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 […]
The concept of the metaverse was first introduced by science fiction author Neal Stephenson in the 1990s. It is ushering in a new era of design and simulation in a wide range of industries. Complex environments for feature film production on LED stages and digital twins are examples of how these large, high fidelity scenes are being […]
By now, you know that the AI-powered ChatGPT chatbot can answer questions, which in some people’s minds has the potential to make it a serious rival to Google search Though the answers are pleasingly conversational, there’s still much work to be done there as they can’t yet be relied upon to be accurate. However, ChatGPT […]
Very happy share this bit of serious but fun AI video experimentation conducted by our friend Bob Dyce, CEO of Launchvox in Sacramento. Check out these short tests I created using Pix2Pix Video. You simply drop a video clip onto the ‘source video’ window, and write a prompt describing the effect you would like to […]