Technology

India Strives for More Property Rights

At the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference in India that began Jan. 6, 2005, Indian animation firms stressed the ownership of intellectual property rights (IPR) as the key way for the industry to stretch out into the global marketplace, reports INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE.

"India and China are the two places where the action is going to be," Vishal Gondal, founder and director of Indiagames Ltd. "There is a great potential for Indian animation and gaming companies to create own IPR and then hit the global market in a big way.

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Technology Events

2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Begins: January 6, 2005

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world's largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology. Manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and related products and services attend and exhibit at the event. Attendees come from more than 110 countries. More than 100 sessions with the industry's leading speakers help attendees discover the newest trends, strategies and profit opportunities in the consumer technology industry.

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THX to Demonstrate Visual EQ Technology at CES

THX Ltd. announced that it will be demonstrating a new visual equalization (EQ) technology for videogame consoles at CES. The technology was created to enhance how gamers experience the visual quality of games content played on their favorite console. Demonstrations will be available to the public at booth # 20533 in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center during regular exhibit hours.

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Animazoo Shows Mocap Moves at Simulation Conference

Animazoo is demoing the GypsyGyro-18 motion capture system at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando Dec. 6-9, 2004 at the InterSenses booth, number 3234.

Animazoo, with more than 10 years experience in developing motion capture systems, has chosen InterSenses InertiaCube3 sensor technology for the GypsyGyro-18. The GypsyGyro-18 provides a completely wireless and accurate method of capturing human motion in environments that challenge other motion capture technologies.

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MetaSAN 2.0 Offers New Paradigm for Workgroup Collaboration

Tiger Technology GmbH announced availability of MetaSAN 2.0, the latest version in the companys flagship high-speed file sharing software line. MetaSAN 2.0 offers extensive new productivity enhancements, including cross-platform operating system support, per-node bandwidth allocation, Avid Unity MediaNet storage virtualization, native OS file system and rights management and 24/7 mission-critical ready with true realtime failover capability.

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Real Time Performance Animation

Begins: November 16, 2004

The Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH presents Real Time Performance Animation. Producers, artists, technical directors and digital puppeteers from Jim Henson's Creature Shop will demonstrate the new technology and share their experiences. The technology allows up to four CG characters to be controlled/directed in realtime producing actions as a real actor would and the same time be composited on to a background in realtime, which can be a completely realtime renderered 3D environment.

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IT.Com 2004

Begins: November 1, 2004

, November 1-5, 2004

IT.Com 2004 is a technology conference. The theme of Bangalore IT.Com 2004 is 'Shape of the future with ICMT (information, communication and media technology)'. The event will have a special pavilion on animation, games and media technology. The joint effort by both the government and industry on expanding to new business areas assumes significance against the backdrop of a slowdown in IT exports. About 400 companies are expected to participate in IT.Com 2004, which is hosted by Department of IT, government of Karnataka, in partnership with STPI Bangalore. The event will have several conferences, workshops and networking forums.

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ETA-Entertainment Technology Alliance

Begins: October 19, 2004

, New York, USAOctober 19-20, 2004

ETA-Entertainment Technology Alliance is dedicated to brining the entertainment industry and technologists together. The event will take place at the Hudson Hotel. Speakers will include people from such companies as AT&T, E! Online Entertainment, Microsoft Windows Digital Media, Screen Digest and Time Magazine. ETA Expo hopes to create a better understanding in the field of media technology and entertainment business. For more information, contact tel.: (310) 229-8915, e-mail: info@etaexpo.com or Web: http://www.etaexpo.com.

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Games Events

Serious Games Summit DC

Begins: October 18, 2004

Digitalmill, the co-founders of The Serious Games Initiative and CMP Game Group are joining forces to present the Serious Games Summit, a conference that addresses the use of interactive gaming technology in non-entertainment sectors. The Serious Games Summit will cover top line design, production, technology, and assessment issues related to the use of games in education, policy, national defense, homeland security, training and other non-entertainment sectors.

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Movie Magic: 180 Years of Cinema Technology

Begins: October 14, 2004

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Digital Headline News

HP Expands Strategic Technology Alliance with DreamWorks

Advancing the digital technology capabilities of the entertainment industry, HP announced a three-year extension of its multi-million dollar agreement with DreamWorks.

The agreement with DreamWorks designates HP as its sole preferred technology provider for its core technology purchases, including the computing infrastructure for DreamWorks digital studios. In addition, the companies plan to collaborate on technology innovations in areas such as digital editing, digital cinema and digital asset management.

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Animation ANIMATIONWorld

The Drive to Realism — Part 2: CG Takes the Wheel

CG changed the world of animation but will we control it or will it control us? In Part 2 of this series, Ellen Besen examines the nature of CG and how its development affects realism in animation.

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FocusOnDesign 2004

Begins: October 6, 2004

The FocusOnDesign conference is an interdisciplinary design conference. It will include technology product workshops, lectures and panel discussions. On Oct. 9, attendees will participate in a one-day Digital Arts Technology Symposium (DATS) entitled "Overdrive -Shift Your Career into High Gear." DATS will present a group of digital media and videogame experts to explore trends, opportunities and new design technology as part of this fourth annual conference. More information can be found at www.focusondesign.org.

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Korean Researchers Anticipate New 3D Technology Boost

A group of Korean researchers from a local university have developed a new kind of high-quality MoCap technology that is so simple to use that they believe this will allow Koreans to compete internationally in vfx, reported THE CHOSUN ILBO.

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Film Events

5th International Trade Fair for Motion Picture Technology (cinec 2004)

Begins: September 18, 2004

The International Trade Fair for Motion Picture Technology is a bi-annual international meeting point of the film sector. In 2002, 3,127 visitors from 49 countries attended the event. Participation in the film industry's specialist trade fair is expected from the fields of camera and grip technology, production of film stock, lighting and sound, post-production and digital film editing, set decoration and accessories, technical aids, as well as services, institutes, organizations and publishing houses.

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Massive Founder Regelous Nominated for 2004 World Technology Award

Massive Software founder and product manager Stephen Regelous has been nominated for a World Technology Network Award in the entertainment category. Determined by a vote of industry peers, the awards are presented by the World Technology Network (WTN) to recognize work that has a high level of innovation and lasting significance in such fields as biotechnology, space, energy, ethics, design and entertainment. Winners will be named Oct. 8 at the World Technology Awards in San Francisco.

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3ds max 7 to Integrate ATI Pixel Shader

Discreet 3ds max 7 will utilize ATI shader technology to provide impressive realtime hardware accelerated rendering in the 3ds max viewport. Created for game developers, 3D visual effects artists and artists creating 3D cinematics, the co-developed technology by Discreet and ATI will make a realtime 3D image rendered in the 3ds max viewport appear close in appearance to the final offline rendered 3D image or animation.

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Daniel Rosen Elected Chairman of Hollywood Section SMPTE

Daniel S. Rosen, vp, engineering, Warner Bros. Advanced Media Services Inc., has been elected chairman of the Hollywood section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

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Animation VFXWorld

3D Animation Takes Off in Education

Mary Ann Skweres uncovers the rapid rise of 3D animation as a valuable teaching tool in education.

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Disney Gets New Tech Head

Walt Disney has promoted Bob Lambert to svp for worldwide media technology and development, reports VARIETY. In his new expanded role, he will oversee several new digital media projects, Disney's relationships with technology companies, regulatory matters and piracy protection. He will continue overseeing the New Technology and New Media group and providing corporate guidance for the Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development unit.

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Bionatics' natFX 1.9 for 3ds max Now Available

Bionatics has announced the availability of natFX 1.9 for 3ds max from Discreet. The software now offers a new generation of hybrid modeling technology, such as the texture manager or the choice of the number of billboard. Hybrid modeling is a compromise between 2D and 3D.

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COMDEX Las Vegas 2004 Postponed

COMDEX Las Vegas 2004 has been postponed in order to reshape the event with the cooperation of information technology (IT) industry leaders, it was announced by organizer MediaLive International Inc. COMDEX 2004 had been scheduled to open November 14, 2004, in Las Vegas. The company has established a COMDEX Advisory Board representing the IT industry's foremost companies to determine how COMDEX can reboot itself to best meet the future needs of the industry.

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NVIDIA Launches New Multi-GPU Technology

NVIDIA Corp. unveiled a new technology that enables multiple NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series or NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards to operate in a single PC or workstation for a stunning increase in graphics horsepower. Appearing later this year in PCI Express-based PCs and workstations from top manufacturers, the new NVIDIA SLI technology takes full advantage of the additional bandwidth and features of this new high-bandwidth bus architecture.

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New HP Workstations Expand 3D Visualization Capacity

HP announced a new line of personal workstations- the xw4200, xw6200 and xw8200 -- that are engineered to offer customers increased power, reliability and support, which is good news for 3D animation and vfx.

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Dreamworks Headline News

HP Expands Deal With DreamWorks, Cleans Up Classic at WB

HP has announced an expanded relationship with DreamWorks and a new deal with Warner Bros. to clean up the image quality of Technicolor films in Warner Bros. library.

HP and DreamWorks will team on new technologies for off-site animation rendering and remote collaboration. Built on a technology partnership that began in 2001, the collaboration provides DreamWorks Animation with state-of-the-art technology solutions from HP, which will be used on SHREK 2, SHARK TALE, MADAGASCAR and the NBC computer-animated TV series, FATHER OF THE PRIDE.

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