The ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI, is being described as most popular internet app ever. It turns out that it was originally released as a “research preview” for two-year-old technology that was being prepared for something much grander. Its reception has come as a complete surprise to the OpenAI team who have been […]
I got feedbacks from people in the VFX suggesting to represent it with Spaghettis 😃 Hans Godard Hans Godard, Principal Technical Artist at Team Kaiju, who previously worked at Blizzard and Naughty Dog, produced this (updated) and what appears to be mildly controversial diagram to show how the pipelines and workflows in visual effects and […]
In the field of artificial intelligence, generative models, are based on diffusion models. These in turn are inspired by the world of physics and specifically non-equilibrium thermodynamics, which governs phenomena like the spread of fluids and gases. Generative models can do something that neural networks have always struggled with; use their training data to generate […]
In the sequence below from Antoine Fuqua’s Emancipation, the character Peter, a runaway slave played by Will Smith, is escaping through a swamp when he is snatched by an alligator and has to fight for his life. Working with Legacy Effects and Wētā FX, VFX supervisor Rob Legato shot elements for the underwater scene in a […]
Aided by William Faucher, the team at Norwegian production company VJUS show how to use HTC’s VIVE Mars CamTrack tracking system, Unreal Engine and a high-end Norxe projector combined with a physical set for a virtual production shoot. 0:00 – Intro 0:56 – Virtual Production 1:41 – VIVE Mars CamTrack 3:00 – Rigging for shoot […]
On Wednesday evening, SMPTE hosted its first virtual production showcase event in one of the larger spaces at Garden Studios‘ sprawling 300,000 square foot network of facilities in Harlesden, North West London. It was one of the liveliest, most entertaining and enlightening events I think many of us had attended for some time. Here are […]