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Google Spotlight Stories Shuts Down
Read more: Google Spotlight Stories Shuts Downwww.cartoonbrew.com/vr/breaking-google-spotlight-stories-shuts-down-171383.html
It marks the end of an era when tech companies invested heavily in vr animation content with open-ended non-monetary goals to develop the technology. Facebook, too, launched a similar initiative — Oculus Story Studio — which it shuttered in May 2017.
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MPC closing Vancouver in favor of other locations
Read more: MPC closing Vancouver in favor of other locationsdailyhive.com/vancouver/mpc-studio-vancouver-shut-down
vancouversun.com/news/local-news/moving-picture-company-closes-vancouver-studio-report
The letter states that MPC’s Vancouver studio will “cease operations effective immediately and refocus its geographical presence to other locations.”
“This decision has not been taken lightly,” states the letter, noting that “more attractive opportunities in other locations have created a challenging environment” for the company to sustain its Vancouver office.
MPC is owned by French multinational corporation Technicolor, which provides various services in the media and entertainment industries.
Technicolor operates several other VFX brands including The Mill, Mr.X, and Mikros.
The letter also states that MPC and the other Technicolor brands will continue to expand in other cities including Montreal, Paris, Adelaide, LA, and Toronto.
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Image-To_image A.I. NVIDIA Progressive growing of GANs for improved quality, stability, and variation
Read more: Image-To_image A.I. NVIDIA Progressive growing of GANs for improved quality, stability, and variationresearch.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2017-10_Progressive-Growing-of/karras2018iclr-paper.pdf
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Acquires VFX Company Pixomondo
Read more: Sony Pictures Entertainment Acquires VFX Company Pixomondo“Under the deal, Sony has acquired 100% of Pixomondo. The company will continue to be led by CEO Jonny Slow, who will now report to Ravi Ahuja, Chairman of Global TV Studios and SPE Corporate Development.
It will maintain three LED soundstages and seven offices in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Canada.”
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Photography basics: Lumens vs Candelas (candle) vs Lux vs FootCandle vs Watts vs Irradiance vs Illuminance
Read more: Photography basics: Lumens vs Candelas (candle) vs Lux vs FootCandle vs Watts vs Irradiance vs Illuminancehttps://www.translatorscafe.com/unit-converter/en-US/illumination/1-11/
The power output of a light source is measured using the unit of watts W. This is a direct measure to calculate how much power the light is going to drain from your socket and it is not relatable to the light brightness itself.
The amount of energy emitted from it per second. That energy comes out in a form of photons which we can crudely represent with rays of light coming out of the source. The higher the power the more rays emitted from the source in a unit of time.
Not all energy emitted is visible to the human eye, so we often rely on photometric measurements, which takes in account the sensitivity of human eye to different wavelenghts
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Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art Generators
Read more: Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art GeneratorsThe court declined to dismiss copyright infringement claims against the AI companies. The order could implicate other firms that used Stable Diffusion, the AI model at issue in the case. The case will move forward to discovery, where the artists could uncover information related to the way in which the AI firms harvested copyrighted materials that were then used to train large language models.
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Adobe scolded for selling ‘Ansel Adams-style’ images generated by AI
Read more: Adobe scolded for selling ‘Ansel Adams-style’ images generated by AIhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170285/adobe-stock-ansel-adams-style-ai-generated-images
Adobe responded to the callout, saying it had removed the offending content and had privately messaged the Adams estate to get in touch directly in the future. The Adams estate, however, said it had contacted Adobe directly multiple times since August 2023.
“Assuming you want to be taken seriously re: your purported commitment to ethical, responsible AI, while demonstrating respect for the creative community, we invite you to become proactive about complaints like ours, & to stop putting the onus on individual artists/artists’ estates to continuously police our IP on your platform, on your terms,” said the Adams estate on Threads. “It’s past time to stop wasting resources that don’t belong to you.”
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