Sci-Fi sphere effect (Unreal Engine and Houdini VEX)

Basic export from Houdini

Basic export from Houdini

Additional material elements

Additional material elements

Animation

Shining material setting

Shining material setting

In game example

In game example

In game example in motion

Houdini render

Houdini project

Houdini project

A simple Unreal Engine material

A simple Unreal Engine material

I really enjoyed Applied Houdini course from Steven Knipping. One of the parts was focused on VEX for a project of a sci-fi sphere effect. I learned a lot about VEX and was wondering, how could I move this effect to Unreal Engine. For this reason I created a flipbook of this effect, imported to Unreal and created a material for Niagara particles. In the end I added some extra parameters for setting colors and intensity.

Date
August 26, 2023