Impossible Objects Gets Unreal on GM OnStar Campaign
Team uses state-of-the-art virtual production and real-time technology, including Unreal Engine and disguise, to highlight expanded tech capabilities of OnStar’s offerings – without ever having to hit the road; check out ‘From The Lab: Building the OnStar’ to see how.
Arcturus Named Go-To-Market Partner for Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Capture Studios
The volumetric video tech leader’s new pipeline offers complete, photorealistic end-to-end solutions, from capture to distribution, for content creators on any size project.
Podcast EP 220: How David Lauer & Ri Crawford Formed ‘Mystery Meat Media’ Stop-Motion Studio
The animators discuss how independent paths brought them together at Phil Tippet’s studio and how their mutual trust prompted them to launch their own business - together.
Featurette, Spooky 360 Experience Drop for ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’
Discover what evil that lurks aboard the merchant ship ‘Demeter,’ which was chartered to carry private cargo, in the new 360 experience that looks at the creation of the infamous vampire; film hits theaters August 11.
Blue Ant Media and marblemedia Merge Production, Distribution Businesses
Mark Bishop and Matthew Hornburg will serve as co-Presidents, reporting to Michael MacMillan, in the new unified studio and rights business.
Disney+ Shares ‘LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest’ Trailer
Streamer also reveals key art for the all-new 3DCG animated special, part of the 100 Years of Disney celebration and the upcoming ‘World Princess Week,’ coming to the streamer August 18.
Netflix and ‘One Piece’ Star Drop ‘Growing Up Geeked with Iñaki Godoy’ Video
The Monkey D. Luffy actor shares experiences growing up as an anime and manga fan and other geeky, nerdy stuff; the all-new pirate adventure series sets sail on August 31.
NVIDIA Makes Extended-Reality Streaming More Scalable with CloudXR Suite
The updated software-hardware combination brings high-quality XR to more enterprises and developers, enabling high-fidelity, immersive environments for anyone with an AIO headset or mobile XR device.
Mortal Media Leads Investment Round for Swaybox Studios
Led by Mortal Media execs Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil, with participation from Joel Whitley and IAG Capital Partners, the new funding will allow for an expansion and streamlining of animation studio’s production pipeline.
Shutterstock Brings Generative AI to 3D Scene Backgrounds with NVIDIA Picasso
Using cutting-edge tools, the visual-content provider now lets users quickly create and customize 3D scene backgrounds.
Tilting Point Announces ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Game
Based on Nickelodeon’s popular animated series, the multiplayer strategy mobile game immerses players in the ‘Avatar’ universe, where they work together to defeat an evil spirit dominating the world; slated for launch in 2024.
NVIDIA Announces Powerful New RTX Workstations and GPUs
Desktops from BOXX, Dell, HP, and Lenovo feature NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada GPUs and incorporate NVIDIA AI Enterprise and NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise software; 3 new desktop workstation Ada Generation GPUs - NVIDIA RTX 5000, RTX 4500, and RTX 4000 - also announced.
NVIDIA Reveals New Resources to Accelerate OpenUSD Adoption
Newly announced Omniverse Cloud APIs include ChatUSD, Run USD, DeepSearch and USD-GDN Publisher, giving developers more power to seamlessly implement and deploy OpenUSD pipelines and apps.
BOXX Announces RAXX P1G Workstation with New NVIDIA L40S GPU
The high-performance platform is purpose-built to power generative AI and media and entertainment workflows with NVIDIA’s new universal GPU for data centers based on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture.
FX Debuts ‘Archer’ Final Season Trailer
We’re getting misty eyed… the 14th and final season of the Emmy Award-winning animated comedy will premiere with back-to-back episodes Wednesday, August 30 at 10p ET/PT on FXX, streaming the next day on Hulu.
NVIDIA Rolls Out Major Updates to NVIDIA Omniverse
Today at SIGGRAPH 2023, the tech giant revealed the newest improvements and additions to its foundation platform and services for developers to optimize and enhance 3D pipelines with the OpenUSD framework and generative AI.
Over 50 Marvel VFX Artists Bid for IATSE Unionization
The brave group have signed authorization cards to help bring the VFX industry towards union representation in the face of shocking firings, long hours, and 7-day weeks.
Watch VFX Breakdowns: Moonraker Brings Realism to BBC's ‘Earth’
The Bristol-based VFX studio delivers 13,600+ graphic elements and 360 photoreal CG shots on the historical series referred to as a ‘biography of our planet’ by presenter and naturalist Chris Packham; watch it this month on BBC Two in the U.K.
FutureWorks Delivers on Indian ‘Ray Donovan’ Adaptation
The VFX studio contributed 1,800 shots for Netflix India’s ‘Rana Naidu’ series, based on the popular American Showtime drama series; work included action clean-ups, greenscreen sequences, and CG elements such as the creation of a realistic snake that appears during a drug-induced hallucination.
Disney+ Drops ‘I Am Groot’ Season 2 Trailer
Streamer and Marvel Studios honor National Tree Day with new art and images starring the adorable little sapling who returns with 5 all-new animated shorts next month.
In Solidarity: An Open Letter from WIA President Marge Dean
Women in Animation’s president announces the ‘Animating Resilience: Surviving and Thriving in an Uncertain Industry’ series to empower and support industry professionals and students during ‘these tough times.’
Foundry Showcasing Expansive 3D Tools Lineup at SIGGRAPH 2023
‘Foundry Learn and Education’ meetups and presentations at the conference include techniques in compositing from Unity Wētā Tools, Boxel Studios, and Action VFX and lighting and 3D techniques from Foundry product experts.
Disney and Pixar Drop ‘Elemental’ Spot, Digital Release Coming Next Week
Set in Elemental City, the film features fiery Ember Lumen and the go-with-the-flow Wade Ripple. who find out how fire, water, earth, and air can mix; the original 3DCG animated feature comes to digital August 15 with 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD coming home in September.
AWS Releases AWS Thinkbox Deadline 10.3 for UE5
New Unreal Engine 5 plugin leverages existing render setups and scalability so cloud-based resources can accelerate final-pixel outputs; also updates DCC apps, including Adobe After Effects 2023, Autodesk Maya 2024, Autodesk 3ds Max 2024, Autodesk VRED 2023 and Maxon Cinema 4D 2023.
Unity Unveils New Unity Wētā Tools Division at SIGGRAPH 2023
Leading platform for real-time 3D (RT3D) content and experience creation will showcase groundbreaking work in character creation, environment building, rendering, and compositing; live keynote today from August 7 2pm - 3pm PDT.
