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Stargate Studios Names New Management Team

Award-winning production company specializing in virtual production and visual effects, announces a new management team that includes Al Lopez (President), Peter Ware (Head of Production), Jason Lucas (CFO) and Reid Paul (VP of International Operations).

Dreamworks Animation Headline News

WATCH: DreamWorks Animation Unveils ‘Trolls’ Footage at SDCC 2016

New ‘Trolls’ clip features the classic Simon & Garfunkel song, ‘The Sound of Silence.’

virtual production Headline News

Animatrik and NantStudio Bring High-End Virtual Production to LA

Deal expands Animatrik’s industry-leading performance capture and virtual production from Vancouver and Toronto into the United States.

Luma Headline News

Luma Welcomes Jill Gilbert as Executive Producer of Animated Content

Former Psyop executive producer and managing director to oversee development and management of Luma Toons original animated content and animation service work.

VRay Headline News

Nozon, Chaos Group Partnership Enables Volumetric VR Without a Game Engine

Technology partnership still in private beta combines PresenZ and V-Ray to enable artists to create photorealistic pre-rendered, volumetric VR design spaces with free movement and full parallax without the help of a game engine.

Virtual Reality Headline News

PlayblastVR for Maya V2.0 Now Available

Dover Studios co-founder Andrew Hazelden releases renderer for Maya that creates hardware rendered panoramic images using OpenGL or DirectX, allowing users to create immersive previs renderings of Maya scenes in LatLong, angular fisheye, domemaster, cylindrical, and cubic panorama formats.

nvidia Headline News

GPL, NVIDIA to Show Virtualization & Deep Learning Tools at SIGGRAPH 2016

Joint demonstration of a VDI workstation designed by GPL engineers and employing NVIDIA’s powerful GRID technology will feature a remote workstation running Mechdyne’s TGX desktop software.

Walt Disney Animation Studios Headline News

Disney Introduces Baby Moana in New International Trailer

New international trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ forthcoming animated feature directed by Ron Clements and John Musker introduces a baby Moana as she meets the Water for the first time.

Laika Headline News

‘From Coraline to Kubo: A Magical LAIKA Experience’ Launches August 5

Special event taking place at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Globe Theatre August 5-14 will showcase the evolution of LAIKA’s unique blend of handcrafted stop-motion animation and visual effects magic in an extensive display of original sets, puppets and props.

SIGGRAPH 2016 Headline News

Fabric Software Introduces ‘Blocks’ with Fabric Engine 2.3 at SIGGRAPH 2016

Blocks make visual programming even more powerful and easy-to-use; new release to be shown publicly for the first time at SIGGRAPH 2016.

VIEW Conference Headline News

VIEW Conference Announces 2016 Keynote Speakers, Call for Entries

Byron Howard, director of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Zootopia,’ to deliver keynote address; deadline for entries to 2016 VIEW Awards is September 15.

SIGGRAPH 2016 Headline News

Autodesk Announces SIGGRAPH 2016 Production Sessions

Autodesk’s Vision Series at SIGGRAPH  2016 includes presentations from Academy Award-winning director Patrick Osborne, Portland-based animation studio LAIKA and VFX outfit Atomic Fiction.

SIGGRAPH 2016 Headline News

The Foundry Bringing the Future of VR and VFX to SIGGRAPH 2016

Developer of tools for CG content creation hosting behind-the-scenes presentations from a raft of customers including Pixar Animation Studios, MPC and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

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