Today Ubisoft announced that they will join the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund as a corporate Gold member. Not only will Ubisoft help funding online support for Blender developers, Ubisoft Animation Studio – a department of Ubisoft Film and Television – will also use Blender for their productions and assign developers to contribute to Blender’s open[…..] […]
Walt Disney Animation is working with the Sámi Parliamentary Council and The Saami Council to create a Sámi language version of Frozen 2. The filmmakers consulted with a Sámi working group on elements within the film — to be detailed later in the year — making this translation even more pertinent. “For all of our[…..] […]
Nickelodeon has named Emmy Award-winning producer Eryk Casemiro to the position of Senior Vice President of Nickelodeon Preschool. In this role, he will lead the network’s preschool production and development across all formats and platforms spanning digital, TV and film, and have oversight of the preschool Executives In Charge (EICs). The announcement was made today[…..] […]
According to a thread on CGTalk, MagicPictures Software will soon release two new commercial plugins – a Mesher called AQ Mesher, and a Bullet Physics based multibody simulator called AQ Bullet. AqMesher is an OpenVDB based meshing plugin that’s compatible with particles, objects, and of course VDB objects. According to the developers it provides optimised[…..] […]
‘Undersea’ Uses Room-scale Spatial Computing to Bring the Sea to Life CHICAGO—Magic Leap will premiere an all-new Spatial Computing experience for Magic Leap One, “Undersea,” at SIGGRAPH 2019 in Los Angeles. The Magic Leap One is a lightweight, wearable spatial computer that enriches your experience in the real world with digital content, in everything from[…..] […]
Season 2 of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix original series, DreamWorks’ 3Below: Tales of Arcadia is now streaming. The 13-episode second season of Guillermo del Toro’s second chapter in the Tales of Arcadia trilogy finds Royal aliens, Aja (Tatiana Maslany) and Krel (Diego Luna), cleaning up the mess that was left behind after their epic victory[…..] […]
Tepid critics’ reviews didn’t stop Disney fans from showing up for Disney’s remake of The Lion King, which opened its U.S. box office run with a record $185 million (estimated), the biggest launch ever for an animated film at the U.S. box office, beating the previous record-holder, Disney-Pixar’s Incredibles 2, which opened with $182.6 million[…..] […]
Netflix continues its remarkable charge into animation production with a fresh slate of original preschool series. Of the seven newly announced projects, five are animated. They include a new installment in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise and an adaptation of P.D. Eastman’s much-loved 1961 book Go, Dog. Go! The animated series are all[…..] […]
The Human Effect of Tech: SIGGRAPH 2019 Shines Light on Adaptive Technology From Research Innovations to Interactive Installations, Conference Showcases How Tech Is Helping Humans CHICAGO—SIGGRAPH 2019 announces programming focused around Adaptive Technology, a new focus area for its upcoming Los Angeles conference. Participants can discover the latest innovations with the potential to help humans[…..] […]
Epic Games awards large cash grant to the free 3D software maker as part of ongoing program to assist professionals expanding efforts with Unreal Engine and open-source technology. Epic Games, as part of the company’s $100 million Epic MegaGrants program, is awarding the Blender Foundation $1.2 million in cash to further the success of Blender,[…..] […]
