Cinematographer Daniel Voshart and Lausanne-based Tunisian artist Haroun Bin have used H. V. Canter’s book Personal Appearance in the Biography of the Roman Emperors as a reference to reconstruct the heads of more than sixty of the most important figures in ancient history. The project took eight months in total and bringing each one to […]
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AI-generated comic-book art faces copyright backlash
Shortly after South Korean comic-book artist (or should that be graphic novel illustrator?) Kim Jung Gi passed away unexpectedly in October at the age of 47, French motion designer 5you fed Gi’s work into a neural network as a form of tribute. Apart from a few telltale signs that the images were AI-generated, the results […]
Unite 2022 to feature world’s first multi-destination, cross-platform virtual concert
Working with creative partners VRrOOm on VRChat, Future Fest and Volta, Unity will broadcast a first of its kind multi-destination and cross-platform virtual concert featuring TikTok bass sensation Blu DeTiger at its Unite 2022 event on 1 November. The performance, which will be covered from multiple camera angles and synced with VJ visuals, will be […]
Sony’s new a7R V camera gets deep learning-based autofocus
Sony’s fifth generation Alpha camera, the a7R V, contains a big technological advance – a dedicated deep learning chip that recognises humans and animals in real-time. It achieves pin-sharp autofocus on a subject’s eye by tracking its entire body even when it is in motion. This works when a subject’s eye is only partly visible. […]
LUXA Film seeks to crowdfund new VP studio near Oxford
Virtual production supervisor and VFX specialist Gareth Repton has turned to crowdfunding to raise the money needed to launch a new, privately-owned film studio near Oxford. His ambition is to make virtual production more affordable and accessible to producers shooting movies, TV shows, commercials and promos on lower budgets. LUXA Film is looking to buy […]
Shooting Greentea Peng’s new promo in “the playground of the future”
In Felix Brady’s promotional video for Greentea Peng’s new song Look To Him, as Aria Wells narrates her own story, the camera circles two men dancing – or is it fighting? – on top of a speeding car. Creating this 360 degree shot involved spinning the car on a platform inside Europe’s largest virtual production […]