David Fincher is known for exploring new filmmaking technologies (digital cinematography with ‘Se7en’, de-ageing with ‘The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’). Although he acknowledges the pioneering work being conducted by his peers, he’s steering clear of AI cinematography for the time being. “I think AI’s a really powerful tool. And for my money, I have […]
A new, post-IBC, report from Futuresource Consulting shows that (on-set) virtual production (OSVP or VP), in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) and extended reality (XR) have passed through the “hype phase” and are about to enter the second stage of their development as more of the technology begins to reach a level of maturity; getting more refined […]
This video from day 3 of SIGGRAPH 2023 by the team at the ETC (Entertainment Technology Centre) at the University of Southern California, AKA ETC@USC, shows a demo by Fernando Rivas-Manzaneque and Orlando Avila-Garcia, co-founders of Volinga of real-time rendering of a NeRF in a real virtual production environment, which they claim was a world’s […]
The latest device from phone maker OPPO, the foldable Find N3, has been co-developed with the legendary camera firm Hasselblad. It weighs 239g has a 7.8″ screen size and it only 5.8mm thick when unfolded. It has three cameras onboard. 48MP Ultra-Sensing Wide-Angle Camera The revolutionary Stacked Pixel Architecture eliminates sensor size restrictions and stores 140% […]
For those not familiar with Universal Scene Description (USD), it’s “a framework for interchange of 3D computer graphics data. The framework focuses on collaboration, non-destructive editing, and enabling multiple views and opinions about graphics data. USD is used in many industries including visual effects, architecture, design, robotics and CAD” (Wikipedia). USD is a high-performance extensible […]
To improve the lives of those working on the content synchronisation side of in virtual production, the latest version of Unreal Engine, now comes bundled with NVIDIA Rivermax SDK (software development kit). Rivermax is a unique internet protocol (IP)-based solution for media and data streaming. With the Rivermax plug-in for Unreal Engine, users can now deliver synchronized video […]