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Autodesk invests in RADiCAL and their AI-powered 3D Motion Capture System.

Digital Domain Gives a Face to AI with ‘Zoey,’ at the FMX Conference in Germany

NVIDIA works with 14 academic researchers on 16 SIGGRAPH ’22 papers

A special (technical) view of the new Stereo Avatar: The Way of Water

Given the volume of models for episodic work, Pixomondo finds great value in Kit-bashing.

Union discusses creating the dramatic VFX for UK WWII thriller Operation Mincemeat

Pixomondo continues to expand its use of LED volumes in short-form projects such as commercials.

We visit on set with 3D scanning company Avatar Factory.

UE5 is released as part of Unreal’s State of Unreal.

VFX sups Douglas Purver and Becky Graham discuss The Gilded Age of VFX at DNEG

The Third Floor branches into game-based high-quality animation. We speak to TTF’s Josh Wassung.

By using clever camera tracking – on set monitors and devices can see like actual holograms.

DisruptAR and Orbital VP Studios in LA recorded at HPA.

The shortlist for the 2022 Sci-Tech Oscar and Awards consideration

PXO continues to support a variety of projects on their VO stages in Toronto.

OptiTrack and Planar discuss ICVFX, LED VP Volumes, and tracking at HPA (recorded live in Palm Springs).

Live at HPA – A look at Metahumans in VP with the USC-ETA Fathead project

Thinking of Respeecher – Best of class in ML Voice – based in Kyiv.

This week we will be running a series of stories on Virtual Production, starting with an environmental impact review of VP stages.

Epic has just released stats on the growth and use cases around the Unreal Engine.

Action VFX and Undertone FX are now offering fire real-time effects for game engine use.

Lars Wemmje explains how to Dance on Mars.

Congrats to all the nominated films’ teams of artists, TDs, and producers.

Unity acquires Ziva

The VES tech Committee looks forward to what workstations artists could and should be using, in the VFX Reference Platform 2021 Survey.

Congrats to all this year’s nominees in the 20th VES awards.

Vigil has only just been released in the USA, VFX by Goodbye Kansas Studios.

Autodesk, in collaboration with Epic Games, has released a new Maya Unreal Live Link

Co-Directors Matt Manhire and David Whiteson recently finished a Mcdonald’s commercial shot entirely using VP.