VANCOUVER — LA-based GPL Technologies (www.gpltech.com)  is working with rendering services provider, Render Rocket (www.renderrocket.com) to build out an ultra-fast and ultra-scalable rendering ...

August 11, 2011

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