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The Race Is On
A look at compelling VFX and animated feature films that have
the potential of making the nomination lists during awards season.
It Takes A Village
VR and AR have hit a second growth spurt, as the industry
begins to nurture the technologies once again.
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Editor's Note
In the film Back to the Future II, characters Marty McFly
and Dr. Emmett Brown time-travel to October 21, 2015, where
many futuristic concepts are presented on screen. When that
date became present day in reality, it was an ideal time to see
what the film got right (and wrong) in terms of technologies.
Spotlight: Products and News
Gaming notebook sales take a breather, Side Effects'
Houdini 15, Autodesk's Flame pricing structure and OS X
support, Dell's Precision mobile workstations, Lenovo's ThinkPad
P40 Yoga and ThinkPad P50/P70 mobile workstations, HP's
ZBook Mobile Workstations (ZBook Studio, ZBook 15u,
ZBook 15, ZBook 17), ZBook Dock, T730 Thin Client, Z Turbo Drive
Quad Pro, Z Cooler
Viewpoint
The art of designing digital sets
Exquisite Danger
Pixar artists forge a
unique friendship between
two characters – a "boy" and a
"dog" – and send them on a
coming-of-age quest in
the American West for the
CG animated feature The
Good Dinosaur.
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The Workstation Market Continues to
Surprise and Delight
The new breed of workstations fuel growth while delivering great
performance.
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