Steve Jarratt’s 23 August IBC 365 post begins with a really good summation of what virtual production is, for the uninitiated. ” …the combination of physical and digital assets in a real-time filmmaking environment. It ranges from motion capture stages with real-time feedback of digital doubles and virtual worlds, to the latest advances in LED […]
In ‘Bullet Train’, Brad Pitt’s new screen hero Ladybug is a hired assassin with a reverse midas touch. Seemingly straightforward contracts have a tendency to, ahem, hit the buffers and you don’t have to be one of his targets to get hurt during an operation. It’s a quirky concept, and ‘Bullet Train’ makes the most […]
A pair of bioengineers and an academic at UCLA have devised a new 3D scanning camera system that is significantly more advanced than the current state-of-the-art and can figure out the size and shape of objects hidden round corners or behind other objects. The technology could find its initial home in autonomous vehicles and medical […]
An MIT project supported by Sony has demonstrated that photorealistic 3D colour holograms can now be generated quickly, even on a smartphone. Generating the vast amounts of data required to enable stable holography has already been considered a significant 3D visualisation challenge, so this could represent a big breakthrough. Obvious applications include VR and AR […]
The UK’s National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield, Bucks has announced the creation of a brand-new 24 week part-time blended learning Virtual Production course that will begin in January 2023. The course synopsis Virtual Production (VP) is a rapidly growing area of content production. By combining CGI, game-engines, and virtual reality technologies, VP enables […]
Ransomware and RDoS (Ransomware Denial Of Service or Ransomware DoS) have a common objective and some of their tactics overlap, but techniques and success rates vary wildly. Ransomware With ransomware attacks, which use a crypto-locking malware that destroys systems and makes data inaccessible. that malware needs to be deployed on servers inside the organisation, from where they can wreak havoc. Initial Access Brokers often make the initial access, then sell that access to ransomware gangs. Ransomware DoS […]