Autodesk + RADiCAL: AI-powered 3D Motion Capture
LoUPE Autodesk has invested in RADiCAL, the New York-based developer of a cloud, AI-powered 3D motion capture solution. This investment marks the latest move by Autodesk toward cloud VFX production for content creators and builds on the recent acquisitions of Moxion and LoUPE. While Moxion provides a powerful, studio-secure and dailies delivery, and LoUPE is an animation production pipeline system, originally developed by Tangent
NVIDIA is collaborating with top academics to present 16 SIGGRAPH Papers
NVIDIA is collaborating with top academic researchers at 14 universities to present 16 research papers at SIGGRAPH 2022, Aug. 8-11. The research tackles graphics’ toughest problems with advancements in content creation, VR, real-time rendering, and 3D simulation. For example, NVIDIA’s academic collaborations in graphics have produced a reinforcement learning model that smoothly simulates athletic moves, ultra-thin holographic glasses for virtual reality, and a real-time rendering
Avatar: The Way of Water: Does it seem it was worth the wait?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Gx8wiNbs8 We have just seen a special 3D stereo presentation of the Avatar 2: The Way of Water trailer. It is incredible, but does it seem like it was worth the wait? After all, it has been thirteen years since, Avatar, – which by the way, still holds the record for the highest grossing film of all time. Avatar 2 is set to be released this year. The Avatar
The Neural Rendering of The Champion
he Champion directed by Maciej Barczewski, is the first full theatrical feature film to be converted to English using neural rendering. All of the performances were changed so the actors not only are revoiced into English, but their faces were replaced so the actors are also visibly speaking English as well. The film tells the true story of pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, who
Inside a location scanning truck
fxguide visited scanning company Avatar Factory on location in Melbourne to get 3D scanned. The company operates a mobile scanning truck, which allows for remote scanning. Typical projects involve both hero actor scanning and ‘catalog work’ of scanning all props on a production for later reference. They provide capture and initial model creation in Reality Capture and supply low, medium or high res.