3D SCANNED HEAD & BODY COMPANIES

• 3D Faces: $50-170 realistic 3d scanned human heads. Used by UbiSoft, Square Enix, BioWare, Capcom and EA.
• 3DScanStore:
• 3d.sk: Lots of scanned 3D faces. Check it out here
• Human Alloy (3d people) https://www.cgtrader.com/humanalloy-com
• RenderPeople: 3d human scans

CAPTURE YOUR OWN MODEL/ENVIRONMENT COMPANIES

• 3DF Zephyr: Photogrammetry application by 3D Flow. https://www.3dflow.net/
• 3dpresso – Video 2 3D. https://3dpresso.ai/
• Luma.ai: NeRF 3D capture company
• Polycam https://poly.cam/ Create 3D models from photos. (Includes a Guassian Splatting tool now)

MODEL/ASSET/ENVIRO MARKETPLACE COMPANIES

• 3d.sk: Lots of different types of models. Inc photogrammetry of real physical objects. Check it out here
• 3D Cargo (architectural 3D models) https://www.3dcargo.net/
• 3DModels (previously Hum3D) https://3dmodels.org/
• 3DTotal  https://store.3dtotal.com/
• Big Medium Small https://www.bigmediumsmall.com/
• Brushify: Joe Garth’s stylized environmental asset company.
• Compositing Academy: VFX asset packs https://www.compositingacademy.com/vfxassets
• Creative Market: 3D models https://creativemarket.com/
• Cubebrush (3d models) https://cubebrush.co/marketplace
• Dimensiva (architectural 3d model library via subscription) https://dimensiva.com/pricing/
• Errant Photon: UE automatic creation of biomes etc
• Evermotion (architectural 3d models) https://evermotion.org/
• Fab: Marketplace by Epic Games (coming soon)
• Flipped Normals: 3D assets including models
• Friendly Shade (3d models) https://www.friendlyshade.com/
• FX Elements (FX clips, packs and lifetime subscriptions) https://www.fxelements.com/
• Humano (3d characters) https://humano3d.com/
• LotPixel (library of 3d models and textures) https://www.lotpixel.com/pricing
• NextLevel3D: Photorealistic buildings for Unreal Engine
• Quixel: Photogrammetry company with a large ‘MegaScan’ library of environment and building assets 
• Production Crate: 3D models, characters and many other things for a low monthly or yearly fee 
• RealBiomes: https://www.realbiomes.com/
• Reallusion: 3D models and characters available in their store and marketplace.
• ShareTextures: Models, atlases, textures, materials for 3D.
• Sketchfab: 3D models etc, including free ones.
• Triangle Form (architectural 3d models)
• TurboSquid: lots of models. Check it out here

CLOTHING COMPANIES

• Marvellous Designer/Clo: md and clo and “clo-set” store 
• uDraper: Maker of uDraper clothing simulation plugin for Unreal
• Style3D: Maker of Style3D clothing simulation plugin for Unreal

HDRI COMPANIES

• 3DCollective (3D plants, HDRIs, LUTs) https://3dcollective.es/en/
• HDRI-Hub
  https://www.facebook.com/hdrihub/posts/pfbid02GsnpremYpfNoEtunU3TbwfQKAVUz4wkgeN3dy4TC3sDyHpzQ7GvrnDou3AGtvkMpl
• HDRMAPS (HDRIs) https://hdrmaps.com/
• Lightmap (HDR light studio) https://www.lightmap.co.uk/
• Location Textures: reference photo packs, HDRIs, displacement map packs https://locationtextures.com/

Landscape creators & 3D PLANTS

• 3DCollective (3D plants, HDRIs, LUTs) https://3dcollective.es/en/
• Gaea (world creation) by QuadSpinner
• Globe Plants (3d plants) https://www.facebook.com/globeplants/posts/pfbid0kzxDbDUEs92WMsV8itn5t3Rmf1pAmwYDG1oepcuM4BrHpcwKcjAeb1Ma5PyjXXZPl
• Maxtree: 3d plants https://maxtree.org/
• Sabmodels (3d plant models) https://www.sabmodels.com/
• SpeedTree
• Xfrog (3d plants, trees)

MORE

• Arcane Mirage: Host your Unreal Projects via pixel streaming.
• Faceform (software maker of wrap, zwrap) https://faceform.com/
• iRender (online rendering) https://irendering.net/
• RealFlow by Next Limit (water simulation for Maya) https://webshop.nextlimit.com/product/family/realflow
• RebusFarm (online rendering)
• Yeti (hair and fur plugin for Maya) by Peregrine Labs

STOCK FOOTAGE/IMAGES/MUSIC/SFX:

• Envato
• Storyblocks
• YouTube: Has a collection of free commercial music tracks

AI CONVERSATIONAL CHAT BOTS FOR GAMES

• Convai: Conversational AI for virtual worlds. Chatbots and stuff in Unreal.
• Character.ai: Characters that can have AI-based conversations.

OTHER AI NON-3D COMPANIES

• In Video: Web-based service that lets you combine stock footage with text and animation to create videos.
• Midjourney: (AI text to image)
• Otter.ai: AI-based speech to text transcription
• Pika Labs: AI image to video
• Runway: AI image and video generation

SOFTWARE COMPANIES

• Adobe: Maker of ‘substance designer’ inc substance paint.
• Autodesk: Maker of Maya, 3DSMax etc. Also includes Maya Learning Channel (inc Bifrost etc
• Blackmagic Design: Maker of Davinci Fusion 3d compositing software and davinci resolve.
• Blender: Free, open-source 3D animation, modelling and simulation software.
• Cascadeur: 3D character animation software based on real movement.
• Daz3D: 3D character creator and model marketplace company.
• Epic Games: Maker of ‘Unreal Engine‘ and owner of related companies
  • Unreal Engine: game engine owned by Epic Games. Released Unreal Engine 5 in 2023. 
  • Quixel: Quixel Bridge, Quixel Mixer, Megascans Library, MetaHumans, MetaHuman Creator
  • RealityScan
• JangaFX: Maker of fire and fluid simulator software “Embergen“. 
• Maxon: Maker of Zbrush, Cinema 4D and other programs.
• Omniverse: an nvidia project that includes various software inc audio2face
• Polygon Flow: Maker of “Dash” product that makes UE5 easier to use.
• Reallusion: Make of iClone, Character Creator, etc. 
• SpeedTree: xxxxx

TRAINING COMPANIES

• Gnomon Workshop: Video training company for 3D artists.