I recently saw the film Iron Man 3, the sequel to both Iron Man 2 and The Avengers, with VFX being handled by Digital Domain. Like the previous films in the Iron Man franchise, the film makes extensive use of VFX, examples, including virtual set extension of Tony Stark's mansion, as well as the Heads up display on the Iron Man suit.
The film has an extensive use of holographic projections throughout the film, detailing many various plot points.
For Tony Stark's mansion, virtual set extension was used, in order to create the illusion that his workshop was much larger than it actually was, as well as adding an extensive array of complex machinery that would have been too expensive to produce physically.
In the film, the Iron Man suit contains a Heads Up Display inside the helmet, allowing the wearer to perceive the data being received by the suit. To be utilised within the film, the actor would have tracking points painted onto their face, allowing for the holographic displays to follow his facial movements, keeping everything in line with his face.
Unlike the previous films, the Iron Man armour was created as a physical suit, with tracking markers added for small details, such as the energy weapons or retractable fins for flight. In the previous films, only the helmet was physical, and the rest of the suit was created digitally. Physically creating the suit allows the VFX studio to save on time because they have less things that they need to track.
In future VFX projects of my own, I feel I would use physical costumes instead of adding in digital aspects to the actors, due to my prior experience in creating physical costumes.
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