AMPAS Launches Academy Software Foundation for VFX, Animation Development
Disney, DreamWorks Animation, and Weta are among the founding members. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has teamed up with The Linux Foundation to start an Academy Software Foundation, aimed at providing a [...]
Cloverfield Fan-Film Connects The Entire Movie Universe
A new Cloverfield fan film titled Megan has been released online featuring Rings actress Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz. While the film may only be eight minutes in length, the film successfully ties together the entire Cloverfield movie universe. Fans are still waiting for a [...]
THIS CLOVERFIELD FAN FILM ‘PROOF OF CONCEPT’ DESERVES A SPOT IN BAD ROBOT LORE
Megan Stambler has remained a faceless name within J.J. Abrams’ extended Cloverfield universe, getting nothing more than a mention in 10 Cloverfield Lane, as well as the Cloverfield-based Alternate Reality Game (ARG). But one fan is going to impressive lengths [...]
‘Cloverfield’ Universe Fan Film ‘Megan’ is Surprisingly Exceptional
There’s limitless potential to be found within the Cloverfield Universe, and the idea of expanding upon that world with short films is a really cool one. We’d love to see J.J. Abrams embrace that potential and put [...]
V-Ray GPU rendering
At this week's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) Chaos Group also debuted its new fast V-Ray GPU rendering architecture, effectively doubling the speed of production rendering for film, broadcast and design artists. The new architecture is [...]
Autodesk Teams Up with Microsoft Azure to Offer Scalable Cloud Rendering
The Microsoft Azure Batch Rendering Platform is built on the Azure Batch platform and allows users to submit render jobs through Maya, 3ds Max and Arnold, and the Azure SDK allows customization and open-source plugins [...]