This story appears in the March-April 2021 issue of Television Asia Plus. The film, media, and entertainment sector experienced widespread disruption in 2020. The pandemic saw TV and film production halted and movie theatres shuttered, leading to billions in lost revenue for broadcasters and filmmakers. Though some level of production has since been allowed to resume, new safe management practices mean that the industry could be navigating the fallout of the pandemic for many years to … [Read more...] about Reimagining the future of Asia’s film, media, and entertainment sector
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Mo-Sys launches StarTracker Sports Studio
Mo-Sys Engineering, leaders in virtual production and image robotics, and HYPER Studios, leaders in cloud broadcast graphics, have created the first virtual production system with data-driven sports graphics. StarTracker Sports Studio combines a complete virtual production system, based on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, and capable of generating moving camera virtual studios, augmented reality (AR), and extended reality (xR), with a state-of-the-art HTML5 sports graphics system. An … [Read more...] about Mo-Sys launches StarTracker Sports Studio
Epic Games announces MetaHuman Creator for realising fast, high-fidelity digital humans, powered by Unreal Engine
Epic Games revealed the first look at MetaHuman Creator, a new browser-based app that empowers game developers and creators of real-time 3D content to slash the time it takes to build digital humans from weeks or months to less than an hour while maintaining the highest level of quality. MetaHuman Creator runs in the cloud via Unreal Engine Pixel Streaming. In addition to speeding up the complex process of digital human creation, it also enables teams of all shapes and sizes to more easily scale … [Read more...] about Epic Games announces MetaHuman Creator for realising fast, high-fidelity digital humans, powered by Unreal Engine
Bringing video game magic to the big screen
This story appears in the October 2020 issue of Television Asia Plus. The pandemic has pushed producers and filmmakers to be more creative in their storytelling. Despite the lockdowns in place, many stellar examples of remote production came to the forefront, showcasing the industry’s determination to create. This has opened up the pathway for the industry to deliberate on its future and how virtual and remote production can be woven into the filmmaking process. Filming is still … [Read more...] about Bringing video game magic to the big screen