NVIDIA is asking computer owners to donate idle GPU and CPU capacity to the race to find treatments for Covid-19, the illness caused by the Coronavirus. It’s promoting Folding@Home, which has been developed at Stanford University. can be installed on any Linux, Windows or Mac computer to leverage your GPU or CPU power to contribute […]
A message from HPE CEO Antonio Neri about the company’s response to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak.
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. […]
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 […]
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 … […]
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. […]