BLOOMINGTON, IN — At a time when the video game industry has come under scrutiny for its low level of female employment and how women are depicted in its products, a new Indiana University study finds ...
August 23, 2016
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — Weta Workshop has secured online distribution rights for Wingnut Wings, Peter Jackson’s scale model kitset company, in a move which sees the Workshop become its largest onlin ...
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 12 scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2016 Oscars. These investigations are made public so ...
August 22, 2016
LOS ANGELES – Oscar-nominated director and former Academy president Arthur Hiller died on August 17th of natural causes. He was 92. A member and longtime governor of the Directors Branch, Hiller ...
August 18, 2016
The excitement and hustle and bustle of SIGGRAPH 2016 is now behind us. After taking a bit of time to review all the information collected from the show, the staff is ready to name the winners of the ...
August 17, 2016
SAN JOSE, CA — Reallusion (www.reallusion.com) has released Character Creator 1.5, which allows users to design 3D, animation-ready and fully rigged characters, along with custom clothing. The iClone ...
August 15, 2016
CULVER CITY, CA — After eight years in Santa Monica, MPC LA has moved to a 25,000-square-foot digital studio in Culver City. The new space is twice the size of their old home and is located at 8921 Li ...
LOS ANGELES – Dr. Donna Kornhaber and Dr. Ellen Christine Scott have been named 2016 Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org). Their respective book projec ...
August 12, 2016
LONDON — The VFX industry is proud to be launching two new VFX specific apprenticeships in autumn 2016, the first of its kind in the UK. The roles of Junior 2D artist and Assistant Technical Dir ...
LOS ANGELES/FRANKFURT, GERMANY — The results of a survey with the participation of 201 universities announced by VR First shows that a remarkable number of academic institutions around the world are i ...