The World of Theme Parks and VFX

VFX Voice Magazine: Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, the first guests entered the Star Wars universe with the help of motion simulation and a first-person-perspective film created by George Lucas, Dennis Muren, VES and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). Star Tours debuted in 1987 at Disneyland and was a groundbreaking ancestor of recent theme park attractions like Avatar: Flight of Passage, King Kong 360 3-D and Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure, rides that incorporate ultra-high frame-rate, ultra-high-resolution digital imagery, motion simulation and/or sensory stimuli. Such attractions place guests in the middle of the narrative, usually one based on a film franchise.

Raspberry Pi Projection Mapping Crash Course

Hackaday: Projection mapping might not be a term you’re familiar with, but you’ve certainly seen the effect before. It’s when images are projected onto an object, usually one that has an interesting or unusual shape, to create an augmented reality display. Software is used to map the image or video to the physical shape it’s being projected on, often to surreal effect. Imagine an office building suddenly being “painted” another color for the Holidays, and you’ll get the idea.

“Giudizio Universale”

Video & Lighting - LightSoundJournal.com: We continue our journey through the technologies present in “Giudizio Universale” (you can find the first part here) by analysing the visual aspects of this particular production. These are characterised by an innovative and spectacular use of video and lights, allowing the public to be transported into different scenarios, from Piazza S. Pietro during the election of the pope, to the Sistine Chapel.

Disney’s first VR animated short to premiere at SIGGRAPH 2018

InPark Magazine: SIGGRAPH 2018 has announced information about this year’s Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality program. The 45th SIGGRAPH conference will take place 12–16 August at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

“We are so excited about the new Immersive Pavilion — it will instantly become the place for our attendees to experience, play, and learn about the latest technological advances across all areas of these rapidly emerging media platforms,”