Steel Wool Studios Launches Physics-Based VR Puzzle ‘Bounce’ for HTC Vive
Pixar, Lucasfilm and TellTale Games veterans launch highly anticipated physics-based Virtual Reality puzzle game on the HTC Vive platform.
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Titmouse and Viacom NEXT Unveil ‘Smash Party’ VR Experience
Virtual-reality destruction experience from the Emmy Award-winning animation studio behind ‘Metalocalypse,’ ‘Superjail!,’ ‘Venture Bros.,’ ‘Son of Zorn’ and ‘Motorcity’ is coming soon to HTC Vive.
Report from the Future: VR Market Soars During Trump Presidency
In a special report from April 1, 2018, harsh realities spur virtual escapism in a post-truth society.
Google Spotlight Stories Debuts ‘Rain or Shine’
Nexus Studios’s Chris O’Reilly and Felix Massie discuss their slick and adorable new 360 interactive story about a little girl determined to find, and enjoy her sunny day.
Global Visual Entertainment Leaders To Gather in Beijing For ICEVE 2016
Two-day event to include Digital Domain co-founder and Virtuosity VR CEO Scott Ross, The Third Floor founder Chris Edwards, former Disney exec Kevin Geiger, PDI co-founder Richard Chuang, and more.
Unreal Engine 4.14 Now Available
New release from Epic Games introduces new forward shading renderer, native automatic LOD generation, multiple static lighting scenarios, built-in support for NVIDIA Ansel Photography, and more.
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Planar Systems to Acquire NaturalPoint
Acquisition brings combined leadership to growth markets of augmented reality and virtual reality.
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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.
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Immersed in China: An Interview with Toony Wu
A report from the field by one of China's up-and-coming VR animation directors.
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Nice Shoes Expands Internationally with New Toronto Studio
New studio adds directors Gary Thomas and Matt Greenwood, design director Stefan Woronko, senior colorist Roslyn Di Sisto, and executive producer Kristen Van Fleet.
The Foundry’s Bill Collis Joins Cubic Motion Advisory Board
Collis joins Vladimir Mastilovic and Chris Taylor O.B.E. in helping Cubic Motion expand in the games, film, TV, virtual reality and augmented reality markets.
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Adobe Charts Future of Creativity and Design at Adobe MAX 2016
Adobe showcases innovation coming to Creative Cloud in experience design, photography, virtual reality, character animation and 3D compositing.
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Framestore Welcomes Stephen Goalby
DesignWeek Awards-nominated design director previously contributed beautifully crafted animation work for Royal Albert China.
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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.’
LAIKA, Tippett Studios, Platige Image Headline 2016 Playgrounds Digital Arts Festival
Tenth anniversary event to feature filmmakers from ‘Coraline,’ ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ with artist talks from industry veterans from LAIKA, Tippett Studios and Poland’s Platige Image.
Tippett Studio, Wevr Unveil ‘Mad God’ Stop-Motion VR Experience
Using photogrammetry to translate physical stop-motion animation into the VR landscape, the ‘Mad God’ experience includes absolutely zero CG characters or environments.
Pixar Vets Unveil VR Physics-Based Puzzle Game ‘Bounce’
From Steel Wool Studios, ‘Bounce’ for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift combines narrative elements of animated features the intricate gameplay mechanics of VR to create the ultimate puzzle adventure.
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Asia TV Forum & Market Unveils New Direction for 2016 Event
Retooled business symposium to be held December 6-9 alongside the Singapore Media Festival includes a C-Level Summit centered around the digital space and a new focus on Virtual Reality.
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Animation Sans Frontières Brings International Talent to Filmakademie
Funded by Creative Europe, 16 aspiring technical directors, animation directors, producers and writers from Denmark, Germany, England, France, Hungary, Italy and The Netherlands visit the Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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It’s October – That Means VIEW Time!
The 2016 VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy promises once again, as it does each year, an inspirational week spent watching the best work from animation, VFX and game industry greats.
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Pollen Creates Ambisonic Soundscape for Patrick Osborne’s ‘PEARL’
Pollen Music Group’s Alexis Harte, JJ Wiesler and Scot Stafford discuss the evolution of “No Wrong Way Home” and the challenges of composing music and sound design specifically for Virtual Reality.
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Watch: Director Shannon Tindle Discusses Google’s ‘On Ice’ VR Project at VIEW Conference
2016’s VIEW Conference starts next week in Turin - watch AWN's two-part interview with the Google ATAP’s Spotlight Story writer, director and character designer from the 2015 edition.
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The Artery Launches VR/AR Division
Visual artist Ronen Tanchum to serve as the head of the New York studio’s newly-launched Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality division.
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Passes Now on Sale for Manimation 2016
November 17 event organized by The Children’s Media Conference aims to educate companies and freelancers about key factors for business success in the VFX and animation industries.
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Ventures into Virtual Reality
Annual event showcasing the world’s top professionals, academics and creative minds at the forefront of digital imaging, research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education and emerging technologies runs December 5-8 in Macao.
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