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Through performance capture and CG animation, the character of Noa in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes retains all the subtle elements of actor Owen Teague’s performance.

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Wētā FX VFX Supervisor Erik Winquist explains how motion capture (mocap) has brought new levels of realism to VFX, exemplified by the 2024 movie Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

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A sound stage with wraparound LED screens displaying the red, futuristic virtual environment of the shuttle bay from season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery.

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Meet virtual production, the workflow that’s transforming content creation

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Actors Owen Teague and Peter Macon sit by a campfire wearing motion capture suits and headgear with sensors in raw footage of a scene from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

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How Wētā FX motion capture drives VFX character technology forward

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Still of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) walking on Arrakis in Dune Part Two movie

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AI is coming to the film industry—but what will it mean?

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Four characters from New Tales from the Borderlands connect in a post-apocalyptic scene.

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An automated animation pipeline drives efficiency and excellence at Gearbox Software

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Beyond “just” data sharing: 4 keys to cross-industry innovation

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Beyond “just” data sharing: 4 keys to cross-industry innovation

Data sharing across industries can lead to common toolsets

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Data sharing across industries can lead to common toolsets

Still from the film Mila shows the title character with a scared expression.

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Artists team up in the cloud to animate Cinzia Angelini’s anti-war story Mila

Courtesy of Cinzia Angelini.

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LAIKA's new era of animation with cloud-based production

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