Audiomotion and Vicon Make the Virtual Real for ‘Ready Player One’
Nearly 60 percent of the Steven Spielberg-directed movie featured performance capture.
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Foundry Launches Modo 12 Series
Release delivers a range of innovative features including a VR viewport embedded in the UI and improved animation capabilities.
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Cardiff Animation Festival Announces Full Program
Wales event adds special screening of ‘Isle of Dogs’ and Q&A with crew members, plus a look at the stop-motion feature 'Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires.'
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Academy Clears Bailey of Misconduct
AMPAS statement explains the steps taken to investigate the claim and concludes that no further action is required.
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Braun and Maisel Form Mythos Studios
SB Projects founder and Marvel Studios founding chairman create studio focusing on franchise films, acquire 50 percent stake in Aspen Comics.
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Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for Unreal Beta
Seamless import of V-Ray scenes into real-time; ray traced rendering now available in Unreal for architecture, automotive and design.
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FMX Adds Focuses on ‘Jim Button,’ ‘The Rain’ and More
Conference announces plans for panels, new app, collaborations with IFTS.
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E*D Films Sets Free its Scene Track Unity Media Exporter
Award-winning indie animation house launches first open source tool, which lets animators export FBX, MIDI, image and video files from the popular game engine.
Box Office: ‘Rim’ Opens On Top, As ‘Panther’ Adds Records
Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ does strong business in limited release, as ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ struggles.
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Jaegers and Kaiju Battle Once More in ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’
Overall VFX supervisor Peter Chiang talks previs, techvis, drones and Chinese sound stages on Steven DeKnight’s sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-adventure romp.
Proof Helps Plan Ahead for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
L.A.-based visualization studio handles previs and postvis on Ava DuVernay and Disney’s new fantasy-adventure film.
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Azusa Pacific Launches Animation Degree with 20th Anniversary ‘Mulan’ Screening
Film’s co-director Tony Bancroft joins university as head of new four-year program.
TAAFI x CASO Animation, VFX Job Fair Coming to Toronto
More than 30 companies are slated to exhibit at the festival’s annual job fair being held this year at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus.
‘Deadpool’ Chinese Premiere Set for 2018 Beijing International Film Festival
Lucky Middle Kingdom film fans can finally watch Tim Miller’s 2016 action adventure superhero hit.
Registration Opens for SIGGRAPH 2018 in Vancouver
‘Generations’ theme connects past pioneers with future leaders.
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AMPAS Investigates Bailey for Harassment
'Variety' reports three claims were made on Wednesday, prompting the academy to launch an immediate investigation into the behavior of its president, who was elected to the post in July.
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WATCH: Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Trailer
The studio’s entire lineup of superheroes prepares for a final showdown with Thanos in the much-anticipated blockbuster.
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Substance Painter UI Gets Refreshed with Help from Users
Shelf loading now up to six times faster, improved painting options for mouse and tablet.
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Sonar, Henson Team on Live-Action Sci-Fi Series ‘Rift’
Series for teens is about a girl who travels to a parallel fantasy world that will be created by the famed Creature Shop.
Vicon Introduces Shōgun 1.2 at GDC 2018 with a Virtual Escape Room
Daily presentations with new Unreal Engine 4 content project and a multi-person virtual escape room take center stage at Vicon’s GDC booth.
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Disney Creates Direct-to-Consumer Unit to Oversee Streaming
Kevin Mayer, who oversaw the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox, will lead the new division.
Dublin-based Pink Kong Premieres VR Animated Film 'Aurora'
Ireland’s first original animated VR film made its debut at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival’s Immersive Stories program.
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Substance Designer Adds UDIM Support for Feature Film Artists
Allegorithmic's 3D material authoring tool adds nine new nodes and a big graph speed boost.
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Fiona Chilton Joins Method Studios as Head of Production, Sydney
Veteran of VFX and animation production will oversee all the studio’s film VFX productions.
Box Office: 'Black Panther' Holds Up Over 'Time'
Marvel Studios’ smash hit hangs on to title for the fourth weekend in a row and passes the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales.
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