Tagged With: VR
Deluxe Names Craig Zerouni Head of Technology, VFX
Longtime media technology executive to focus on integrating and expanding production capacity across Method Studios, Iloura and Deluxe VR.
2D and VR Come Together in Patrick Osborne’s Oscar-Nominated ‘Pearl’
The Oscar-winning director of ‘Feast’ and Google Spotlight Stories project group team up on a heartfelt story created specifically for leading-edge 360 mobile and VR viewing.
Advanced Imaging Society, VR Society Bestow 28 Lumiere Awards
LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ Disney’s ‘Inner Workings’ and ‘Zootopia,’ and Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ among 28 awards for distinguished achievement.
Kabillion, Metamedia Launch K-GO
New SVOD platform will feature traditional and social content in new and existing formats, including AR, VR, 360° video and gaming.
ACM SIGGRAPH Seeks Input on Future Direction of Organization and Conference
Survey of computer graphics and interactive techniques community aims to make the organization and conference more relevant to the needs of those working in emerging computer graphic technologies.
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’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.
Chaos Group’s ‘CG Garage’ Podcast Reaches 1 Million Downloads
Popular ‘Nerdist-style’ computer graphics art podcast features in-depth, personal discussions with some of the top minds in VFX, VR and design.
Boris FX Releases Mocha VR
Groundbreaking new software tool bringing high-end VFX and post workflows to 360°/VR filmmaking is based on Imagineer’s Academy Award-winning planar tracking algorithm.
Chris Edwards in Beijing - Part 1: Previs and Virtual Production in China
THE THIRD FLOOR founder talks about cutting edge production techniques and technology in a new global frontier.
Mixed Reality Takes Off in the Middle Kingdom
Planar Systems Finalizes NaturalPoint Acquisition
Maker of OptiTrack motion capture systems to remain a separate business with its own executive team, customers and market initiatives.
The Foundry to Present Modo Live Event at Gnomon
Learn from the masters at free event to be held on February 9 at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games & Animation.
Unity Announces Vision VR/AR Summit 2017
Leaders and upstarts from across the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality industry will convene in Los Angeles May 1-2.
Call for Entries: SIGGRAPH 2017 Now Accepting VR/AR Submissions
SIGGRAPH 2017 seeking Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality submissions for possible inclusion within the VR Village, the Computer Animation Festival’s VR Theater, the Emerging Technologies program, the Games Focus Area, and Real-Time Live!
Imaginary Forces Welcomes EP Chris Hill, Biz Dev Director Sami Tahari
Creative company celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017 adds two executives to its Los Angeles studio.
Friends Electric Launches in London and LA
Full-service production company represents diverse roster of world-class animation directors including Pete Candeland, Polynoid, Woodblock, and Lucas Zanotto.
NVIDIA Quadro Pascal GPU’s Power ‘Tree’ VR Experience at Sundance 2017
Second installment in a VR/AR trilogy that examines our collective life on this planet to be showcased at the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier program.
MPC LA Partners with Bueno for West Coast Representation
Talent agency will represent the Los Angeles studio to agencies and brands for commercial work on the west coast.
A Quick Run Through CES 2017
Deluxe Promotes Jackie Lee & Dave Grove
Former EFILM exec Grove named SVP of Global Feature Sales; Lee, formerly the SVP of Feature Services for Deluxe’s Company 3, takes on expanded role as SVP, Global Client Strategy, Creative Enterprise Sales.
Deluxe VR and PROXi Join Forces to Deliver Cinematic VR
New partnership with Virtual Reality production company co-founded by ‘Suicide Squad’ VR experience creators Guy Norris and Harrison Norris merges production expertise with best-in-class global VFX, real-time rendered VR and on-set data services.
My 2017 VR Wish List
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.