houseLast night’s House had an unusual addition: a Virtual Reality first-person shooter that showcased some fantastic visual effects work.  The in-game footage was created by Encore Hollywood.

The massive undertaking involved motion capture as well as more than 15 artists working in Autodesk packages 3D Studio Max and Inferno, as well as eyeon Fusion, among other tools, to build the multilayered environment required to bring the world of “Savage” and its chimera-style mutant characters to life.

“These ‘Savage’ sequences presented us with a tremendous opportunity to demonstrate what our visual effects team at Encore can do, and we were excited tackle this amazing challenge,” says Tom Kendall, Encore Hollywood Executive Producer for Visual Effects.

It was a great episode, but the in-game footage had me waiting for the game tie-in promo, which never game.

via Encore Hollywood Builds Unprecedented Visual Effects for House’s “Savage Scape” | The Briefing Room.