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Finscreen’s photo-realistic deepfakes wow VFX vets
At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Pinscreen demonstrated a new real-time, photo-realistic face synthesis technology. While primarily intended as a tool for creating next-gen virtual assistants and fashion avatars, it will be of great interest to VFX companies, as it enables them to create photo-real humans quickly and efficiently and at scale. […]
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Joey Magidson’s Top 25 Best VFX Oscar winners
Joey Magidson, a contributor to the hollywoodnews.com website has listed his 25 Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners, and ranks ‘Jurassic Park’ as his No. 1 as, it “captured the imagination in a way that few other works have ever been able to do” 25 – Spider-Man 2 24 – Inception 23 – Blade Runner […]
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NVIDIA snaps up Swiftstack
NVIDIA has bought storage and management software platform SwiftStack, which works across the public cloud, on-premises equipment and edge installations and is focused on the AI and HPC markets. SwiftStack, which was formed in 2011, was an early OpenStack adopter. and one of the largest contributors to the Swift open storage platform. OpenStack, Swift … […]
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Displaying Unreal virtual production smarts on Disney’s The Mandalorian
IBC 365 reports on the groundbreaking virtual production technology used on Disney+ Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian, reducing the space required for filming, the elimination of the need for location shooting and involving real-time, in-camera compositing, giant LED walls displaying dynamic digital sets, a motion tracking system from Profile Studios and Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. […]
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Bectu leaps to freelancers’ aid amid lockdown fears
IBC 365 reports that Bectu is expressing concern for freelancers during the early stages of this global pandemic, with a lockdown on business and social activities and travel restrictions looming. In a statement in which she announced plans to contact the government to lobby for insurance companies to cover freelancers for self-isolation and establish a […]