LOS ANGELES — Technicolor’s MPC (www.moving-picture.com) has launched MPC Creative out of its LA visual effects studio. Headed by producer Paul Abatemarco, MPC Creative is designed for clients who wan ...

August 10, 2011

VANCOUVER — BlackSky Computing (www.blackskycomputing.com) debuted its line of high performance computing (HPC) solutions at SIGGRAPH. The company is also showing its new Apollo storage system, which ...

August 10, 2011

VANCOUVER — The Los Angeles arm of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi has adopted Southpaw Technology’s (www.southpawtech.com) Tactic production asset management system to manage and track thous ...

August 10, 2011

VANCOUVER — 3Dconnexion’s (www.3dconnexion.com) intelligent 3D navigation technology is now available in Autodesk Maya. The technology automatically determines the optimal center of rotation based on ...

August 10, 2011

VANCOUVER — Thinware Media (www.thinwaremedia.com), the developer of workflow automation and asset management solutions for animation studios, has teamed up with Render Rocket (www.renderrocket.com), ...

August 9, 2011

VANCOUVER — Organic Motion (www.organicmotion.com), based in NYC, has released a new marker-less motion capture system. OpenStage is based on proprietary computer vision software and high-speed color ...

August 9, 2011

VANCOUVER — LA-based Thinkbox Software (www.thinkboxsoftware.com) has launched a new professional services offering that allows clients to tap the company as outsourced R&D to customize Thinkbox s ...

August 9, 2011

VANCOUVER — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) and Walt Disney Pictures (www.corporate.disney.go.com) are working together to bring animation and visual effects technology to the broader digital entertainmen ...

August 9, 2011

PALO ALTO, CA — Xsens (www.xsens.com), a supplier of 3D motion tracking systems, recently teamed with the Rothschild Fund to complete 3D motion capture of a free-moving horse. The capture was performe ...

August 4, 2011

LONDON — Aardman Animations (www.aardman.com) recently teamed up with Nokia to create the short film, Gulp. The project was captured entirely on Nokia N8 smart phones and is credited with the Guinness ...

August 3, 2011