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SIGGRAPH Asia Headline News

SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Ventures into Virtual Reality

Annual event showcasing the world’s top professionals, academics and creative minds at the forefront of digital imaging, research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education and emerging technologies runs December 5-8 in Macao.

Faceware Headline News

Faceware Helps Bungie Bring New Faces to ‘Destiny: Rise of Iron’

AAA game developer Bungie taps markerless motion capture system to enhance the facial expressions and emotions of Lord Saladin of the Iron Lords in Destiny: Rise of Iron.

Lucasfilm Headline News

Final ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Drops More Footage, Highlights Epic Scale

Final trailer for director Gareth Edwards’ forthcoming installment in the ‘Star Wars’ saga sets up a familiar story of a parent and child at ideological odds with glorious visuals that hint at the film’s epic scale.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

ILM ‘Captain America: Civil War’ VFX Part 2: Fully CG Airport Battle

VFX supervisor Russell Earl discusses the climactic airport battle complete with fully CG super heroes, environments and hundreds of digital assets on Marvel’s latest ‘Captain America’ franchise hit.

Framestore Headline News

Framestore Teams with Madefire to Launch First VR Comic Platform with New ‘Somnia’ IP

London-headquartered VFX house partners with Madefire to launch first-ever Virtual Reality comics platform with the debut of original episodic series ‘Somnia: Origins.’

Epic Games Headline News

Epic Unveils Free ‘Robo Recall’ VR Game for Oculus Touch

“Spiritual successor” to ‘Bullet Train,’ the critically-acclaimed Virtual Reality demo revealed at Oculus Connect 2 coming in early 2017 free for all Oculus Rift owners.

VIEW 2016 Headline News

Italy’s VIEW Conference Details 2016 Offerings

Countdown to VIEW 2016: Two-time Oscar-winner Rob Legato, visual effects supervisor for Disney’s The Jungle Book, rounds out a stellar VIEW 2016 program; Film, Games, and VR Industry leaders offer 18 workshops.

Virtual Reality Headline News

VR & Avatars: Strike Anywhere Gazes into the Future of StoryTelling

Director Ryan Simon and production company Strike Anywhere create the short film ‘Rebuilding Reality’ for the fifth-annual Future of StoryTelling Summit, a two-day, invitation-only gathering of 500 people held in New York City.

Jobs & Recruiting Headline News

Cinesite Seeking Animation & VFX Talent for Montréal Team

In addition to attending industry events like Spark Animation in Vancouver, CTN eXpo in Los Angeles and Journée Québec in Paris, Cinesite’s recruitment team will be visiting several major international cities throughout October and November to meet potential recruits.

VIEW 2016 Headline News

VFX Luminary Rob Legato Bringing ‘The Jungle Book’ to VIEW 2016

Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor who has worked with James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis and Martin Scorsese to present keynote address on his recent collaboration with director Jon Favreau on Disney’s photorealistic CG/live-action adventure reboot of the classic animated film.

World Building Institute Headline News

Alex McDowell Kicks Off Future of Storytelling Summit

USC’s World Building Institute kicks off New York FoS summit running Oct. 7-9 with Oct. 5 workshop led by celebrated production designer Alex McDowel.

Festival Headline News

Spark Animation Announces 2016 Business Symposium Speakers

Exciting lineup of industry visionaries including Brenda Chapman, Rex Grignon, Tomm Moore and Zeb Wells to share mind-expanding presentations.

MPC Headline News

MPC Creates Curious Characters & More for ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’

MPC artists deliver more than 200 shots for 20th Century Fox’s fantasy feature including digital props, set extensions and character effects as well as ‘invisible’ effects used throughout the film.

Music Videos Headline News

ROOF Studio Teams with Empire of the Sun to Take Viewers on a Psychedelic Visual Trip

“High and Low” music video weaves two worlds together with a mix of live-action and fantastical CG animation.

Motion Graphics Headline News

Artifact Delivers 2016 AICP Atlanta Sponsor Reel

Humor-driven sponsor reel employs 3D and stop-motion animation to bring viewers inside the mind of a designer working in advertising.

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