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Combined group will provide a new avenue for computer graphics production
London, 25th September 2012 – Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, today announced its merger with Luxology. The two companies are a great fit in terms of technology and markets. The combined portfolio will open doors to new ways of working, providing artists and designers with increased creative choice.
The Foundry with its stable of award-winning 2D and 3D VFX software, including industry standard compositor NUKE, sees Luxology’s complementary technology as a natural addition.
Luxology’s innovative 3D modelling and rendering technology and its flagship product, modo, a...
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Fantastic Photo-realistic 3#
Photo-realistic 3D. It's a tough nut to crack, and a technical challenge that really tests the wit, skill and smarts of the 3D artist. New Zealand's (Auckland) Media Design School has a world-class 3D programme that features photo-realistic 3D, in particular a still-life project in which students have five weeks to compose and art direct a professional still life photograph, and then recreate it using Autodesk Maya (and ZBrush or Mudbox) to look as close to the original photograph as possible.
Students are pitched into the challenge soon after starting the Advanced 3D Productions graduate course with the project giving them a taste of what they will experi...
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Call for Submissions
In
anticipation of NAB 2010, Autodesk has issued a call for submissions for the
Autodesk 2010 Best of the Best Show Reel. The reel will be unveiled on the
exhibition floor at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas, NV and will also be posted to both
the Autodesk website and YouTube Channel.
If you’re
seeking exposure for your latest project work, don’t miss out on this
opportunity to broadcast your talent, and fill out a submission form today!
Any film,
commercial, broadcast, music video and episodic projects created with
qualifying Autodesk software are eligible for entry.
For
additional details about the submission process and to view...
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IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – (December 14th 2009)
- TD-College (TDC), the premier on-line school for technical directors
(TDs), is proud to announce the launch of a new education option. This
new program, the "Independent Studies Option", was developed to make
TD-College's hard-core, production-driven methods accessible to an even
wider, global audience.
"During our first year of
operation, we received a tremendous amount of feedback from users and
prospective students. Those who completed our courses have been
extremely satisfied with their education. We did, however, receive
several suggestions from a large group of prospective students,"
explains Rudy Cortes, C.E.O of TD-College....
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Hundreds of Visual Effects Artists Use Autodesk Software
to Help Create Disaster Movie of Spectacular Proportions
Roland Emmerich films are synonymous with superlative
visual effects - "The Day After Tomorrow," "Independence
Day" and now "2012." Hundreds of artists created close to 1,500
visual effects shots using digital entertainment creation software from
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to help create the majority of spectacular
effects in "2012."
©2009, Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, 2012, image courtesy of Uncharted TerritoryThe Maya civilization left humanity its calendar, with an
end date of 2012. This date is significant to many cultures...
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Software System Simplifies
Capture&Processing of Motion Capture Data for 3D AnimationVicon, an Academy Award®-winning developer of motion
capture products, today announced that growing numbers of entertainment
companies have adopted its Blade motion caption processing software system in
recent months. The company is seeing momentum for Blade grow as studios
worldwide look to streamline their performance capture pipelines to create 3D
animation for games, movies, advertising, and other media.
Designed to work with Vicon’s real-time motion capture
systems, Blade provides a single, unified toolset that supports the demands of
full performance capture, on-set visualiz...
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Looking for a chance
to shine the spotlight on your latest games projects? Look no further! Autodesk
has issued a call for submissions for its 2010 Games Reel.
Providing the perfect
avenue to flaunt your work, the reel will be showcased at GDC from March 11-13,
in San Francisco, CA. Additionally, it will be streamed live on the AREA and
featured on Autodesk's website.
If you've worked on
any recent video game cinematics, trailers, in-game sequences and/or animations
created with 3ds Max, HumanIK, Kynapse, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox and/or
Softimage, submit your work today!
The deadline for
imagery submissions is January 15, 2010 and for video submi...
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Company Partners with Dell, Intel and Wacom to Provide
Opportunity for 3D Artists Worldwide to Connect
Autodesk,
Inc., will host its annual 3December event to celebrate 3D computer
graphics, and the artists who create them. Running from
December 1–10, the event will include live and virtual activities that
connect thousands of 3D artists from around the world. Attendees will be able
to share their work, learn from top digital entertainment professionals, and
network with other artists.
This year’s
3December is cosponsored by Dell
Precision, the exclusive technology partner for the event, as well as Wacom and Intel.
3December OnlineFrom December 1–10, 3D...
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Autodesk Consulting Provides Linux Pipeline
Implementation for Mudbox Digital Sculpting and Texture Painting Software Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.
(NASDAQ: DWA) and Sony Pictures Imageworks are integrating Autodesk Mudbox software into their
Linux-based production pipelines. Autodesk Consulting’s custom development team
worked collaboratively with teams at Imageworks and DreamWorks to port the
digital sculpting and texture painting software to the Linux platform. Mudbox
for Linux is available through Autodesk
Consulting services.
“Mudbox
was first developed as an integral part of WETA Digital’s film produ...
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Software’s Openness, Creative Tools and Large Talent Pool make
it Animation Platform of Choice for Iconic Manga Character’s Theatrical Debut The newly released animated film “Astro Boy” brings the
iconic Japanese manga character to movie theaters. Filmmaker Imagi
International Holdings Limited (HKEx: 585) created “Astro Boy” with Autodesk Maya software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK).
Maya was at the core of Imagi Studios’ around-the-clock production pipeline
spanning Hong Kong and Hollywood.
Osamu Tezuka first created the manga series about Astro Boy,
a permanently youthful robot boy, in the 1950s. Quickly gaining popularity, it
was developed into a blac...
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Prime
Focus Software, the R&D arm of Prime Focus VFX, is actively recruiting
visual effects facilities to participate in the Beta Testing program for
Deadline 4.0. The soon-to-be-released version of the company’s hassle-free
administration and rendering toolkit for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based
render farms features a host of new upgrades, which beta testers will have the
opportunity to experience first-hand.
Deadline
provides render farms of all sizes a world of flexibility and a wide-range of
management options. The latest version, Deadline 4.0, is scheduled for a late
November release and will feature improved scalability and stability, an
improved Mac OS...
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Chicago + Los Angeles - (October 20, 2009) -- Just six months after its launch, Sarofsky Corp. (http://www.sarofsky.com) is attaining its goal of bringing high-end design and concepting to many disciplines including advertising, entertainment and broadcast television.An independent thinker with a diverse range of style, Founder/Creative Director Erin Sarofsky has dedicated her new company to her approach and understanding of content and how to drive it. Recent examples include main titles for the new NBC comedy "Community," an iPhone app for Coke, an expansive campaign for GM and feature titles for the just-released "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies." With these projects and mor...
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Sister companies Bonfire and Phoenix Editorial announced that
they have collaborated with global innovation and design firm IDEO on the welcome video for the Living
Climate Change website: www.livingclimatechange.com,
an initiative developed by IDEO. In the short, directed by IDEO design director
and associate partner Roshi Givechi, company CEO Tim Brown asks what role
design can play in the challenges we face with climate change.
IDEO found it attractive to
have the combined resources of Bonfire and Phoenix Editorial, where
conceptualization, live-action production, visual effects, animation,
editorial, finishing and sound design could be completed all under one...
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Frame-Accurate
Audio Sync, Ease of Use, and Open Architecture Lead to Adoption of RV Playback
Software
Tweak Software, developers of RV, the image
and sequence viewer for animation and visual effects, adds Aardman Studios, the
UK-based Academy Award-winning animation studio, to its long list of leading
animation and VFX industry clients. Aardman has been using Tweak’s RV software
since its pre-beta release, and recently integrated it into a new Linux-based
CG pipeline.“One of
the perks in this field is that you get to collaborate with artists or studios
who you really admire. Aardman’s work over the decades has earned the studio a
unique place in the h...
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Industry Veteran Brings Over Two
Decades’ Experience Shepherding Entertainment Companies
Prime
Focus announced today that industry veteran O.D. Welch has joined the company
as Chief Operating Officer for North America.
Based
out of the company’s Hollywood office, Welch will be responsible for overseeing
the North American post production and visual effects service units (previously
Post Logic Studios and Frantic Films VFX respectively). Included in his initial
purview will be Prime Focus facilities in Los Angeles, New York, Winnipeg, and
Vancouver.
In
his new role, Welch will work closely with CEO Post Production, Rob Hummel, and
CEO Vi...
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A2M’s First Mature-Rated Game Title
Combines Acrobatics, Swordplay and a Dual-Targeting SystemAutodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that Montreal-based game developer
Artificial Mind&Movement (A2M) relied on several Autodesk software
applications to facilitate creation of the new game title “WET.” The game’s
characters and levels were built using Autodesk
Maya and Autodesk
MotionBuilder 3D animation software. Autodesk Kynapse middleware was
used to implement artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the game’s many
nonplayable characters.
Rubi, the third-person shooter’s main character, is a feisty problem
fixer trying to figure out who double-crossed her and...
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Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has announced the
launch of CLEAR, a web-based media asset management service to help film
studios, broadcasters and advertisers more efficiently manage their content and
workflows. CLEAR manages the entire lifecycle of content from production to
distribution, and offers a secure, fast and reliable digital delivery platform
for advertising and entertainment content.
PFT has also launched CLEAR Live, a
video-on-demand (VOD) package and creation service which can deliver custom VOD
packages from live feeds in less than three minutes to new media platforms -
including web, mobile, IPTV and catch-up TV.
CLEAR is a customizable and...
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Prime Focus Unites Worldwide
Facilities Under Prime Focus Brand, Builds New Vancouver Studio and Announces
New Asset Management and 3D Stereo Solutions
Prime
Focus, one of the world’s leading visual entertainment services groups with
facilities across India, the UK, the US and Canada, is hosting a gala event
this evening at The Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood to present its new global
initiative and North American presence.
Prime
Focus is announcing the transformation of its 15 global facilities, including
Post Logic Studios and Frantic Films VFX, into a single global company under
the Prime Focus brand. Unveiled at the event is the co...
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Prime Focus, one of the world’s largest visual entertainment services groups, is proud to announce the launch of View-D™, a proprietary 2D-to-3D conversion process that allows filmmakers to efficiently create stereoscopic 3D movies from source material shot on virtually any medium. View-D™ will be introduced at international launch events in Mumbai, London and Los Angeles to unveil the Prime Focus global rebrand, in which Post Logic and Frantic Films VFX will be brought together under the Prime Focus name.
“3D moviemaking has proven to be more than a passing trend -- it’s rejuvenating international box offices and giving filmmakers a new storytelling technique that enriches the movie-g...
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Newest Sony Release “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” is #1 Box Office Hit, Visual Effects Production Powered by NVIDIA Quadro Processors
NVIDIA Corporation, the inventor of the graphics processing unit (GPU), announced today that Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) utilized NVIDIA® Quadro® processors to accelerate animation and visual effects production of their latest hit film “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”.
Opening to audiences across the U.S. on September 18th, the 3-D animated film continues to storm through the box office, grossing over $60 million in revenue since its premiere, making it the #1 film nationwide. “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” continues to enthrall...
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Autodesk Virtual Entertainment Conference Autodesk has announced that it will be hosting its first Virtual Entertainment Conference next Wednesday, September 30th,
from 10:00AM to 3:00PM PST. The online event is free and will showcase
the latest versions of Autodesk’s entertainment solutions in action-
from film, to game development, design and much more. Join
industry experts like Sony Pictures Imageworks' Rodrigo Ibanez as they
illustrate how Autodesk products and workflows can help artists achieve
creative visions. Check out the sessions below and register for your free spot today! Morning Sessions Styling and Simulation used on the ch...
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Seeking exposure for
your latest short film, commercial, reels, animations or episodic projects
created with 3ds Max Design, 3ds Max, Showcase or Civil3D?
Look no further!
Autodesk has issued a call for submissions for its 2009 Design Showreel and
wants your latest and greatest material. The reel will be showcased at Autodesk
University from December 1-3, 2009, in Las Vegas, NV.
Image courtesy of
Dmmultimedia
Don’t miss out on this
amazing opportunity to flaunt your work! To learn more about the submission
process, please visit our website.
Deadline for
submissions is Friday, November 6, 2009
Image courtesy o...
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The Henson Digital Puppetry Studio Revolutionizes
Television Production Using NVIDIA Quadro Processors
NVIDIA
Corporation congratulates a premier technology partner, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, on winning
an Engineering Emmy at the 61st Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards,
held Saturday, Aug. 22 in Los Angeles.
The
Engineering Emmy was awarded for the remarkably innovative Henson Digital
Puppetry Studio, a real-time animation system that allows performers to
puppeteer and voice digital characters in real-time, dramatically reducing both
animation time and cost. The revolutionary
studio features multiple virtual camera production systems and re...
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By Ryan Nakashima, AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) said Monday it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment (MAR) for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of
5,000 Marvel characters. Many of them, including favorites such as the
Fantastic Four and the X-Men, were co-created by the comic book legend Stan Lee.
Disney said Marvel shareholders will receive $30
per share in cash, plus 0.745 Disney shares for every Marvel share they
own. That values each Marvel share at $50, or a premium of 29% to
Marvel's closing stock price of $38.65 on...
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Escape Studios are pleased to announce that the Skillset Film Skills fund have awarded us a new grant as part of their Structured New Entrants Training initiative. As a result we will be offering the opportunity of a 100% funded course to 12 successful candidates committed to developing a career in film visual effects. Applicants must be EU passport holders and UK based.Being held at Escape Studios in London, the course will commence on August 11th 2008 and run for 18 weeks, concluding with a 4 week industry placement at a major UK film facility. In addition to having their fees met, participants on the course will be paid the minimum wage throughout the duration.The 18 week tuition secti...
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Welcome everyone to highend3d.com v5. It has
been 2 years in the making. If you've noticed that we hadn't been
adding many tutorials or other features it was not because we are
heading away from that direction it was because we have been
developing. Developing a system that is far more advanced than what we
were in the past. The new direction for the site encompasses
everything from downloads, news, events, articles, features,
interviews, reviews, fully hosted tutorials, faqs, feature requests,
galleries, ist servers, school listings, books, to our new dvd section.Now
every section has its own home page that will filter the latest updates
and additions for that section, relating...
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From December 12th-18th, The Gnomon Workshop is thrilled to announce our first interactive online event.
For the first time, we will rebroadcast ten lectures from previous live
events including presentations by Iain McCaig, William Stout, Eric
Tiemens, James Clyne, Wayne Barlowe, Kenneth Rocafort, TyRuben
Ellingson, Marc Gabbana, George Hull and Brom.
Gnomon has held seven weekend workshop events over the past three years
and each one has been an overwhelming success, with tickets selling out
to 300 students and professionals from around the world, albeit mostly
from the Los Angeles area. We are launching this new online event in
the effort to bring these inspiring, educational a...
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GNOMON SCHOOL OF VISUAL EFFECTS LAUNCHES ONLINE TRAININGExpert Visual Effects Training Anywhere, Anytime HOLLYWOOD, CA, November 17, 2006, -- Gnomon School of Visual Effects has launched an online division for expert training anytime, anywhere. Beginning in January 2007, courses focused on the development of the skills needed to do digital effects, animation and game development taught by industry professionals will now be available to anyone in the world with high-speed internet access. Registration begins Monday, December 4th. Classes will be available Monday, January 8, 2007. Information and courses can be found at http://www.gnomononline.com. Registration and payment will be done on...
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CG Spot Marries 3D, Live-Action and Mocap to Create Virtual Environment and CG Integrated HumanoidArtist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX provided visual effects for Dandelion, a CG-intensive commercial for LG Electronics via ad agency Y&R NY. Directed by Filip Engstrom for prodco Smuggler, the spot began airing throughout Europe and Asia May 15.The :30 ad, promoting LGs ViewtySmart, showcases the cameras advanced engineering, elegant aesthetic and ability to analyze light and recognize faces in order to take smarter pictures. The spot, which features CG robotic characters with human heads, feet and hands, opens on a single figure standing in the dim interi...
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i3DTutorials Announces XSI/Autodesk Special Holiday Sale for the Month
of December
Miami, FL - December 2008 i3DTutorials, creators of
industry leading training products for computer animation software, including
SOFTIMAGE|XSI and Autodesk 3ds Max, are kicking off the holiday season with
drastically reduced prices on all products. Emphasizing production proven techniques,
users are taken through a series of demanding production scenes that mimic the
complex scenarios and problems commonly found when producing 3D artwork for
production. Learn new features and tools in SOFTIMAGE|XSI and Autodesk 3ds Max
that will allow you to take advantage of the latest software tec...
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Growing Portfolio of Autodesk Creative Tools for Mac OS X To coincide with the annual Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced today that it has expanded its portfolio of Macintosh 2D and 3D software tools for entertainment, multimedia and design professionals. The three new 2009 products for Mac OS X are Autodesk Toxik procedural compositing software, Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting and texture painting software, and Autodesk ImageModeler image-based modeling and photogrammetry software. As well, 2009 versions of Autodesk Maya 3D modeling, animation and rendering software and Autodesk Stitcher photo-stitching software are already avail...
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Acquisition to Expand Autodesk's 3D Entertainment and Design OfferingSAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 6, 2007 - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Skymatter Limited, the developer of Mudbox 3D modeling software. This acquisition will augment Autodesk's offering for the film, television and game market segments, while providing additional growth opportunities for other design disciplines. Autodesk anticipates that the transaction will close in the next two months. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Skymatter is a privately held New Zealand-based company. Skymatter's Mudbox software of...
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With todays traditional workstation model pricing, many organizations can only afford to deploy professional graphics solutions to select designers and engineers, leaving a significant portion of the workforce with sub-optimal products. This is about to change as NVIDIA Corp. announced today NVIDIA Quadro FX 470, the first integrated professional motherboard GPU, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 Low Profile (Quadro FX 370 LP), an entry-level Quadro graphics boards for small form factor systems.
Honoring NVIDIAs commitment to tailor its Quadro professional line to the specific needs of the end user, the Quadro FX 470 and Quadro FX 370 LP GPU deliver high performance and flexibility at...
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Autodesk Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire AliasAcquisition to Extend Autodesk's 3D Graphics Leadership in the Manufacturing and Media and Entertainment Industries SAN
RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced that it has signed a definitive
agreement to acquire Alias(R), a privately held developer of 3D
graphics technology, for $182 million in cash. This acquisition will
grow Autodesk's expertise and offerings for the design of consumer
products and automotive, as well as in the media and entertainment
markets. Autodesk anticipates that the transaction will close within
the next four to six months. "This acquisition br...
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Jan. 10, 2006
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - Gnomonology is
online!
A dynamic new online resource brought to
you by Gnomon.
With the increasing
prevalence of online video and high-speed net access, Gnomon has created
Gnomonology as a resource for our professional
instructors and students from around the world. Delivering high-quality
tutorials for a variety of tools and applications,
Gnomonology strives to provide you with convenient,
affordable and educational content. Our mission is simple... to empower
digital artists with professional techniques that have been developed
through the years of experience our instructors bring to the site. Whether
you are a 2D or 3D digita...
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Autodesk Signs Agreement with Avid Technology to Acquire Softimage Acquisition to Accelerate Autodesk's Games Strategy; Complements Digital Entertainment and Visual Communications Offering; Lets Artists Choose their PassionSAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 23, 2008 - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Autodesk to acquire substantially all of the assets of Avid's Softimage business unit for approximately $35 million.Interview with Marc Stevens and Marc Petit See
the interview with Marc Stevens, General Manager of Softimage and
Vice-President at Avid Technology, and Marc Petit, Senior
Vice-President, A...
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Side Effects Software Congratulates
C.O.R.E. Feature Animation for their work
on DISNEY
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SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Graphics Inc. will sell the remaining shreds of its fraying franchise to Rackable Systems Inc.
for $25 million, punctuating the downfall of a former high-tech star
that once dazzled investors and customers with the prowess of its fancy
computers.
The proposed dismantling was announced after Silicon Graphics
also known as SGI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for
the second time in less than three years. The deal with Rackable
Systems, covering most of Silicon Graphics' assets, is supposed to be completed within the next two months.
The
acquisition won't include $562 million in debt that Silicon Graphics
liste...
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Further demonstrating its leadership and commitment to OpenGL and the standardization process, NVIDIA today released fully supported drivers for OpenGL 3.0 for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux on its select GeForce and Quadro solutions. These drivers enable software developers to take full advantage of all OpenGL 3.0 capabilities, accelerating their delivery of cutting-edge media platforms and applications.
Building on four months of public beta testing, NVIDIA is now the first hardware developer to offer full support of the Khronos Groups new cross-platform 3D graphics standard. The new drivers implement the OpenGL 3.0 API and the GLSL 1.30 shading language to offer devel...
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