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8 cgw | e d i t i o n 2 , 2 0 1 8 Ready SET GO BY BARBARA ROBERTSON ILM CREATED 90 MINUTES OF ANIMATION, WHICH INCLUDED 63 DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, FOR THE ALL-DIGITAL OASIS. V I R T U A L R E A L I T Y INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC AND DIGITAL DOMAIN HELP DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG CREATE COMPLEX VIRTUAL AND DYSTOPIAN WORLDS FOR READY PLAYER ONE

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• Editor's Note Once a futuristic technology, virtual reality is becoming firmly rooted in the lives and culture of the early 21st century.
• Spotl ightIkinema tech part of Nvidia Holodeck, Vicon's Shõgun 1.2,Nvidia deep learning advancements, Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve 15, WorldViz's Vizible & VizBox, Eon's Vue R5 & PlantFactory 2016 R5, OptiTrack's Prime Color, Nvidia's Isaac SDK exp
• Viewpoint Twenty Years of Magic
• Special Section:Virtual Reality Exploring the various challenges involved pertaining to VR production.
• Ready Set Go – A look inside the production of Ready Player One.
• Source Data – The ongoing problem of CAD model data conversion.
• In a Fortnite – Epic proves a real-time workflow with its Fortnite game trailer.
• Game Plan – Tips for developing a VR game.
• VFX and Television Studios are going big in terms of visual effects for the small screen.
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• Happy!
• Dark
• Black Lightning
• The Tick
• Iced Out No More The Ice Hockey Research Group uses motion capture tostudy the effects of hockey onthe body.
• Journey to the Cloud FuseFX finds the cloud an ideal solution for its aggressive project schedule.
• Ready to Go! The Third Floor helps visualize the action, characters, andrules of the road in Ready Player One.