Episode 003: Talking 3D graphics with Steve Talkowski

This week Paolo speaks with Steve Talkowski about his 3D art career and his journey into visionOS creation. Show Note Links WWDC26 Events WWDC26 Community Step-Into-Coffee — June 7, 2026 (Sunday) 9:00AM–11:00AM WWDC26 Step Into Vision × CommunityKit — June 9, 2026 (Tuesday) 10:00AM–12:00PM CommunityKit Schedule WWDC Events List (GitHub) Guest & Career Steve Talkowsky — Sketchbot.tv | ArtStation | IMDb TRON (Disney) Blue Sky Studios (Wikipedia) Joe’s Apartment (Warner Bros.) Alien Resurrection (20th Century Studios) Jim Henson Company Community Step Into Vision — LinkedIn 3D Tools & Software Substance Painter (Adobe) Maya — Overview | YouTube Unreal Engine — Home | Vision Pro Quick Start PolyArc Sketchbot Museum (YouTube) ZBrush (Maxon) Blender Manual Marvelous Designer Clo3D PBR & Materials Low-Poly PBR Workflow — PBR Guide Part 1 | Part 2 | Understanding PBR Workflows PBR in Unreal — Physically Based Materials MaterialX — API Docs USD / USDZ USD — OpenUSD.org | USDZ Spec | Pixar OpenUSD USD Workflows — Creating USD Files for Apple Devices | WWDC 2021 Session UVs & Bake Lighting UV Mapping in Maya | Bake Lighting Apple Frameworks & Tools Reality Composer Pro — AR Tools | WWDC 2023 Session Photogrammetry & Scanning LALO Immersive Photogrammetry Environments Object Capture — RealityKit Object Capture | PhotogrammetrySession | WWDC 2021 | WWDC 2023 Polycam — Object Capture Scaniverse Retopology Guide for Scan Cleanup Animation Animating Only What’s Seen (YouTube) Squash and Stretch (Wikipedia) Immersive Experiences on Vision Pro Encounter Dinosaurs — Apple Support | WWDC 2024 Session Marvel What If…? An Immersive Story — Marvel | App Store Immersive Media & Formats Apple Immersive Media — Overview | Building a Viewing Experience | WWDC 2025 Session | ImmersiveMediaSupport Gaussian Splatting 3D Gaussian Splatting (INRIA) — About | GitHub | Polycam Gaussian Splatting Sports & Entertainment on Vision Pro NBA Immersive on Vision Pro — Apple Newsroom | Vision Story | Lakers Immersive | NBA Support F1 The Movie — Apple TV+ | Info Blackmagic & Immersive Video Production Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive Camera DaVinci Resolve Studio — Immersive Workflow Guide Meet with Apple Sessions — Session 226 | Session 234 | Session 235