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SIGGRAPH 2017 Headline News

Google Cloud Platform’s ZYNC Render Now Supports Autodesk 3ds Max

Google to showcase technology preview of V-Ray GPU for Autodesk Maya on ZYNC Render and more at SIGGRAPH 2017.

Google Spotlight Stories Headline News

Google Spotlight Stories Takes on SIGGRAPH 2017

See work-in-progress screenings and go behind of the scenes of Google Spotlight Stories’ forthcoming VR shorts, ‘Son of Jaguar,’ from director Jorge Gutierrez, and ‘Sonaria,’ directed by Scot Stafford and Chromosphere.

Psyop Headline News

Psyop Expands ‘Kismet’ to New Platforms

The popular VR fortune teller now combines tarot reading, astrological reading and the ancient Babylonian game of Ur on Google Daydream and Samsung Gear VR devices.

Nexus Studios Headline News

Nexus Teams with Director FX Goby on Short Film for Google I/O ‘17

Produced alongside creative studio Mighty Nice, ‘The Story of An Idea’ builds from hand-drawn 2D black-and white-animation to a full CG VFX-heavy grand finale.

Music & Sound Headline News

Pollen Music Group Plays Integral Role in the Creation of Oscar-Nominated Animated Short, ‘Pearl’

Pollen partners Alexis Harte, JJ Wiesler and Scot Stafford also just won the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for an Animated TV/Broadcast Production and recently received an MPSE Golden Reel nomination for ‘Pearl.’

NFB Headline News

NFB’s ‘Bear 71’ Documentary Now Available as Free VR Experience

Reinvention of the National Film Board of Canada’s award-winning documentary has been showcased at IDFA DocLab and the New Frontiers VR Bar at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Google Spotlight Stories Headline News

Google Spotlight Stories Taps ‘Book of Life’ Director Jorge Gutierrez for New VR Short

‘Son of Jaguar’ 360-degree virtual reality short produced in cooperation with Dallas-based animation studio Reel FX is set in Mexico City on the Day of the Dead.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Baobab Studios Launches ‘INVASION!’ on Google Daydream

Short film version of the Virtual Reality experience directed by Eric Darnell has screened at Cannes, Tribeca, Annecy, VIEW, and the SIGGRAPH 2016 Computer Animation Festival.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Denizen Delivers Google Tilt Brush Experience for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

Creative agency enlists Google Tilt Brush artists Stuart Campbell, Steve Teeple and Danny Bittman to create globe-trotting 360-degree VR experience for Marvel Studios’ ‘Doctor Strange.’

Google Spotlight Stories Headline News

VR Couch Gag Set for Landmark 600th Episode of ‘The Simpsons’

Google Spotlight Stories collaboration features first-of-its-kind Virtual Reality TV experience in ‘Planet of the Couches, airing October 16 during ‘Treehouse of Horror XXVII’; free limited edition ‘Simpsons’ Google Cardboard viewers available to first 25,000 fans to sign up.

Google Headline News

Mark Oftedal’s ‘Buggy Night’ Now Available on YouTube

360-degree interactive short with production design by Caldecott-winning illustrator Jon Klassen previously launched on Moto X and Moto G devices and on the Google Spotlight Stories app on Android and iOS.

Events Headline News

Early Bird Rate for 2016 World Animation and VFX Summit Ends July 15

Summit featuring top talent from leading studios like DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Google, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Reel FX, LAIKA, Atomic Cartoons and Cartoon Saloon runs October 31 - November 2 in Marina del Rey, CA.

Google Headline News

Google Unveils New Trailer for Felix Massie’s ‘Rain or Shine’

Trailer comes on the heels of a sneak preview of ‘Rain or Shine’ from Google Spotlight Stories at the Annecy International Animation Festival.

Titmouse Headline News

Step into Titmouse’s 3D Cartoon World with Google’s Tilt Brush

‘Two Weeks of Titmouse’ showcases mind and space-bending virtual reality art from 11 famed creators using Google’s Tilt Brush virtual reality technology.

Lotte Reiniger Headline News

Google Celebrates Lotte Reiniger with New Doodle

New Google Doodle celebrates the 117th birthday of German animation pioneer Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger, widely credited as the developer of the cut-paper silhouette animation technique, and the director of the first feature-length animated film.

Google Headline News

Google Pulls Minions Mic Drop April Fool’s Gag

Google kills off its Mic Drop feature, which added a ‘Send Mic Drop’ button to Gmail, allowing users to add an animated GIF of one of Illumination Entertainment’s Minions dropping a microphone to their emails.

Moonbot Studios Headline News

Moonbot Taps Google Cloud Platform for ‘Taking Flight’ Short

Colorful animated short combining 2D and 3D techniques relies on Google Cloud Platform and its Compute Engine solution to help the concept truly take flight.

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