After consulting several US studios, the BFI, the British Film Commission, Pact, BECTU and the UK government, the UK Screen Alliance has published a guidance document for post production and visual effects companies to help them operate safely during the current health crisis. Get the document “Guidance for safe working in Post-Production and Visual Effects […]
The Times reports (paywall in place) that Cineworld is hoping to reopen in all locations by July, with enhanced cleaning and social-distancing measures in place, naturally,. and is seeking a loan of $180 million to keep it afloat. How many new films they will be able to screen is another matter, and we might find […]
Today,, the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) launches a series of online courses and instructor-led remote workshops for developers, data scientists, students, and researchers, spanning topics such as deep learning for multi-GPUs to accelerated data science. The NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute offers hands-on training in AI, accelerated computing, and accelerated data science. offering practical experience […]
Are virtual actors close enough to becoming sufficiently photo-realistic and human that they can at least substitute for human actors in all but close-up shots, if not in some cases displace and replace them entirely? Hollywood-based artists agency CAA recently signed up a new client, virtual Brazilian model / dancer Lil Miquela, writes Steve Rose […]
Thanks to former British astronaut Tim Peake, appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, for reminding us that we will be able to see the NASA SpaceX rocket from the UK later this evening. According two Tim, we’ll see the International Space Station first, at 21.30 BST, then the SpaceX will be visible at 21.51, […]
For the second new Informed Sauce podcast, NVIDIA’s Jamie Allan talks about the company’s rearranged GPU Technology Conference, which switched to an online-only event after the world went into lockdown. New Ampere architecture and A100 GPU Launched last week with a keynote from CEO Jensen Huang, GTC 2020 has its own website that features “hundreds […]