Category: Technology
Vizrt and never.no Announce Partnership
never.no and Vizrt Inc. announce a partnership to bring a comprehensive suite of social media tools to the broadcast industry.
Luxion Releases KeyShot 3.3
Luxion, is proud to release KeyShot 3.3 with new updates, UI enhancements, additional file support and a whole new way to view 3D models.
CINEMA 4D R14 Honored by CGW
MAXON is pleased to announce CINEMA 4D R14 (R14) has been honored by the editorial team at Computer Graphics World (CGW) with the prestigious SIGGRAPH 2012 CGW Silver Edge Award.
Di-O-Matic Releases Voice-O-Matic 2
Character animation software developer Di-O-Matic announces the launch of Voice-O-Matic v2 (Maya Edition).
Building Real-time Strategy Games for Mobile Devices
Real-time strategy (RTS) games have had lasting appeal on PCs, and now the genre is moving to mobile devices. Needless to say, the shift from large displays to much smaller ones creates design challenges for RTS game makers.
Augmented Reality: Expanding the User Experience
Augmented reality and mobile apps have met before, but some developers contend that the next encounters will produce an even more sophisticated class of technology.
Luxology Ships NPR Kit for modo
Non-photorealistic rendering kit produces hand-drawn and traditional looks for architectural, fine art, and technical illustration projects.
Unearthing the truth about "Paranorman" with Chris Butler and Sam Fell
Joe Strike dives beneath the rotting flesh of Laika's new film "Paranorman" and uncovers some surprising facts about Chris Butler and Sam Fell's 3D stop-motion zombie romp.
'Star Wars 3D Episodes II & III' Announced
“Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith” to be theatrically released in 3D back-to-back in September and October, 2013.
Kodak Introduces Asset Protection Film
Genndy Tartakovsky Presents Exclusive Footage of Hotel Transylvania at VIEW Conference
The VIEW Conference is proud to announce that award winning director Genndy Tartakovsky (“Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Samurai Jack,” “Star Wars: Clone Wars”) will present and discuss his feature film debut, Sony Pictures Animation’s 3D monster comedy Hotel Transylvania, for the first time in Italy during the 2012 conference, October 16 to 19 in Turin, Italy.
'ANIMUSIC 3' Starts Production
Animusic, a computer animation company with the singular focus of animating music, announced that production has started on ANIMUSIC 3.
Chaos Group Leverages NVIDIA for V-Ray RT
Chaos Group’s Lon Grohs demonstrates interactive, physically-based rendering with NVIDIA Maximus next-generation technology based on NVIDIA Kepler.
Boinx Launches iStopMotion 3
New Mac version allows users to create stunning HD stop-motion and time-lapse videos using the iPhone as a camera.
Allegorithmic Releases Substance Designer 3
Professional texturing platform for AAA and mobile game developers adds new batch tools and new 2D painting system.
Imagineer & Curious Turtle Announce mocha Training Course
Ben Brownlee returns with “Fundamentals of mocha,” including over four hours of HD training videos ; 14 exercises from streaming series available free to all mocha users.
Which OS Should You Target?
Wireless history is filled with plenty of examples, good and bad, including the webOS flash in the pan. Fast-changing fates make it challenging for developers to decide which OS to support. The research firm iGR has been tracking the mobile market for a dozen years, and I recently spoke with its vice president of wireless and mobile communications research about what developers need to consider.
Building Games With Corona SDK
Mobile game developers are beating a path to Corona SDK, a development platform built upon such components as OpenGL, OpenAL and the Lua cross-platform programming language. I recently talked to Don-Duong Quach, a programmer and co-founder of Cannon Cat developer Loqheart, about his use of Corona SDK.
'Hotel Transylvania' to Headline 3D Entertainment Summit
Event management company Unicomm and The Bob Dowling Group announce an all-star line-up of exclusive footage and content to be showcased at the fifth annual 3D Entertainment Summit.
AMPAS Announces Sci-Tech Shortlist
The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces scientific and technical achievements selected for further awards consideration.
Travis Knight Talks 'ParaNorman', LAIKA and the Art of Stop-Motion
LAIKA’s top gun discusses their latest stop-motion gem and the ground-breaking effort behind its production.
Arianne Sutner Talks 'ParaNorman'
The producer of LAIKA’s latest feature discusses the challenges of pushing every imaginable stop-motion animation boundary.