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Autodesk developing virtual production with James Cameron and Weta Digital

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Randall Newton

The goal is to commercialize the workflows behind Avatar and the Lord of the Rings series. Autodesk built the biggest ...

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Rightware introduces OpenGL ES 3.0 benchmark

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Randall Newton

OpenGL ES is becoming a graphics standard in mobile devices. The new benchmark will give manufacturers and software developers an ...

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ZBrush interim release feels like major update

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Randall Newton

A variety of new tools keep the venerable 3D art tool at the forefront. Pixologic used Siggraph 2012 in Los ...

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Graphics chip shipments up 5.5% on Intel gains

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Randall Newton

Sequentially the market grew 2.5%, predicting slight growth ahead for PC market. Graphics chip shipments were up 5.5% in the ...

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Luxion debuts 3D web technologies at Siggraph

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Randall Newton

KeyShot extended with Web service rendering and 3D interactive web display. Rendering technology expert Luxion introduced two new 3D web ...

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Haiku Deck reinvents presentation software for the iPad era

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Randall Newton

The first business idea failed, but it had a great pitch deck, so the team refocused on presentations.   New ...

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Caustic brings interactive ray tracing to Maya

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Randall Newton

Caustic Visualizer allows high fidelity views at the earliest project stages. A Rhino version already exists and a 3ds Max ...

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Georgia Tech opens door to boneless CG characters

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GfxS staff

Animation technology relies on a skeletal framework inside characters; creating animated blobs is difficult for more than a few frames. ...

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Saudi Aramco partner standardizes on Aveva Net for engineering document management

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Randall Newton

The oil giant and its construction partner are establishing a digital information hub, starting with deployment on a new refinery ...

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China Joy 2012 reveals a game industry struggling to change and innovate

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Kathleen Maher

The market is rapidly growing but barriers to innovation loom at every turn. By Kathleen Maher The 10-year-old China Joy ...