Epic Games’ Unreal Engine announced the conclusion of the second edition of The Women Creators Programme on August 11, 2022. The initiative, in partnership with Open Air Films, ASIFA India and Perforce Software provided India and Southeast Asian women producers with a paid six-week virtual in-depth training and mentoring programme. The programme, the first of its kind for Epic in Southeast Asia, is aimed at equipping the next generation of real-time animators, with a particular … [Read more...] about Asian women showcase their VFX talent at the 2nd edition of Epic Games’ Women Creators Programme 2022
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Epic Games ushers in a new era of virtual production and in-camera visual effects in Asia
Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine in partnership with creative production platform, disguise, launched its inaugural Virtual Production Summit on May 19 which featured the cutting-edge work of studios such as AUX Media in Singapore, 3Particle in Malaysia, and V2 Indonesia who are leveraging the technology to transform their live events, film, and production workflows. In Asia and across the world, creators and industry professionals are fast adopting real-time across their … [Read more...] about Epic Games ushers in a new era of virtual production and in-camera visual effects in Asia
Epic Games drops Unreal Engine 4.27
Epic Games is excited to release Unreal Engine 4.27! This release introduces powerful new features for creators across game development, film and broadcast, architecture, automotive, and beyond. Highlights include major updates to our in-camera visual effects toolset for virtual production, enhancements to GPU Lightmass for significantly faster light baking, integration of the Oodle Compression Suite and Bink Video codecs for free use in Unreal Engine, production-ready Pixel Streaming, … [Read more...] about Epic Games drops Unreal Engine 4.27
Ncam launches the Mk2 Connection Box for real-time camera tracking
Ncam announces the immediate availability of its new Mk2 Connection Box, a lightweight and silent production device that enables filmmakers, broadcasters and more to link Ncam’s advanced camera tracking bar to any compatible server, locally or remotely. By eliminating the need to attach a server directly to the camera, the Mk2 Connection Box makes the Ncam setup significantly lighter – lowering the physical barriers to help teams utilize the same cutting-edge camera tracking technology used … [Read more...] about Ncam launches the Mk2 Connection Box for real-time camera tracking
Reimagining the future of Asia’s film, media, and entertainment sector
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
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
