When: Sunday, March 8, 2026 • 1:30–3:30 PM PT
Where: PVNET – Promenade PV Mall
550 Deep Valley Dr., Ste #289
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Host: Joseph Micallef

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​What this workshop is:

This workshop explores the next phase of AI for games, animation, and visual effects:
World Model AI (AI 2.0) — systems that go beyond single assets and begin to understand space, structure, relationships, and environments.

Rather than focusing only on prompts or one-off 3D models, this session looks at how AI-driven 3D content generation can be used to build up entire worlds — environments, layouts, and interactive spaces — and how those worlds are assembled, refined, and made playable or cinematic inside modern engines like Unreal Engine.

This is an accessible, concept-driven, hands-on introduction aimed at artists, animators, game developers, and technologists who want to understand where AI is heading and how it fits into real production workflows.

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What we’ll cover:

1. AI 2.0 & World Models

• What “World Model AI” means — and how it differs from current prompt-based AI

• Why spatial reasoning, constraints, and relationships matter for games and animation

• How AI is evolving from asset generation to environment and system building
   

2. AI-Assisted 3D World Creation

• Survey of current AI 3D generation tools
  (what they’re good at, where they break, and how to use them safely)

• Using AI for:

• Environment blockouts

• World layout and scale exploration

• Early ideation and rapid iteration

• Understanding limitations: topology, materials, scale, and performance
   

3. Unreal Engine as the World Hub

• Unreal Engine fundamentals for artists and designers

• How AI-generated content fits into real-time engines

• Turning rough AI output into:

• Playable spaces

• Cinematic environments

• Animation-ready scenes

• Why engines like Unreal matter as the convergence point for AI, art, and interactivity
   

4. Production Reality Check

• Where AI genuinely saves time

• Where traditional skills still matter (a lot)

• How to think like a world builder, not just an asset consumer

• Ethical and creative authorship considerations
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Who this is for:

This workshop is ideal for:

• Game designers and world builders

• Animators and VFX artists

• 3D artists and technical artists

• Students exploring AI + creative tech

• Anyone curious about the future of AI-driven world-building​