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VR/AR/MR

Kanova: flexible VR sculpting

Find out about Kanova, Foundry’s new tool for sculpting in VR that’s built on our unique ADF technology, and which can be used both with a headset and on desktop.

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Katana Lighting and 3d Samurai
Film & TV

Interactive rendering: illuminating a more artist-friendly future with Katana

In this article, we take a look at what’s possible with interactive path-traced rendering on massively complex projects in Katana.

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Skiing in VR
VR/AR/MR

The Big Interview: Tim Dillon, Head of VR & Immersive Content, MPC

We interview with Tim Dillon, Head of VR & Immersive Content at MPC, discussing just how far VR content has come - and the challenges that remain.

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VR effects and holograms
VR/AR/MR

Meet the creators: content creation in the virtual age

As part of our deep dive into all things VR, AR and MR, we’ll be interviewing some of the key players making virtual reality experiences today.

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Magnopus Award Gallery Header
VR/AR/MR

The Big Interview: Ben Grossmann, co-founder and CEO of Magnopus

We interview Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor and virtual reality (VR) director, Ben Grossmann, CEO of Magnopus.

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Real-Time Production Camera
Real time

Real-time production: barriers and opportunities

VFX post-production could be heading for a real-time future - but to get there, we’ll have to overcome a number of technical barriers.

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Shoes in 3D designed in Modo
Design

The search for the next footwear design superstar

Find out what happened when 24 budding footwear designers embarked on the PENSOLE Master Class in Footwear Design 2018.

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Blue shoe with white detail on computer
Design

How New Balance Are Pioneering The Next Generation Of Footwear Design

Footwear of the future.

Realtime and Virtual Production Filming Set
Real time

A digested guide to real-time production

Advanced pre-vis, real-time production, virtual production… what’s the difference? We take a look at some of the techniques being touted as revolutionary.

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3D graphics cloud cost predictor
Cloud

Cloud technology: tackling the VFX industry’s cost prediction challenge

Predicting the project cost of talent and infrastructure has been one of the greatest challenges for VFX studios. We look at how cloud tech could be the answer.

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Blade Runner 2029 Designer compositing
Film & TV

Finding freedom through deep compositing techniques

Deep compositing is a groundbreaking, time-saving technique that’s firmly taken root across the film industry over the last decade. Find out why in this article.

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VR accessibility problem
VR/AR/MR

Exploring VR’s accessibility problem

In the second part of our ‘VR: It’s time for a reality check’ series, we explore the challenges around the accessibility of the technology - starting with headsets.

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