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 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
As performance capture grows to become one of the most powerful tools at a filmmaker’s fingertips, specialists Animatrik and creative agency Territory have produced this useful infographic focusing on its history, mechanics and uses. Source: MovieMaker
Using machine learning-based tools, Lorenzo Folli and Olga Shirnina of Mystery Scoop have a put together a collection of digitally restored 19th Century that then appear to come to life as the camera lingers and subtly moves across them. Wonderful!