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Visual Effects Headline News

House of Moves Adds Selma Gladney-Edelman, Alastair Macleod

Motion capture and animation studio brings in new talent to elevate client facing experience and custom workflow solutions.

OptiTrack Headline News

OptiTrack Releases Motive 2.0 Motion Tracking Software

New continuous calibration feature eliminates the need for wand waves. New version also adds functionality for movement sciences, character animation, VR and robotics.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode LI - We Don't Need to Know Who You Are

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: Just what the hell is animation anyway?

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

Hail Caesar! Weta Delivers Digital Mastery for ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’

Models supervisor Florian Fernandez talks about his team’s use of proprietary Manuka ray tracer to create photorealistic apes and more for Matt Reeves’ futuristic action-adventure hit.

Faceware LiveSDK Headline News

Faceware Technologies Announces Faceware Live SDK

The leading markerless 3D-facial motion capture solutions provider has announced a Windows-Native, C++ SDK that enables developers and creatives to build their own real-time, interactive applications SDK for its real-time facial mocap and animation technology, Faceware Live, which it will be discussing at SIGGRAPH 2017 (Booth 741) Aug 1–3.

DI4D Headline News

DI4D Unveils Highest Fidelity Facial Performance Capture at SIGGRAPH 2017

Proprietary ‘motion scanning’ technology captures 4D data comprising video rate 3D surface scans tracked with a dense fixed topology mesh.

lawsuits Headline News

Fox, Paramount & Crystal Dynamics Named Defendants in MOVA Lawsuit

MOVA developers suing Disney and Marvel for IP Infringement expand lawsuit to include ‘Deadpool,’ and ‘Terminator: Genisys’ features and ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ video game.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

The Iconic Character Transformations of ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Framestore VFX supervisor Kyle McCulloch shares how Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Cadenza and Garderobe were brought to life in Disney’s hit live-action remake of the classic 1991 animated feature.

lawsuits Headline News

Lawsuit: MOVA Developers Suing Disney & Marvel for IP Infringement

Intellectual property lawsuit alleges Disney, Marvel and others knowingly infringed copyrights, trademarks, and/or patents by using stolen CG technology in blockbuster movies.

Rooster Teeth Headline News

Andy Serkis and Joe Letteri to Speak at RTX Austin 2017

Both the actor and the Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor for WETA Digital, respectively, will sit on the keynote panel and host an exclusive Q&A following an early screening of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ their recent collaboration.

Motion-Capture Headline News

iPi Soft Announces iPi Motion Capture 3.5

Version 3.5 of the markerless mocap solution doubles tracking speed, increases calibration speed and accuracy and provides enhanced animation export functionality.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

A Global Effort: It Takes More Than a Village to Build the World of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

Production VFX supervisor Christopher Townsend integrates the work of artists from around the world to wow audiences with Ego the Planet and other new digital characters in Marvel’s latest sci-fi action adventure hit.

OptiTrack Headline News

OptiTrack Chooses Multidisciplinary Scholar to Lead Paris Office

The new office will offer enhanced support for OptiTrack’s expanded European customer base and distributors.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

Weta Digital Confronts the Monstrous Ego of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

The New Zealand studio tackles 600 shots including the Final Battle, Ego, Rocket, Baby Groot and a host of explosions in Marvel’s latest sci-fi action adventure.

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