Touted as ground-breaking in 2009, Avatar’s visual effects plunged viewers into an otherworldly oceanic landscape. The sequel’s release was pushed back six times in order to develop the technologies needed to build on the previous film’s special effects successes. Fans and critics of James Cameron’s epic blockbuster Avatar have waited 13 years for a sequel. Alongside its performance capture technology, the Weta FX team developed a neural network-based facial system to help create the characters in photorealistic quality on screen. The Way of Water won the Academy Award for visual effects, at the 2023 Oscars, how can you rate the way of water ?

