Virtual Production Trends to Watch: NantStudios, Dreamworks, and Unreal Engine Updates You Need to Know

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Exciting virtual production trends! NantStudios has created the world’s largest virtual production site at Docklands Studio in Melbourne. Can you imagine a stage with a radiused wall of 6,000 panels measuring 40 feet in height?

Also Unreal Engine’s version 5.2 bringing in the new MetaHuman Animator feature is a big deal for animators and game developers who want to create realistic human characters.

We at Vitrina AI, the global sourcing hub for the entertainment supply-chain, strive to keep you informed of the latest happenings in the industry, so you don’t have to spend countless hours researching and keeping up to date.

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  • Adobe has introduced a new family of AI models called Firefly, to incorporate AI into its range of apps and services
  • Nvidia has revealed its latest cloud services aimed at training generative AI models on customized data. The cloud services include Nvidia NeMo for language models and Nvidia Picasso for generating image, video, and 3D content. These come with pretrained models, data processing frameworks, APIs, and support from Nvidia’s engineering team
  • Filmustage an AI platform secures $550,000 in funding from Flyer One Ventures, Geek Ventures, Vesna Capital and Imaguru. The platform provides first-of-its-kind service that streamlines pre-production in the film industry providing the ability to break down scripts, and categorize them into scenes, elements like props, costumes and characters 🇺🇸
  • RED, a high-end digital cinema camera manufacturer, has introduced the RED V-Raptor S35 camera that comes with a Super 35 Sensor that enables full 8K resolution capture, even at 8K 120fps, without downscaling.
  • UK-based Digital Camera Systems has launched the LDT-V2, a wireless lens encoder that streams frame-by-frame lens data directly to production units 🇬🇧
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  • Turkish-German director, Ilker Çatak, announced his next feature, Yellow Letters, a tense drama that explores the moral dilemma faced by a Turkish artist couple who are forced into exile 🇩🇪 🇹🇷
  • Agustina Chiarino’s new prodco Bocacha Films to co-produce To Say Goodbye, a documentary based on women’s friendship along with Brazilian outfit, Syndrome Films 🇺🇾🇧🇷
  • Korean actors Kang Ho Dong, Lee Seung Gi, and Bae In Hyuk to star in Brother Ramen, a new reality TV show co-produced by TV CHOSUN and Discovery Channel Korea 🇰🇷
  • Israeli network HOT has commissioned a romantic drama series from Banijay-owned prodco MoviePlus Productions. Corduroy, follows the story of forbidden love 🇮🇱
  • Chicken & Egg Pictures and Netflix to launch the Chicken & Egg Pictures R&D Grant, that will provide funding and mentorship to 30 filmmakers for their next documentary 🇺🇸
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  • Amagi and Mainstream Media AG have partnered to launch “Starke Frauen,” the first female-focused FAST channel 🇩🇪
  • Blue Ant Media is launching Love Pets, a new pet-themed FAST channel that will be available on Sling Freestream in the United States 🇺🇸
  • DAZN Rise, a new free FAST channel devoted to women’s sports, is being launched by streaming service DAZN 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇦🇹
  • Rakuten TV added two localised FAST channels in Poland: Grjngo, the world’s largest western film streaming brand with localised versions in German, Spanish, and English, and Bjgtjme, featuring English content dubbed in Polish, both owned by Amogo Networx 🇵🇱
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