SAG-AFTRA members declare video game strike
SAG-AFTRA has declared a strike against select video game employers, following two years of negotiations.
Epic Robo Recall fun
At Occulus Connect, Epic Games announced Robo Recall, the company’s new VR game for Oculus Touch.
V-Ray’s practical stochastic rendering of ‘spec-y’ things
Since Siggraph we have wanted to highlight the great work in V-Ray regarding an age old computer graphics problem. One that has remained remarkably resistant to the best efforts of the world’s render experts to solve.
Face mapping for The Come Down
We spoke to Paul Lacroix about the new face tracking technology used for Empara Mi: The Come Down.
Rob Legato added to VIEW Conference lineup
In a last minute addition, Rob Legato will be presenting “The Art and Science behind creating a photo-realistic Jungle Book” at the VIEW Conference coming up in Turin, Italy.
Orphan Black: Tatiana Maslany with Tatiana Maslany
See our latest WIRED video on Tatiana Maslany, who won an Emmy as Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on BBC America’s Orphan Black. VFX by Intelligent Creatures.
MPAA vs. the Professor
The MPAA issued a press release attacking a USC study about tax incentives. We have links to the release and a response from The Tax Foundation.
Creative Arts Emmy winners
The 2016 Creative Arts Awards were presented over the weekend, here are the winners.
The death of post-production
Deluxe exits post in Australia, focusing on cloud services and VFX moving forward.
IBC news
Blackmagic buys Ultimatte and Fairlight, Convergent Design’s Titan, and Boris acquires GenArts.
Best perfume spot EVER
UPDATED: DD’s Janelle Croshaw helps Margaret Qualley nail it for Spike Jonze’s Kenzo World.
12 Scientific & Technical Areas Under Investigation for Oscars®
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 12 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2016 Oscars®.
VFX Union UK: Sausage Party & Nitrogen – an open letter
VFX Union UK has released an open letter concerning the labor issues on the film Sausage Party.
Stiller Luxo Jr. birthday message
The story of two robots reenacting the world’s most famous computer graphics short film.
VIEW Conference 2016 initial lineup announced
More details have been announced regarding the 2016 installment of the outstanding VIEW conference, being held October 24th in Turin, Italy.
SIGGRAPH: LAIKA, Marvel, shapes and more
Sessions included LAIKA’s Kubo and the Two Strings, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, a clever solution for shoulder animation in crowd simulations, and using words to match body shapes.
SIGGRAPH VR: BMWs, a supermodel and a shaved Corvette
BMW’s 360 YouTube adrenalin-fueled motorsport interpretation of the famous ‘shell game’ + DD goes all in on VR content.
SIGGRAPH monday: NASA and beyond
NASA, Arnold for Maya, Massive and a look at the state of cloud rendering.
SIGGRAPH Sunday: Tech Papers Fast Forward and more
Siggraph Sunday : The start of a week of hard core tech graphics geek out !
SIGGRAPH Saturday: DigiPro 2016
Our extensive coverage of DigiPro : Production technical papers from major studios around the world.
Open source deep comp extension (OpenDCX)
DreamWorks take their Deep Compositing extensions Open Source