTube)Squash and Stretch (Wikipedia)Immersive Experiences on Vision Pro
Encounter Dinosaurs — Apple Support | WWDC 2024 SessionMarvel What If…? An Immersive Story — Marvel | App StoreImmersive Media & Formats
Apple Immersive Media — Overview | Building a Viewing Experience | WWDC 2025 Session | ImmersiveMediaSupportGaussian Splatting
3D Gaussian Splatting (INRIA) — About | GitHub | Polycam Gaussian SplattingSports & Entertainment on Vision Pro
NBA Immersive on Vision Pro — Apple Newsroom | Vision Story | Lakers Immersive | NBA SupportF1 The Movie — Apple TV+ | InfoBlackmagic & Immersive Video Production
Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive CameraDaVinci Resolve Studio — Immersive Workflow GuideMeet with Apple Sessions — Session 226 | Session 234 | Session 235