Unity is a great tool for visualization. Rather than having to look at static renderings of an environment, Unity allows you to interactively navigate the environment in real time. For a long time game engines were not as easy or available to use as they are now. As a consequence, they were not as obvious a tool for visualization as they have become. Using a game engine to get a feel for an environment is essential.

However there is one aspect missing from many visualization, people. Having people in your scene gives it a sense of scale and reality that is missing when all you have is an empty sterile environment. Mixamo specialized in providing character content that is of a high quality and ready to use in a game engine. In this video we are going to look at how to incorporate character into a scene that we build in blender. We will also look at how to add realistic lighting to the scene and how to match the lighting of a static environment to dynamic characters.

Asset Credit: Jay-Artist

Topic we will cover are:

1) Getting an asset from Blend Swap
2) Modifying the asset in Blender
3) Bringing the asset into Unity
4) Setting import settings
5) Adding materials
6) Adding directional light
7) Adding characters
8) Baking indirect light
9) Baking light Probes
10) Moving through the scene