Technology

FMX 2013 Program Now Online

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Less than five weeks before Europe's most influential conference on digital entertainment opens, FMX 2013 reveals a first preview of its daily program including illustrious names, high-quality presentations and workshops.

Bent Image Lab Helps Animate Comedy Central's Kroll Show

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Bent Image Lab helps animate “Demo Monster” skit for Comedy Central’s new sketch comedy series, “Kroll Show.”

Faceware Unveils Retargeter 4.0 with AutoSolve at GDC

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New software upgrade creates quality markerless facial motion capture from video at unprecedented speed.

Nickelodeon Lands New Tablet Deal

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology, Television
Fuhu’s award-winning nabi Jr. tablet features apps, games, videos and more from hit Nickelodeon preschool series, “Dora the Explorer,” “Team Umizoomi” and “Bubble Guppies.”

Geomerics Launches Major Update to Enlighten Middleware

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Games, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Event: GDC | Site Categories: Business, CG, Games, Technology
New workflow features, new platform support and future game lighting technology on display at GDC 2013.

NVIDIA Unveils Industry's First Visual Computing Appliance

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NVIDIA GRID VCA delivers remote GPU acceleration and turnkey simplicity for small and medium-size businesses.

Adobe and MAXON Form Strategic Partnership

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MAXON and Adobe announce strategic alliance to bring creative professionals new levels of digital media content creation.

Intelligent Creatures Taps eyeon Fusion

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Intelligent Creatures returns to their production roots with eyeon Fusion.

The Foundry Launches MARI 2

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The Foundry launches MARI 2, a revolutionary version of The Foundry’s 3D digital paint tool.

Autodesk Announces GDC 2013 Lineup

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Games, Places, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: GDC | Site Categories: CG, Events, Games, Places, Technology
Autodesk announces its GDC 2013 lineup, with plans to showcase a wide range of desktop software and mobile apps that help optimize game development pipelines.

Game On For iPi Soft And Halo 4

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Games, Technology | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Business, CG, Games, Technology
iPi Soft motion capture software plays a key role for The Sequence Group’s work on “Halo 4.”

Luxology Announces modo 701

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Computer graphics and visual effects software developer Luxology announces the forthcoming release of MODO 701.

Finley and China Girl and Puppet Cams, Oh, My!

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects
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Oz the Great and Powerful offers a new, hybrid spin on a beloved classic.

Thinkbox Releases Krakatoa SR

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Thinkbox Software announces the release of Krakatoa SR, a stand-alone version of Thinkbox's high-volume particle renderer for Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems that can be integrated with any 3D content creation application.

Iron Man 3 Inventor and Innovator Fair Announced

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The Discovery Science Center, Broadcom Foundation and Marvel Studios team up to sponsor a nationwide Marvel’s Iron Man 3: Inventor and Innovator Fair in conjunction with the May 3rd release of Marvel's "Iron Man 3."

Pretend Launches Stereoid for 3D Workflows

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Pretend announces the launch of their new 3D workflow software, Stereoid.

VIEW Conference Announces Cash Prizes for 2013 Contest Winners

Posted In | Blog Categories: VIEW Conference, Event Preview, Conferences | Site Categories: 3D, Awards, CG, Events, Films, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects
Italy’s largest computer graphics conference is now ready to accept applications for entries in four contests: VIEW AWARD, VIEW SOCIAL CONTEST, VIEW AWARD GAME, and ITALIANMIX.

FMX 2013 Announces Pixar Highlights, Cloud Computing and More

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FMX to screen new Pixar short The Blue Umbrella among other key highlights.

Substance Engine Arrives on Sony PS4

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Professional game texturing tools compatible with new console; will reduce file sizes, increase productivity and enable faster data streaming on game development projects.

xaitment Brings Smarter AI to Games

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The massive technological leap in Sony Computer Entertainment’s recently announced computer entertainment system will enable developers to create smarter characters and games with xaitment’s AI tools.