CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH 2017 will present student-produced work from around the world within its Computer Animation Festival. In addition, for the first time, select short films will be rendered in realtim ...

June 29, 2017

AUSTIN, TX — Boxx Technologies (www.boxx.com), the maker of high-end computer workstations, rendering systems, and servers, has introduced Apexx 4 6201, the company’s first workstation to feature the ...

June 27, 2017

HOLLYWOOD — APM Music (www.apmmusic.com), a supplier of original music for producers of entertainment and multimedia content, has launched a new music library/series titled Unsung Heroes. The library ...

June 26, 2017

CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH 2017, the annual interdisciplinary educational experience showcasing the latest in computer graphics and interactive techniques, will host a special VR presentation and film screeni ...

June 22, 2017

SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe Systems (www.adobe.com) has acquired all SkyBox technology from Mettle, a developer of 360-degree and virtual reality software. The acquisition comes at a time when increasing num ...

June 21, 2017

LOS ANGELES — At Cine Gear Expo 2017 at Paramount in Hollywood, Radiant Images (www.radiantimages.com) showed a number of its VR solutions as well as presented a 360 livestream of the event. Radiant I ...

June 6, 2017

MONTREAL — Mettle (www.mettle.com), the developer of 360VR software tools, has launched a free, comprehensive 360/VR Master Training Series that’s designed to teach aspiring 360/VR filmmakers cinemati ...

May 22, 2017

NEWBURY PARK, CA — Maxon’s Cinema 4D modeling and animation software was recently used by director Ethan Shaftel to create Extravaganza (http://www.ethanshaftel.com), a new virtual reality short film ...

May 17, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk, Inc. (www.autodesk.com) has released SketchBook 4.0 for iOS, the latest update for its digital painting and drawing app. Now available for purchase through the Apple App Stor ...

May 17, 2017

LOS ANGELES — How does a cinematographer navigate the burgeoning world of shooting for virtual reality? As the audience was told at a panel at the VRLA trade show (www.virtualrealityla.com) in LA in A ...

May 10, 2017