Most people would be pretty pleased with themselves if they managed to finish one animated short every few years. Not John Morena ! This talented New York City-based indie animator set up an unbelievable goal for himself in 2017: He decided to make one animated short per week for […] Click here to view original […]
Unity Technologies has screened the full seven-minute version of The Heretic , its new CG short designed to show the game engine’s real-time rendering capabilities, as part of the keynote at Unite Copenhagen 2019 . The short, which runs at 30fps in 1440p resolution on a “high-end gaming PC”, […] Click here to view original […]
An image from Flinders University / CDW Studios student Duncan Li’s Rookies’ portfolio Another placement among the world’s top 10 digital illustration schools cements Flinders University’s global reputation in the booming visual effects industry. The hotly contested The Rookies competition attracts leading multi-media schools from all over the world. […] Click here to view original […]
Montreal-based Sauropod Studio has shut down, costing around 20 people their jobs. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz , several former employees attribute the studio’s closure to poor project planning and money mismanagement throughout the course of the development of its second title, Mirador, which launched in July. Development on Mirador began […] Click here to view original […]
While Sony isn’t labelling its new system the PS5 just yet – instead simply referring to it as the much-less-catchy “next-gen console” – we now know a number of key details. It’s going to have a CPU built on a third-generation AMD Ryzen chip foundation replete with eight cores […] Click here to view original […]
Video recorded and produced by Digitally Speaking A How-To Guide for Muslim Representation in Video Games by Osama Dorias Session Name A How-To Guide for Muslim Representation in Video Games Speaker(s) Osama Dorias Company Name(s) Warner Brothers Montreal Track / Format Advocacy Overview Negative portrayal of matters related to Islam and Muslims is a phenomenon […]
LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY — FMX 2019 – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media has announced the first program confirmations as well as the release of the first trailer for the upcoming event set for April 30 – May 3, 2019. Academy Award-winner Jan Pinkava, creative director of Google […] Click here to view original […]
It’s not often we take a step back and review. So, as the end of 2018 draws closer, I’ve taken a moment to do just that. From major hardware news to AR taking to the stage in spectacular fashion, 2018 has been jam-packed. Here are my choices for the Top 10 Immersive Moments of 2018 […]
“You’ll believe a man can fly.” So proclaimed billboards and posters across the nation in 1978, in anticipation of the December release of Richard Donner’s Superman — The Movie. It wasn’t an idle promise. Although the Man of Steel had been depicted in numerous TV shows and cartoons over the years, Donner’s film vowed something […]
It’s hard to miss the prominence of Vancouver’s virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) industry. The fastest growing sector in the city’s tech economy, the ecosystem has increased from 15 companies in 2015 to over 200 today. A key part of B.C.’s Digital Supercluster Initiative—a bid that netted the region a portion of $950 million from […]
