The Meep may not inherit the Earth, thanks to Dr Who and Untold Studios
Untold Studios worked with Bad Wolf to help bring the BBC’s 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who to life, with a major focus on The Meep in the ep, ‘The Star Beast’.
What’s happening at Siggraph Asia next week
SIGGRAPH Asia starts next week the line up of featured speakers is one of the most interesting we’ve seen in years.
Installing a high-end small production LED volume
Sony with Peerless-AV recently installed a small LED Volume that serves as a case study in the deployment of newer & smaller LED Volumes.
Unity Software with a ‘company reset’ walks away from film VFX and the Wētā deal
Our best wishes to all the team members of the Unity Wētā Tools’ division following its closure. UPDATE: Statement from WētāFX
Update: Move AI releases single-camera motion capture app: Move One
Move ai release their single iPhone MoCap app
True cross-platform, immersive, open source connected spaces
Today the Web is a series of connected pages, tomorrow could be a series of Connected Spaces – thanks to Magnopus.
The art of NeRFs, part two: guassian splats, RT NeRFs, stitching and adding stable diffusion into NeRFs
In part 2 of our Art of NeRFs, we explore 4 incredible applications and innovations in the world of NeRFs
HP Z8 Fury G5 supercharges ZeroSpace virtual production pipeline
Next-gen studio, ZeroSpace in Brooklyn, NY has leveraged NVIDIA multi-GPU workstations for high-fidelity real-time workflows.
SIGGRAPH 23 AI Autodesk Panel
The audio recording of our SIGGRAPH’23 AI Panel with Wonder Dynamics, Rising Sun, Flawless and Autodesk
The Rolling Stones get angry with roto & AI on the Sunset Strip
Black Kite Studios, Francois Rousselet and the VFX team on the Rolling Stones new single, Angry.
The art and craft of training data. Yes, training data
VFX uses Machine Learning tools and it is also increasingly being used to produce training data for ML solutions with sleuthing and alchemy.
The art of NeRFs, part one
NeRFs were one of THE hot topics at SIGGRAPH 2023 – and we deep dive into why… and exactly what a NeRF is.
AI panels and talks: videos from SIGGRAPH with fxguide
AI panels at SIGGRAPH, including Reshaping the Film & Television Industry with Generative AI + Crashing a Live Broadcast.
Extraction 2 at FuseFX
Extraction2 sees Chris Hemsworth back from the brink of death, as commando Tyler Rake with some major support from the team at FuseFX
Mercedes: day for night Mercedes-Benz TVC
We talk to director Vico Sharabani of The-Artery in NY about his new high-end TVC spot for Mercedes-Benz.
Citadel VFX at DNEG
Dan Baldwin led DNEG’s team as they build mountains, blow up trains, and race down ski slopes in The Citadel.
How they did that brilliant women’s football commercial
Nicolas Vogel, Flame artist & VFX Supervisor at Prodigious in France headed the Orange – la Compil des Bleues TV commercial which has gone viral the world over.
Framestore’s Black Mirror ‘Mazey Day’ Frenzy
Frametore’s Black Mirror Werewolf Transformation.
AI aided facial animation for Call of Duty Modern Warfare II
DI4D + Infinity Ward delivered the facial animation for Call of Duty Modern Warfare II. They processed over 4 hours of facial performance data with a new AI pipeline.
Guardians Vol3: How they delivered those brilliant CG character performances
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be remembered for having some of the finest character animation work yet seen in the Marvel Universe.
SwitchLight: your AI light switch
SwitchLight is a new AI tool that promises to radically change relighting actor. (Including exclusive first look at moving footage)
Apple M2 Studio learns Nuke machine learning
The new Nuke with Apple Silicon native CopyCat shows why the new Apple M2 Ultra is a great machine learning VFX tool.
Cocaine Bear postvis with Halon Entertainment co-founder Brad Alexander
Halon’s Postviz reel for Cocaine Bear.
Guardians Vol 3: how they did that incredible hallway shot
We talk to Wētā FX’s Guy Williams and deep dive into that Hallyway one-shot in Guardians Vol3.
Neural surface reconstruction from a phone with Neuralangelo
Neuralangelo creates dense scene of objects and very large-scale indoor/outdoor scenes with high detail, from a normal video.
A Possible Future of Wide Scale Volumetric: NeRFs, AI and Experiencials
We answer a much asked question: What is the next big thing with AI in media and entertainment?