Jon Favreau Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award

August 7, 2017

Visual Effects Society Names Acclaimed Writer-Producer-Director Jon Favreau Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award

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11 Scientific & Technical areas investigated for 2017 Oscars

August 5, 2017

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 11 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2017 Oscars®.

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VR Ghost Paint

August 2, 2017

Virtual Graffiti at SIGGRAPH 2017

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Real Time Mike !

July 31, 2017

MEETMIKE explores the future of Actors, Avatars and Agents. See what is creating the buzz here in LA (video)

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MPC at SIGGRAPH 2017

July 28, 2017

A summary of MPC’s SIGGRAPH talks.

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PIXAR Deep Dive on SSS : SIGGRAPH Preview

July 28, 2017

We deep dive on the new PIXAR SSS models and explain the link to new Nuclear Physics research. Plus a list of every Pixar talk at SIGGRAPH.

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ARKit at Siggraph and WWDC: Wingnut AR (video)

July 26, 2017

ARkit at SIGGRAPH and at Wingnut AR in New Zealand.

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Halon previs War for the Planet of the Apes at Comic-Con

July 21, 2017

Halon presents the PreVis and PostVis for War for the Planet of the Apes, done in UE4.

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The big and the ‘tiny’ of SIGGRAPH 2017. The insider’s guide

July 20, 2017

The insider’s guide to SIGGRAPH 2017 with Conference Chair Jerome Solomon.

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A Fortnite at Epic

July 19, 2017

Exclusive Siggraph Preview: Strange things are afoot at the DurrrBurger, …we talk to Directors and the team about their Fortnite UE4 short film. And do a deep dive in the Cool Tech of a real time rendering, animated short film.

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MeetMike

July 17, 2017

Each day at SIGGRAPH Mike will meet industry legends from Pixar, Weta Digital, Magnopus, Disney Research, Epic Games and leading researchers from around the world in VR using new Digital Human Avatar technology.

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Having a pig of a time

July 17, 2017

Method Studios delivers beautifully crafted character animation and creature work for Netflix’s Okja.

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Spider-Man: by Sea and by Air

July 16, 2017

We talk to Digital Domain and Sony Pictures Imageworks about their friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man and his two biggest battles.

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69th Emmy Nominations

July 13, 2017

The 69th Emmy Nominations have been announced

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Making Mummy

July 12, 2017

The Mummy re-animates to life thanks to companies such as MPC and ILM.

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The complexity of re-colouring photos

July 11, 2017

The science and art of re-colouring photographs. A deep dive into this craft with some excellent examples.

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ILM Material X

July 11, 2017

ILM takes MaterialX open source.

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Autodesk’s Virtual Production Vision

July 10, 2017

Virtual Production is a hot topic, we examine Autodesk’s vision looking forward.

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RED Holographic (Lightfield?) Hydrogen Phone

July 6, 2017

RED Cinema Android OS Hydrogen Phone has been announced.
Firstly, we’ll look at the facts and then we’ll dive into what it might mean and ask if it can work?

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Wonder Woman on Themyscira

July 5, 2017

We take a trip to all-female Island of Themyscira with DNeg and MPC for Wonder Woman.

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Gal Gadot is in a League of her own…Angels

July 5, 2017

nhb recently provided the vfx for the game, League of Angels’ commercial starring Gal Gadot.

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Registration for VIEW Conference 2017 now open

June 28, 2017

Announced speakers at one of our favorite conferences include Animal Logic’s Rob Coleman, Sci-Tech Oscar winner Paul Debevec, Hal Hickel from ILM, and many more.

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Behind the insanely ambitious ODESZA : Line of Sight video

June 24, 2017

Chappie Meets the Jungle Book in Odesza’s New Music Video.

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Encore’s VFX for Legends of Tomorrow

June 21, 2017

A making of look at Encore’s Legends of Tomorrow crossover VFX episode.

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DNeg TV: The Young Pope

June 20, 2017

We look at Dneg’s TV pipeline through the lens of The Young Pope.

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The fractal nature of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

June 6, 2017

Part 2 of our Guardians coverage: the fractal nature of Ego plus giving a Groot: the character animation.

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Dreadnought at RealtimeUK

June 5, 2017

We look at the game trailer for Dreadnought on PC and PS4.

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US Trade Representative seeks comments on digital trade issues

June 2, 2017

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) seeks comments on digital trade issues and potential remedies for NAFTA negotiation.

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Lacoste – Timeless from Mikros image

June 2, 2017

We go behind the great new Lacoste Timeless spot with Mikros.

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EPIC VR advances

May 24, 2017

Epic releases UE4 4.16 with some major VR advances.

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