TIME magazine has included NVIDIA’s much lauded Instant NeRF on its list of Best Inventions of 2022. NeRFs (Neural Radiance Fields) are neural networks that take the camera pose from a set of 2D images and use spatial location and volumetric rendering to conjure a 3D representation of the scene in seconds. Prior to Instant NeRF, achieving this […]
If it receives planning permission, as well as on site rehearsal spaces, post production facilities and animation studios, 500,000 sq ft Shipyard Studios in Sunderland will include the largest covered water studio in the world, The proposal for the studios has been submitted by the owners of the former Pallion shipyard which was closed in […]
This 36-second ICVFX virtual production test conducted at Drexel University and led by Catalyst’s Ian Fursa and Steve Chandler and Drexel’s own Nick Jushchyshyn with the support of Colorspace Labs and Lightbulb Rentals and using VP Toolkit shows how rear-projection can replace an expensive LED stage and still produce industry-standard level results for those shooting […]
Netflix has emerged as the leading bidder to redevelop the 293 acre former US Army base at Fort Monmouth on the Jersey Shore about fifty mile from Manhattan, into an enormous film production facility. If all goes to plan, they will break ground on the site in Q1 2023 and the complex is expected to […]
Reality Heist is a five-minute original story of a scientist who can skip dimensions at the flick of a switch. The short, which was made by a team of students at the National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield, blends traditionally rendered photorealistic CGI with in-camera visual effects and was shot on the NFTS’s new […]
LG Electronics and Unity have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create meta-homes, enabling users to spend time in highly accurate ‘digital twins’ of their personal living spaces that include all the LG products in their real homes. For convenience, and, let’s face it, at the moment, a bit of a giggle, adjustments to […]