Horizon Forbidden West: Nubis Evolved - Real-time Volumetric Clouds for Environments

Nubis is a Real-Time volumetric cloud system that I developed along with Nathan Vos and others at Guerrilla.

Nubis was originally designed to produce dynamic cloudscapes for the game, Horizon Zero Dawn. You can see some examples here. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/96BbN

In addition to using Nubis for cloudscapes, We now use them for Environments - mountain hugging clouds that the player can fly through on the PS5. All captures were made on a PlayStation 5.

You can look at the collection of Bryan Adams (https://www.artstation.com/delta307) to see how Orographic clouds were used for Horizon Forbidden West.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/r9Pn82

Look for a more detailed explanation of how this works at SIGGRAPH 2022. Schedule to be announced in the near future.

Art Direction: Misja Baas, Jan-Bart van Beek

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