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j u ly . a u g u s t 2 0 1 7 c g w 1 departments on the cover Editor's Note – SIGGRAPH is always a time to explore and learn. This year's conference chair, Jerome Solomon, discusses what is new and why the show is relevant to our industry. Spotlight – Products: AMD's Radeon Pro WX 2100 & WX 3100, Epic's UE 4.16, Faceware's Live 2.5 News: Game consoles market set to explode Viewpoint – Motion capture and the future of VR Portfolio – SIGGRAPH 2017 Computer Animation Festival By the Thousands Weta Digital, along with two other studios, team up to create digital environments and CG characters, includ- ing the Pearls on the cover, for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. 2 8 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S W O R L D CGW features 3 Supplement: The 2017 Education & Recruitment Special – How schools are pushing the envelope to better prepare their students. Visit CGW.com for Web-only features and news Space Explorers 17 18 22 POSTMAGAZINE.COM See it in Post | Posting summer blockbusters | VFX: Inside Game of Thrones | Display technology | Special Section: 4K/HDR The State of the Industry The overall CG market is expected to climb to $147 billion by 2020, but slow growth is ahead. 26 CAD in the Cloud How close are we to making CAD in the cloud a reality? 27 Successful Sequels 29 Action, Lights Lighting and visual effects artists work with Pixar's RenderMan RIS to create compelling scenes in Disney•Pixar's Cars 3. 42 6 52 Space Game Space TraininG War for the Planet of the Apes The Mummy Transformers: The Last Knight Spider-Man: Homecoming 30 38 39 40 Alternate States A look at the present reality of VR, AR, and MR. 46 BLOCKBUSTER SEASON POSTING PLANET OF THE APES, SPIDER-MAN, THE MUMMY AND TRANSFORMERS ! PLUS: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING DIRECTOR JON WATTS VFX: INSIDE GAME OF THRONES DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL SECTION: 4K/HDR www.postmagazine.com POST JULY 2017 W H E R E T E C H N O L O G Y A N D TA L E N T M E E T S M