VFXWORLD focuses this month on 3D advances in gaming, and Adrian Pennington starts things off by exploring with U.K. developers the challenges and possibilities in developing more photoreal games with the new HD platforms. Peter Plantec reports back from the Bitfilm digital festival in Hamburg, which he found creative and very network-friendly, not to mention a great locale for fine cuisine. Meanwhile, Alain Bielik discovers how Peerless Camera helps the new James Bond, Daniel Craig, go undercover with terrific invisible vfx in CASINO ROYALE, opening Friday through Columbia Pictures/MGM.

Bill Desowitz
Editor