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Exploring the brave new world of virtual moviemaking
Five artistic technologists discuss and debate the future of graphics technology in film at the annual Jon Peddie Research Siggraph ...
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Autodesk releases AutoCAD for Mac 2012; extends platform with new LT and WS versions
AutoCAD LT for Mac and AutoCAD WS for Mac will be available exclusively in the Mac App Store. Waiting for ...
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E-book readers ignore conventional wisdom
Sales are up despite the threat of cannibalism from tablets. Color is on its way. Despite all the buzz about ...
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Aerospace giant EADS conducting eco-assessment of direct laser sintering
A previous study showed laser sintered (3D printed) parts lead to lower fuel use and a smaller carbon footprint. The ...
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AMD taps Optis for open ray-tracing
The importance of highly realistic rendering drives both companies to work for a common goal of an open technology visualization ...
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Autodesk lands exclusive deal to distribute Disney “Tangled” technology
XGen combines power with ease of use for generating not only “fur, feathers, and foliage” but a wide variety of ...
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Film industry partners tackle data exchange; introduce Alembic 1.0
Film industry partners Lucasfilm and Sony Imageworks have teamed up to create a compact exchange format called Alembic. The effort ...
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Autodesk releases 123D Sculpt for iPad
The child of Inventor Fusion and Sketchbook Pro technologies, we speculate the ability to 3D print iPad digital sculptures can’t ...
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Disney and CMU build 3D face models giving animators intuitive control of expressions
The data-driven approach subdivides the model into independently trained regions. Computer animators struggle to make faces do the simplest natural ...
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Notebook PC categories continue to proliferate
Disruption rules the marketplace as diverse form factors come and go. By Jon Peddie For over a decade now we ...
