During the SIGGRAPH 2019 Panel, “FACS at 40,” four Facial Action Coding System (FACS) experts from different areas of computer graphics discussed the system and its progress since its inception in 1978 as a research project. Moderated by Mike Seymour (University of Sydney, fxguide), panelists included Erika Rosenberg (Stanford University, Erika Rosenberg Consulting), Mark Sagar[…..] […]
In this monthly series we invite brilliant people from the game industry to curate their top 5 videos from the GDC YouTube archive. This month, we bring you top picks from Mitu Khandaker, CEO and technical director of Glow Up Games, professor at NYU Game Center, and GDC Advisory Board member. Khandaker is also an[…..] […]
For more than a quarter-century, Digital Domain has been at the forefront of film visual effects, developing innovative technology and techniques for boundary-pushing films such as Titanic and What Dreams May Come. Increasingly, the studio has included digital doubles — intricate, near-identical recreations of real-life actors — in its repertoire, such as in The Curious[…..] […]
DarwinAI’s platform, in pilot tests with Audi, streamlines models for edge computing. University of Waterloo researcher Alexander Wong didn’t have enough processing power for his computer vision startup, so he developed a workaround. That workaround is now the company’s product. Ontario-based DarwinAI, founded by a team from the Ontario-based university, provides a platform for developers[…..] […]
Based on King’s 1986 eponymous novel, the story follows a shape-shifting evil presence known as Pennywise, the dancing clown, brought to life by VFX team. Rodeo FX, Lola Visual Effects, Method Studios, Soho VFX worked on the CG & VFX for the movie. Rodeo FX team delivered 95 shots for the movie. They created CG[…..] […]
High-end animation and visual effects studio used cineSync extensively to help define, refine and enhance their creative vision and stay in tune with directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. (image)Marvel’s ‘Captain Mavel.’ All images © 2019 Marvel Studios. There may not be any other studio in the world quite like Animal Logic. Headquartered in Sydney,[…..] […]
LONDON — Alienbrain Ltd. has announced the release of Alienbrain 2019, the latest iteration of its popular version control software for artists and designers. Marking a major update, the new version features all-new integration with Epic Games’ Unreal Editor, additional file preview support and a new subscription pricing model. Designed to help creative teams work[…..] […]
Trains BERT in Record-Setting 53 Minutes and Slashes Inference to 2 Milliseconds; Enables Microsoft, Others to Use State-of-the-Art Language Understanding in Large-Scale Applications SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 13, 2019 NVIDIA today announced breakthroughs in language understanding that allow businesses to engage more naturally with customers using real-time conversational AI. NVIDIA’s AI platform is the first to[…..] […]
‘Men in Black: International.’ All images © 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Since the original Men in Black was released in 1997, audiences have been treated to “Bullet Time” in The Matrix (1999), the revival of 3D cinema with Avatar (2009) and photorealistic de-aging of actors like Robert Downey Jr., Michael Douglas and Samuel[…..] […]
Blender announced the launching of Blender 2.8 for all platforms. Here we are coverig some of the main features of Blender 2.0, but there are many more. “The 2.80 release is dedicated to everyone who has contributed to Blender. To the tirelessly devoted developers. To the artists inspiring them with demos. To the documentation writers.[…..] […]
