Tagged With: GDC

Watch: ‘Empire of the Ants’ Trailer with Cutting-Edge Photoreal Visuals Using UE5

Ahead of its GDC showcase next week, Microids and Tower Five have dropped a gameplay trailer for their upcoming photorealistic real-time strategy game that immerses players in a magnificently microscopic forest ecosystem as an ant sworn to protect the colony at all costs.

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Even Better MoCap Headline News

Movella and HTC VIVE Reveal Native Virtual Production Pipeline Integration

Integration of VIVE Mars CamTrack and Xsens Animate motion-capture technology promises to elevate virtual production by converging precision, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness for a seamless, collaborative workflow and production experience; see it at GDC beginning March 18.

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Game Conferences Events

Game Developers Conference 2024

Begins: March 18, 2024

GDC comes to San Francisco on March 18-22; the game industry's premier professional event champions game developers and the advancement of their craft.

In 3D, Awards, Business, CG, Digital Media, Event, Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology, Transmedia | Event Types: Conferences

It’s Unreal Headline News

Epic Games Releases ‘Electric Dreams’ Unreal Engine Sample Project

The UE demo, unveiled at this year’s ‘State of Unreal’ at GDC, showcases experimental Procedural Content Generation – tech allows users to build scalable, virtual worlds fast with an iterative design pipeline.

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It’s Unreal Headline News

Unreal Engine 5.2 Now Available

The new update introduces Procedural Content Generation tools and a Substrate shading system providing artists with new real-time functionality – both showcased in March at GDC’s Electric Dreams real-time demo; also announced Unreal Fest 2023 coming to New Orleans in October.

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Innovations in Virtual Production and VFX VFXWorld

James Knight Talks the Exploding World of Digital Filmmaking Technology

The veteran visual effects and performance-capture expert, and current M&E director at AMD, talks about exciting, seismic changes taking place in visual effects and virtual production.

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Business Headline News

OptiTrack Teams with StretchSense for Motion Capture Solution

Partnership will allow customers a simplified technology set through a single channel; integrations of mo-cap products create smoother workflows for game and film studios.

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animated short films ANIMATIONWorld

Real-Time Gaming Tech Shines in Heartwarming ‘Windup’ Animated Short

For Chinese director Yibing Jiang, Unity’s real-time tools enabled a small global team of artists to work quickly and efficiently, in parallel rather than sequentially, to produce a beautiful and touching film about the bond between a father and his ailing daughter.

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Events Headline News

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2020 Canceled

27^th ITFS edition, running May 5-10, and 14^th Animation Production Days, set for May 6-8, in Stuttgart, Germany, have been canceled.

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Events Headline News

Monstra Animation Festival Postponed

20^th edition of the Portuguese festival, scheduled for March 18-29 in Lisbon, has been postponed; new 2020 dates to be announced.

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Entertainment Software Association Headline News

E3 2020 Canceled

Annual Entertainment Software Association canceled due to concerns over growing coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.

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Unity 2019.1 Now Available for Download

New version boasts more than 300 improvements, including special optimization tools for mobile developers.

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Epic Games Headline News

Epic Games Launches MegaGrants, New Unreal Engine Technology & Online Services at GDC 2019

Announcements include $100,000,000 Epic MegaGrants, features in Unreal Engine 4.22 and beyond, SDK availability for free Epic Online Services, Epic Games store news and more.

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Allegorithmic Headline News

GDC 2019: Project Substance Alchemist Enters Open Beta

3D tool from Allegorithmic enables the rapid creation of PBR Material Libraries for game, film, architecture and industrial design.

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OptiTrack Headline News

OptiTrack to Show Precision Tracking with Jenga-inspired Demo at GDC 2019

Featuring large-scale Jenga sets, the real-time location-based VR demo will track 130 objects simultaneously.

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Shotgun Headline News

Shotgun Announces Jira and After Effects Integration at GDC 2019

Shotgun Software showcasing its Jira, After Effects, Unreal Engine and Unity integrations at the 2019 Game Developers Conference.

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Game Developers Conference Headline News

Epic Games Annual ‘State of Unreal’ Set for GDC 2019

Livestreamed opening talk with CEO Tim Sweeney and CTO Kim Libreri, plus tech briefings and two exhibition floor booths for demos and networking part of company’s extensive show plans.

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Technology Headline News

Substance Painter UI Gets Refreshed with Help from Users

Shelf loading now up to six times faster, improved painting options for mouse and tablet.

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Motion-Capture Headline News

Vicon Introduces Shōgun 1.2 at GDC 2018 with a Virtual Escape Room

Daily presentations with new Unreal Engine 4 content project and a multi-person virtual escape room take center stage at Vicon’s GDC booth.

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Technology Headline News

Substance Designer Adds UDIM Support for Feature Film Artists

Allegorithmic's 3D material authoring tool adds nine new nodes and a big graph speed boost.

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Games Events

Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018

Begins: March 19, 2018

GDC, running March 19-23, 2018, is the world's largest professional game industry event, bringing together game designers, programmers, artists, producers, and business professionals for 5 days of unparalleled education, inspiration and networking.

In Awards, CG, Education and Training, Event, Festival, Games, Interactive, Jobs & Recruiting, Technology, AR/VR/XR | Event Types: Competitive Festivals, Conferences, Exhibits, Interactive, New Media, Seminars / Workshops, Trade Shows

Pluralsight Headline News

Pluralsight Partners with SideFX for All-Day Houdini Training Event

New Houdini 16 coursework to cover everything from character creation to environments; free event to feature speakers from Pluralsight, SideFX, TriHelix and Feline Arts.