Aaron Jablonski

The lights and material in this Unreal Engine scene are reacting in real-time to Ableton Push, driven by custom OSC blueprints. 3D model created in Houdini. #unrealengine #audiovisual #ableton

Using my hands as the primary controller for Unreal Engine 5 and Ableton. I created this hand-tracking setup using MediaPipe in Python to track hand position and openness, sending the data live to Unreal Engine 5 to drive a Niagara particle system and simultaneously to Ableton, where it's mapped to an effect chain. #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #NiagaraVFX #AbletonLive #StudioShare

They say the water here is 5 miles deep... Testing new water shaders and volumetric lighting. The goal was to create a sense of scale and isolation. Rendered in Unreal Engine Sound on 🎧 #unrealengine #ue5 #darkfantasy #worldbuilding

Time-lapse breakdown of how I built my latest audio-reactive 3D scene, hard-surface modelling in Houdini to Unreal Engine #sidefxhoudini #unrealengine #3dmodelling

EXITSIMULATION @exitsimulation October 3rd, 22:00 →ZOKI’s Warehouse, str. Industrialna 1 🎫 Tickets → link in bio, highlights & stories Aaron Jablonski is a digital artist and creative developer based in Berlin, Germany, creating and releasing work under the pseudonym ExitSimulation. His practice spans Game Engines, Extended Reality (XR), Artificial Intelligence, and procedural workflows. Aaron explores the intersection of technology, perception, and identity — engaging with themes such as reality and simulation, altered states of consciousness, and the psychological effects of digital systems, from algorithmic control to social media addiction. Catch his debut in Sofia in less than two weeks!

Impressions from "Xenopunk", exhibited at NXT Museum Amsterdam during ADE 2022. As the Lead Developer, Art Director and Environment Artist I developed a vast procedural wasteland environment in Unity and created a VR experience featuring procedural assets authored in Houdini. The title "Xenopunk" is inspired by the notion of alien survival strategies in a post-ecological age, where creatures and humanoids can thrive in an inhospitable home environment. The humanoids, called disborgs, use bio-hacking and assistive technologies to overcome their bodily limitations, and turn waste into life-affirming paths. In this world, functionality and survival take priority over beauty, and the inhabitants' appearances are a byproduct of their strategies for survival. Art Direction, Environment co-creation and character / creature design by @marigoldff Disborg teaser sound design by @tryce__e Xenopunk is a collaborative project by Transmoderna & Giusy Amoroso & Aaron Jablonski In partnership with Rockstar Games.

Over the last month, I've been diving deep into the PCG (Procedural Content Generation) framework in Unreal Engine 5.2 and released a free 2 hr tutorial series on it. I thought I'd share it with those of you who are interested in game development, environment design, or just learning something new. . You can find it on my YouTube channel through the link in my bio. Hope it adds value to your own projects or simply inspires your curiosity. If you have questions or topics you'd like me to cover in future tutorials, feel free to drop a comment below or DM me. . Part 1 kicks off with an in-depth overview of the PCG framework. We go through the basics like density filtering, spline sampling, mesh sampling and even how to exclude water bodies from your dynamic environments. Perfect for those who want to get a good grip on the core concepts. . Part 2 takes it a step further. We venture into landscape layer sampling and how to build a dynamic forest environment using PCG. From grasslands to slopes covered with foliage between rocks. It's filled with a bunch of practical examples and some neat debugging techniques. . Part 3, is all about crafting water bodies and foliage around them. We'll also walk through creating procedural pathways through the forest and work on a mesh sampling based asset—a dead tree overgrown with vines and moss. . Happy learning! #UnrealEngine5 #gamedev #ProceduralDesign #EnvironmentDesign

Procedural environment creation process in @unrealengine 5 and @sidefxhoudini for Sheylena EP release by musician @hamzakshah Produced by @ior50.studio We've created a huge 25km² landscape based on a Houdini height field terrain, featuring procedural dunes, terracing and realistic erosion. . Unreal Engine 5's Nanite technology allowed us to use high poly source assets comprising millions of polygons, for a very detailed look. Rendered with Raytracing and Lumen for real-time global illumination. . #UnrealEngine5 #Houdini #ue5 #ProceduralDesign #EnvironmentDesign

Xenopunk - Over the last few months we worked intensely on this VR installation and immersive experience, exhibited at @nxtmuseum in Amsterdam. Based on Transmoderna's concept we created a surreal dreamscape filled with extraordinary creatures and beings. Viewers enter into a 8 minute immersive experience that takes them on a ride through this world and gradually introduces their inhabitants. With the help of Sam Aldridge @samaldridge for rigging and animation, the motion capture archive - capturing queer movements by @ior50.studio and the spatial Sound design by Anna Phaenarete Lioka. Xenopunk - Full Credits A collaborative project by Transmoderna & Giusy Amoroso & Aaron Jablonski Part 1: "Junkspace" VR Installation. 8 minutes, color, sound. 2022. Creative direction | Concept: Ana Ofak @transmoderna Art direction: Giusy Amoroso & Aaron Jablonski Executive producer: Steffen Berkhahn @dixon_ Disborg & Creature design Texturing: Giusy Amoroso @marigoldff Environment co-creator | Technical Artist: Aaron Jablonski @exitsimulation Environment co-creator: Giusy Amoroso @marigoldff Lead development: Aaron Jablonski @exitsimulation Disborg & Creatures animation Rigging: Sam Aldridge @_samaldridge Soundscape | Disborg & creature voice: Anna Phaenarete Lioka @anna_phaenarete_lioka Final music song: Tamada "Shara" (Trikk Selva Kartuli Vocal Mix) @trikkmusic Music direction: Dixon & Trikk Motion capture: Capturing queer movement, an archive by IOR50 studio @ior50.studio VR consoles: New Tendency x Transmoderna Technical engineering: Felix Loftus Technical assistance: Anastasia Golumbovska @holumbovska_ Concept assistance: Chloe Karnezi & Camille Roy @chloekarnezi @cool.kemi Project management: Simon Zoghlami Partner Relations: Sandira Blas @ssandiraa

These clips are some of my favorite parts from the Dixon @ Fondation Beyeler stream - For this project we worked with a diverse team across multiple timezones and combined realtime CG with GAN interpretations from @soficrespo91 of original artworks by @wolfgang_tillmans , Paul Klee und Auguste Rodin together with (particle) VFX created in Unity. The stream starts in a virtual representation of @fondationbeyeler which is then gradually deconstructed and reinterpreted by @sabrina_ratte . The full 60 minutes of the stream contain much more material - more than I could show here - you can find the full stream on Youtube! Particularly great editing / videography by @minozzicarlos on the deconstruction section (Video 3 here) ~~~~ Dixon @dixon_ (DJ, executive producer) Ana Ofak (Creative direction, curator) Timur Novikov @o_.o._o (Visual direction, curator) Aaron Jablonski @exitsimulation (Art Direction, Technical direction, VFX) Sofia Crespo @soficrespo91 (Neural art, GAN), Sabrina Ratté @sabrina_ratte (Digital artworks, multimedia artist) Feileacan McCormick (Generative art), Tim Deussen Studio @timdeussen (Technical Direction / Unity development) Alan Ixba (Technical assistance) Carlos Minozzi @minozzicarlos (Videography) Mimic Productions @mimic_productions (Avatar production / Motion capture) Rania Kim @portraitxo (Production) Sandira Blas @ssandiraa (PR) Franka Marlene Foth @frankamarlenefoth (Choreography) Rauke Lea Hollender (Social media). ~~~~ Music: @yanikpark - Ohayashi @object.blue @gu_tsvi - Turing Machine ~~~~ Original artworks: Wolfgang Tillmans @wolfgang_tillmans “Ostgut Freischwimmer, left” (2004), “Silver 124” (2013), “In Flight Astro” (2010), “Transit of Venus” (2012) and “Munuwata Sky” (2011). Courtesy Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel and Studio Wolfgang Tillmans. Paul Klee “Diana” (1931) and “Forest witches” (1938). Auguste Rodin “The Thinker” (1903). Courtesy Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel. ~~~~ Presented by Transmoderna @transmoderna in collaboration with Beatport, Nordstern Basel und Denon DJ

Xenophile and Exo, part of my release on @dontbuymeme - available to farm in editions of 100 and 250. Really happy that this drop is well received in the community and lots of people are staking MEME to get a chance to farm these NFTs. Check my twitter for more infos. The auction piece is still running for about 9h! . All sculptures created in VR with @adobemedium , rendered with Houdini/Redshift. . . . . . . #3d #3dart #surreal #abstract #meme #dontbuymeme #nft #cryptoart #sculpture #virtualreality #vr #adobemedium #redshift

New release on @withfoundation today, 5pm CET - Life form sculpted in Virtual Reality visiting this dimension. In this sculpture series Giusy Amoroso (@marigoldff ) and Aaron Jablonski (@exitsimulation ) explore hyperreal materials and alienesque forms through an intuitive creation process in VR. . By using a VR headset we can work on digital clay similar to using physical sculpting tools but with the advantages of digital creation. . Series of 4 works, 4320 x 5400 px . The other two works of this series are available on the @withfoundation profile of @marigoldff . The collectors of the artworks will get access to a drive link which contains two additional works of this sculpture series. . Presented by @feltzine 🔗 . . . . . #3d #3dart #surreal #abstract #nft #cryptoart #sculpture #virtualreality #medium #vr #redshift #surrealistart #psychedelic #entity #digitalart #renderzone #renderlovers #renderart