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Editor's Note – As technology continues to evolve,
the roles for digital characters continue to expand.
Spotlight
– Products: AMD's Vega architecture,
Reallusion's CrazyTalk Animator 3, Unity's game
engine 5.5, IKinema's LiveAction 3.0
News: Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Products
– Recent software and hardware
announcements
playacting
Advances in real-time
technology and facial
capture/motion capture
help bring a main character
to digital life on stage for a
theatrical production.
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Between the Lines
– Artists at Industrial Light & Magic
once again exercise their skills to create believable digital
humans, a brutally honest droid, and dramatic space battles.
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Ancestral Ties – VFX artists help bring history
alive in the movie version of Assassin's Creed.
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Digital Antiquities – 3D data capture puts Greek
and Roman sculpture under the microscope.
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Looking for a job in CG? – Tips to get industry
newcomers started on their professional journey.
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