SAN FRANCISCO—Every year at the Game Developers Conference, a handful of competing companies show off their latest motion-capture technology, which transforms human performances into 3D animations ...

'Spider-Verse' studio Sony Pictures Animation has partnered with the RISE Centre for Excellence in Cyprus to develop new animation tools. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Through the partnership, ...

A monster hit worldwide, Team Bondi's L.A. Noire has garnered plaudits for its innovative new motion capture techniques, which represents a colossal leap forward in the fidelity of in-game acting. The ...

There was a definite buoyancy in the air this year at SIGGRAPH, the annual conference designed to showcase the latest in computer graphics from academia and industry. Around 16,500 attendees came to ...

…the BlockParty procedural rigging system, the Premo character animation system, the Presto Animation System’s high-performance execution system, the Nuke compositing system and the mechanical design ...

In today’s high-tech world, there are as many ways to make an animated film as there are film genres. Each year’s top animated features span everything from family fare to real-life documentaries and ...

Ibermedia Next, a groundbreaking fund dedicated to advancing the use of new technologies in animation and digital content from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Latin America, is launching its second round ...

South Korean tech startup Plask has raised US$2.56 million in pre-Series A funding, as it prepares to bring its automated animation tool to the market. The technology eliminates the necessity for ...

Remedy announces that it's developing facial animation technology meant to surpass the impressive tech seen in L.A. Noire. According to a report by Edge magazine, who got to visit Remedy's ...

Powerhouse computer-generated imagery houses like Pixar Animation Studios dominate the animated genre, but less-expensive technology and outsourcing to low-cost foreign animators is opening the door ...

The Sundance Institute's decision to open its upcoming film festival with a clay animation flick shines a light on one of the oldest forms of filmmaking--molded with a modern day twist. Mary and Max, ...

“The Thomas Beale Cipher,” an award-winning short film, updates a classic animation technique to make paper cutouts move as fluidly as live-action footage. “The Thomas Beale Cipher” tells the “true ...