Vancouver Film School provides students with Quadro RTX-powered Dell Precision 5820 Workstations to help prepare them for careers in media and entertainment. From animated shorts and video games to feature-length films, students at the Vancouver Film School create over 900 productions a year. This immersion into real-world production is a big reason why VFS is[…..] […]
Collaborative, multiple university center brings together world-renowned photonics and circuits researchers to pave the way for the next decade of compute interconnect. Intel Labs recently opened the Intel® Research Center for Integrated Photonics for Data Center Interconnects. The center’s mission is to accelerate optical input/output (I/O) technology innovation in performance scaling and integration with a[…..] […]
This artist-focused update introduces a suite of user experience and workflow improvements designed to enhance artist productivity and accelerate the creative process for both artists and teams. Foundry has announced the release of Nuke 13.1 with a focus on improving user experience, timeline improvements and streamlining workflows. New features also include a new UnrealReader node[…..] […]
Autodesk, maker of Maya software, has announced the acquisition of Loupe, a cloud-based production pipeline technology for artists and studios. Loupe was launched publicly last year. It integrates all aspects of cg production into one package, from asset and project management to render management, while reducing the need for elaborate on-site infrastructure. It is compatible[…..] […]
The earth is warming. The past seven years are on track to be the seven warmest on record. The emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of average warming since the period 1850-1900. The earth experience extreme weather — historic droughts, unprecedented heatwaves, intense hurricanes, violent storms and catastrophic floods.[…..] […]
Antoine Bagattini has released a free ivy generator add-on for Blender. It’s based on the wonderful code by Thomas Luft and his original IvyGen program. The tool, using the new geometry nodes in Blender 3.0 as a base, automatically generates 3D ivy to cover any provided mesh.The Add Default Ivy operator will use the default[…..] […]
At its annual GPU Technology Conference, the chip giant fleshed out the future of its Omniverse platform, which lets users develop 3d worlds and collaborate within them. The company is pitching the software as a fundamental building block in the metaverse, the concept of an interconnected virtual realm touted by the likes of Microsoft and[…..] […]
Cinesite reunites with the Bond film series for the 9th time, contributing digital environments to enhance physical stunts and support story. Cinesite has announced its delivery of several visual effects sequences for No Time To Die, the twenty-fifth instalment in the James Bond film series. This is the 9th film in the James Bond film[…..] […]
MAN VS THE MACHINE LARGO AI REVEALS HOW AI CAN HELP LEVERAGE CASTING SUCCESS AT AFM 2021 Gender diversity in lead role representation has improved by 6% in the last three years Women rank within two of the top three matches to play next James Bond according to AI Idris Elba sweeps AI victory as[…..] […]
On Nov. 10, Unity announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weta Digital, specifically its artist tools, core pipeline, intellectual property, and award-winning engineering talent. The Academy Award-Winning VFX service teams of Weta Digital will continue as a standalone entity known as WetaFX and will become Unity’s largest customer in the[…..] […]
