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ITFS Headline News

24th ITFS Now Underway in Stuttgart, Germany

2017 edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film kicks off with screening of Tomer Eshed’s animated feature, ‘Our Wonderful Nature: The Common Chameleon,’ and ‘The Head Vanishes’ by Franck Dion.

Nickelodeon Headline News

Nickelodeon Launches Brand-New Entertainment Lab

Designed to identify and experiment with new and emerging technologies, mew Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab aims to fuel production opportunities and content creation.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Dr. Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher Talk CG and VR Industry Trends at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 11:08am

The Jon Peddie Research duo talk in-depth about computer graphics industry growth trends, including hardware, software and immersive content creation. 

FMX Blogs

WATCH: NYU Professor Ken Perlin Discusses the Future of AR and VR at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 9:55am

Dr. Perlin talks about AR and VR products and how they will be used by humans in ways we haven’t yet discovered to become a seamless part of our existence.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Epic Games’ Haarm-Pieter Duiker Talks Real-Time Game Engines and VFX at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 7:00am

The VFX supervisor about convergence in VFX and game development tools, real-time game engines and digital content production methodologies.

FMX 2017 Headline News

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,’ ‘Ghost in the Shell’ & ‘Pearl’ Set for FMX 2017

Newly-announced production sessions to explore the VFX of Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,’ virtual production for ‘Ghost in the Shell’ and the newly-released ‘Ghost in the Shell’ VR experience, and an inside look at Google Spotlight Stories’ ‘Pearl,’ the first VR film to ever receive an Oscar nomination.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Epic Games’ Brian Karis Talks Real-time Game Engine Performance at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 3:04pm

The senior graphics programmer discusses the challenges of optimizing real-time game engine performance and how the technology produces increasingly photorealistic virtual characters and creatures.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: UNIT 9’s Anrick Bregman Talks VR and Transmedia Economics at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:38am

The interactive filmmaker talks in-depth about creative and economic realities for immersive storytelling development in transmedia and VR.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Epic Games’ Kim Libreri Talks ‘Paragon’ Cinematic Trailer and More at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Friday, April 21, 2017 at 5:00pm

The studio’s CTO discusses producing the stunning, real-time rendered visuals of their brand new MOBA game experience.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Dr. Richard Marks Talks PlayStation Magic Lab and VR at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 1:41pm

The Sony Computer Entertainment lab director discusses R&D efforts in VR, games and innovative interactive experiences.

Moonbot Headline News

Reel FX, Creative Team from Moonbot Studios Launch Flight School

New multi-platform content studio to be led by Academy Award-winning chief creative officer Brandon Oldenburg and Emmy Award-winning executive creative director Limbert Fabian.

FMX 2017 Headline News

Luc Besson’s ‘Valerian’ in the Spotlight at FMX 2017

Production sessions at Germany’s international conference on animation, visual effects, VR, games and transmedia also to include ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ and Kraftwerk 3D.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Proof’s Ron Frankel Talks ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Previs and More at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 4:54pm

Proof Inc’s founder and creative director discusses recent previs, postvis, virtual production and virtual reality projects including his team’s work with director Justin Lin.

FMX VFXWorld

WATCH: AMD’s Raja Koduri Discusses GPU Technology, VR and More at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Friday, April 14, 2017 at 5:17pm

The senior VP and Radeon Tech Group chief architect talks about growth and opportunities for GPU technology across media & entertainment, VR/AR and education industries.

Pulcinella Awards Headline News

Italy’s Cartoons on the Bay Announces Winners of 2017 Pulcinella Awards

Italian-French co-production ‘Iqbal: Tale of a Fearless Child’ wins Pulcinella Award for Best Animated Feature; Switzerland’s ‘Ariadne’s Thread,’ directed by Claude Luyet, wins Best Animated Short.

FMX 2017 Headline News

FMX 2017 to Explore the Intersection of Automotive and Real-Time Graphics

New automotive track at FMX 2017 to include series of talks with Marc Petit, general manager for Unreal Enterprise at Epic Games, about the use of real-time graphics and games engines in the automotive development process from design to retail.

ASIFA-Hollywood Headline News

ASIFA-Hollywood Announces Winners of Inaugural AEF Faculty Grant Program

International Animated Film Society awards its first annual Animation Educators Forum faculty grants to Owen Klatte from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Dave Mauriello of Drexel University.

SIGGRAPH 2017 Headline News

Registration Now Open for SIGGRAPH 2017

More than a dozen new experiences planned for 44th international conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques to be held in Los Angeles July 30 through August 3.

Virtual Reality Headline News

29 Immersive Projects to be Featured at 2017 Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Immersive’s 2017 lineup set to transport audiences to new worlds with 23 Virtual Arcade projects and six Storyscapes selections from VR filmmakers, developers and studios spanning six different countries from around the globe.

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