Creating The World Of Pandora: Avatar:

: Actors performed in a "spatial volume" surrounded by hundreds of cameras; filmmakers then layered digital environments and costumes over these raw performances.

: Weta Digital created a library of nearly 3,000 unique plant species to populate the jungle realistically. Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora (TV Movie 2010) - IMDb : Actors performed in a "spatial volume" surrounded

: The floating Hallelujah Mountains were inspired by Huangshan and Zhangjiajie limestone formations in China. Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

: Developed specifically for the film, this allowed Cameron to see a real-time, digital version of Pandora while filming actors in motion-capture suits.

: Unlike standard motion capture, this "image-based" process tracked facial nuances and eye movements to ensure the Na'vi felt emotionally authentic.