Universal Scene Description (USD) was invented by Pixar to help them assemble and interchange movie scenes. Since Pixar open-sourced USD in 2016, it has grown to become the interchange format that brings consistency and interoperability to 3D artists when building three-dimensional and immersive locations, scenes or environments, including multiverses and digital twins. A USD layer […]
Launched initially as a Kickstarter campaign – how about a pledge as a Christmas gift, folks? – the family of Georges Méliès have gathered together a collection of stories found in libraries and family archives that shed more light on the life and work one of the most intriguing and important figures in the history […]
Our friend Nathan Bazley in Brisbane, Australia has been at it again with the infographics. This time he’s produced this excellent key skills ‘heatmap’ for anybody wishing to get into virtual production and ICVFX. Image source: Frame.io Insider
It’s undoubtedly going to be a controversial view, but virtual production, immersive and emerging technology specialist Tim Wuolle has asserted in a Linkedin post that, in the near future, during the post production of visual content, AI is going to start to play an important role the editing process, particularly for the creation of montages. […]
The latest version of Megapixel’s HELIOS LED processing platform, v 22.11, is the first in the industry to support the SMPTE ST 2110 standard. Up to four simultaneous inputs can be used on ultra-large LED walls beyond 8K, using stitching for traditional 2×2, super-tall 1×4, or ultra-wide 4×1 applications. A complete IP workflow offers flexible […]
As more and more fashion brands begin experimenting with the metaverse, AR, VR and NFTs, market research firm Technavio reports that the global fashion metaverse market with grown by almost $7 billion between 2022 and 2026, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 37%. According to the report, the growth, 38% of which will […]