In a first for coverage of space events, Meta and the team behind NASA’s Artemis programme collaborated with Vancouver-based VR studio Felix and Paul Studios, cloud-based streaming collaboration company MeetMo.io and aerospace photography experts Flightline Films to stream an up-close, multi-camera view of the 16 November Artemis 1 launch in real-time UHD VR. Images and sound of the liftoff […]
At a recent presentation, DP Baz Idoine and Industrial Light & Magic Production Designers Andrew Jones and Todd Cherniawsky discussed their thought processes for deciding which scenes to shoot in an LED volume and which not. It prompted Brisbane-based Nathan Bazley of virtualisation technology firm Enablo to create the flowchart shown below based on their […]
This AI-powered experiment by synth hardware brand Teenage Engineering and design studios Modern and Bureau Cool creates kaleidoscopic visual landscapes for composed music. The work, which uses Teenage Engineering’s OP-Z sequencer and translates the musical output into art in real-time, is inspired by the neurological condition synesthesia, where the brain perceives sensory input for several […]
As this is being written, hot on the heels of MSG Sphere’s immersive cameras’ trip to the ISS, a specially trained new astronaut, Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep, is also heading into space. Together with an ESA European Service Module, he is the only passenger onboard the first flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which is being […]
The new Beta release of NVIDIA Omniverse includes a host of updates to make it faster, more accessible and more flexible for developers, creators and users of all abilities. Omniverse can now ingest large, complex scenes from multiple third-party applications, and take more advantage of real-time rendering, path tracing, and physics simulation. Omniverse Nucleus, the central database […]
Madison Square Garden Entertainment is the company behind the MSG Spheres being constructed at the Venetian in Las Vegas and Stratford in East London, The technical demands of these huge new immersive venues are so great that new camera, lens and content creation technology is being developed. The company has announced that new immersive cameras […]