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Simulon turns acted iPhone footage into regenerated VFX scenes

Simulon introduced Reality-Aware Rendering, an iPhone feature that turns a creator's acted scene into a newly generated visual-effects performance, co-founder Divesh Naidoo announced in an X post on October 28th. The workflow has creators place a neural asset using the phone, record a scene, and have Simulon render the take using the performer's actions, speech and surroundings, with timing and interaction changes possible. The feature makes a creator's performance part of VFX generation, letting Simulon generate an asset's response from a staged scene.

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Simulon turns acted iPhone footage into regenerated VFX scenes
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Co-founder Divesh Naidoo says the new feature uses a creator's actions, speech and surroundings to generate a fresh performance, with timing and interaction changes possible.

        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
        · Published 

Primary source: [x.com](https://x.com/diveshnaidoo/status/2115477721455214623)

Why it matters #

The feature makes a creator's performance part of VFX generation, giving Simulon a way to generate an asset's response from a staged scene.

Simulon has introduced Reality-Aware Rendering, an iPhone feature that turns a creator's acted scene into a newly generated visual-effects performance. Co-founder Divesh Naidoo (@diveshnaidoo) described the workflow in an X post on October 28th: place a neural asset using the phone, record a scene, then have Simulon render the take using the performer's actions, speech and surroundings.…

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