Universal Studios Florida To Debut DreamWorks Land In 2024

Universal Orlando Resort will debut an all-new themed land featuring DreamWorks Animation’s animated characters from Trolls and Shrek to Kung Fu Panda next year. Specific details regarding Dreamworks attractions are scant, but in a brief press release announcing the new theme park addition, Universal Orlando Resort explained: Next year, Universal Orlando Resort will debut an[…..] […]

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NetEase Games announces biggest gamescom presence to date

Spectacular booths in consumer and business area to showcase impressive line-up NetEase Games, the online games division of NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES, HKEX: 9999), announced its participation at the world’s biggest games show, gamescom, held this August at Köln Messe, in Cologne, Germany. For the first time, NetEase Games will have a presence in both[…..] […]

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Futureverse Platform Closes on $54 Million Funding Round

Futureverse formed out of the merger of eight companies in late 2022, with three more assimilated subsequently. The round was led by 10T Holdings, LLC (“10T”) and included participation from Ripple. Futureverse was founded to empower developers and users to create and engage with interoperable content and applications previously unavailable within the metaverse. The company’s[…..] […]

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Discover the Power of AI

Broadcast, Screen International and the Broadcast Tech & Sport Group are proud to bring you the AI Creative Summit. This inaugural one-day conference will be held on 16 November 2023 at BFI Southbank, London, and will explore the acceleration of Artificial Intelligence across the film & TV industries empowering creativity, efficiency and innovation. Limited early[…..] […]

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Backlight’s Commitment to Bringing Creative Visions to Life to be Showcased at the 50th Annual SIGGRAPH Conference

Backlight Creative Product Lines—iconik, ftrack, cineSync, and Gem—will be at Booth #114 Global media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, has introduced several new features and workflow integrations across its creative-centric product lines in time for the 50th annual SIGGRAPH conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Backlight’s award-winning solutions—media management and collaboration platform iconik, video[…..] […]

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NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH

Pioneering Graphics for the AI Generation Come learn about the latest breakthroughs in graphics, research, Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD), and AI that are driving next-generation discoveries. Explore NVIDIA’s past, present, and future innovations that push the boundaries of graphics and simulation. NVIDIA Keynote: Explore What’s Next in AI Don’t miss the NVIDIA Keynote by founder[…..] […]

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How Hollywood Strikes Affect Festivals

The SAG-WGA strikes in Hollywood are going to have devastating effects on the economy, show business and its members. When production shuts down, there is a ripple effect. Hotels, restaurants, transportation systems and small local businesses are all affected. With the WGA strike alone, the labor action was costing the local economy $30 million a[…..] […]

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NYAFF sets ‘The Monkey King’ as closing film

NYAFF sets ‘The Monkey King’ as closing film in first collaboration with Netflix Producer Pellin Chou set to attend special screening. Netflix animation The Monkey King has been set as the closing film of the 22nd New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), marking the first time the festival has partnered with the streaming giant. The[…..] […]

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Score! Team NVIDIA Takes Trophy in Recommendation Systems

A five-person global team recounts how it won a prestigious challenge in recommenders, the AI engines of the digital economy. A crack NVIDIA team of five machine learning experts spread across four continents won all three tasks in a hotly contested, prestigious competition to build state-of-the-art recommendation systems. The results reflect the group’s savvy applying[…..] […]

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‘World class games’: theme of gamescom 2023 focuses on the global significance of games

‘World class games’ is the theme of gamescom 2023 ‘Upgrade for reality’ and ‘Games studios are the new dream factories’ are the trends of gamescom 2023 Major political figures to visit gamescom this year Video games connect some 3 billion people worldwide. People play together across all borders, share stories and adventures. Games have long[…..] […]

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