23 January 2024
VFX Weekly
Savage VFX on embracing its OpenDrives Summit storage product (VFX Voice)
DreamWorks Animation’s OpenVDB Adopted as the Foundation’s First Project; Blender Foundation and Visual Effects Society Join as Associate Members. (Academy Software Foundation)
Actor and martial artist Jet Li was concerned over how Warner Bros. might use his motion capture performance in the future. (Cartoon Brew)
Samsung announces updated and improved version of Odyssey headset. (VRFocus)
Innovators harness the power of real-time to bring control and immediacy to the VFX pipelines for blockbuster films like Ready Player One, Blade Runner 2049 (Business Wire)
Pixar co-founder and computer animation pioneer Ed Catmull, VES will retire next year after more than four decades working in the film industry. (Deadline)
(Read the VES Statement on the Retirement of Ed Catmull here)
VES member Stephane Ceretti on his work on the Marvel sequel. (Fan Fest News)
Light Field Lab is developing a holographic display system, with a long-term vision of creating a “Holodeck.” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Zero VFX CEO Brian Drewes on local markets, business challenges, and the future of media (Studio Daily)
Francis promoted to Vice President, Current Series and Diversity; Dyste upped to VP Production and Artist Management. (Animation World Network)
Andrew Coats, the former Pixar animator who co-directed the Oscar-nominated short Borrowed Time, has joined Luma Pictures as a director for its new live action and animation division. (Cartoon Brew)
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