(Source: Autodesk) Artists using Autodesk’s Flame Family of products are no longer tied to an on-premise workflow with the latest update to Flame, Flare, and Flame Assist that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Autodesk further ignited the cloud-supported release with upgraded HDR and animation features. “As part of our ongoing efforts to support a cloud-based production ecosystem for the media … Read more
Samsung Electronics got colorful with its latest Smart Monitor series, the M8, which features an upgraded, stylish design. The versatile new M8 has Samsung’s iconic slim design (though about three-quarters slimmer than the previous models) and comes in four new colors—warm white, sunset pink, daylight blue, and spring green—and are available in 32-inches with UHD resolution and a SlimFit Cam. … Read more
That despite second-half decline, which is expected to continue
Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 (UE5), the latest iteration of the company’s venerable game engine, is now available to all for production-ready use.
It’s not an April Fool’s Day joke. There will be no E3 show this year. And no one is laughing. Organized by the Entertainment Software Industry (ESA), The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or as some started calling it, the Electronic Entertainment Experience, has always been a huge event for the video game industry. Since its inception in 1995, the yearly show … Read more
Autodesk has added a new layer of polish to its popular 3D tools, updating its Maya, 3ds Max, Arnold, and Bifrost with new features that will enable artists and animators in the film, television, games, and design visualization industries to tackle modern workflow challenges more easily and with greater efficiency.
Maintaining an eye as to what’s on the horizon for media, entertainment, and technology professionals, NAB Show has formed a National Advisory Council that will focus on issues pertaining to Web3, what many are calling the next possible iteration of the Internet. The council will provide guidance and expertise to NAB Show to assist and educate its members about the … Read more
Esports and other virtual events have a loyal fan base, just as live events like the NBA or NFL have. To bring the excitement levels up a notch or two for fans and audiences within live events, sports, or esports broadcasts, producers are increasingly turning to real-time options to enhance their graphics and image content.
(Source: Nvidia) Like Earth and Mars coming into alignment, this year had the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) occurring simultaneously. The result of this convergence: Nvidia announcements and product rollouts that were focused on the gaming industry or especially attractive to this segment. Omniverse components Let’s start with Omniverse, Nvidia’s open platform for real-time … Read more
Lenovo is growing its family of entry-level desktop workstations with the ThinkStation P360 and Tiny, which are geared for users who work with clock-speed-driven 3D applications, such as engineers and designers, as well as data scientists and AI practitioners working on smaller size projects and datasets. Lenovo’s P360 Tower. (Source: Lenovo) The ThinkStation P360 Tower uses up to the … Read more
If you are not using Nvidia’s Omniverse, Nvidia sure wants you to. Omniverse is Nvidia’s multi-GPU-enabled open platform for real-time 3D design collaboration and virtual world simulation used by artists, designers, and creators. It is built on top of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD), enabling users to work with content from different software programs. As such, Omniverse users on disparate … Read more
Time to celebrate stereo 3D technology
