Invisible Effects of living in the WestWorld
WestWorld aimed to do as much work as they could in camera, but they still relied on a host of invisible effects work by FutureWorks.
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fxpodcast #344 Black Adam with Digital Domain
We speak Black Adam, with Digital Domain’s VFX supervisor Nikos Kalaitzidis
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Volumetric team Arcturus expands with help from Epic and Autodeck
Volumetric startup Arcturus received $11M Series A funding, including investments from Epic Games and Autodesk.
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UE5.1 adds M&E tools to an impressive UE5 release
A look at the Virtual Production improvements in UE5.1
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Twenty Years of Spider-Man at Sony Pictures Imageworks
Congrats to all the Artists at SPI on 20 years of Spider-Man
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fxpodcast #343 Real-time Vantage Ray Tracing with Chris Nichols
A preview of Real-time Ray Tracing that Chris Nichols will present at RTC 2022
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fxpodcast #342 Otoy and Treking towards a real Holodeck
OTOY is pushing the boundaries of Light Field display and asset generation in cooperation with The Roddenberry Estate; Yes, they’re making a Holodeck!
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She-Hulk: Wētā’s Shade of Green
We sit down with Wētā FX to discuss the character animation of She-Hulk with VFX Supervisor Guy Williams and Animation Director Sidney Kombo-Kintombo
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VP Makes Holographic Screens Beyond Real
By using clever camera tracking – on set monitors and devices can see like actual holograms.
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Nivellen May Be Cursed But He’s A Winner.
We talk to the extended ILM team about the VES award-winning Nivellen in The Witcher
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VP from HP part 3: UE plugins and new stages
DisruptAR and Orbital VP Studios in LA recorded at HPA.
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Pixomondo VP stages
PXO continues to support a variety of projects on their VO stages in Toronto.
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VP at HPA: Episode 2 Screens and tracking
OptiTrack and Planar discuss ICVFX, LED VP Volumes, and tracking at HPA (recorded live in Palm Springs).
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Virtual Production at HPA: Episode 1
Live at HPA – A look at Metahumans in VP with the USC-ETA Fathead project
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fxpodcast #338: Matrix Resurrections: Does it matter how you make a VFX?
Huw Evans, (VFX Sup DNEG) talks to us about The Matrix Resurrections and the importance of how shots were made.
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Respeecher AI experts – in Kyiv
Thinking of Respeecher – Best of class in ML Voice – based in Kyiv.
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Green Screens, Green Pixels and Green Shooting
This week we will be running a series of stories on Virtual Production, starting with an environmental impact review of VP stages.
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Spinning Reacher
SpinVFX helped Jack Reacher, visit the Margrave, Georgia and get in classic Reacher trouble.
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fxpodcast #337: Photorealism for VFX, Visualization and Games
We chat with an old friend of fxguide and fxphd: Eran Dinur, about photorealism and his new book.
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VFXShow 257: The Book of Boba Fett.
The team gathers at the Sanctuary in Mos Espa to discuss Boba Fett.
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An Epic last 12 months
Epic has just released stats on the growth and use cases around the Unreal Engine.
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Buring the Engine Down – fast
Action VFX and Undertone FX are now offering fire real-time effects for game engine use.
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Dune: The Answer is in the Plate Photography
What should the Oscars reward? What can we learn from Dune? Paul Lambert’s answers are in the plate.
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Arcturus Volumetric Video Editing
HoloEdit provides a remarkable technical vehicle to edit and adjust Volumetric Captures.
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Digital Domain gets Lost In Space
Digital Domain’s world-building and rendering issues for Lost in Space.
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Open Source Under the North Sea
Rebel Unit discuss their shift to open source for North Sea’s under water CGI VFX
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