Anthony Salter has been working steadily on his 3D remake of the Ultima 7 engine over the last little while, and his most recent modifications to it have been focused on memory optimization and the implementation of 8-way 3D sprites.

8-way sprites, if you weren’t familiar with the concept, are 3D-rendered object sprites that have eight distinct viewing angles for each animation frame. The good Mr. Salter gives a keen example in these two X posts:

And when applied to Ultima 7-derived sprites, the results are pretty aesthetically pleasing (clipping notwithstanding):

As always, you can follow Anthony on X for up-to-the-moment updates about Ultima VII: Revisited, and you can find downloads of the engine in its current state at the project’s website.