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I recently visited the set of a groundbreaking virtual production at Sony Pictures Entertainment in Culver City! Some highlights:   🚀 "Europa" is a… | 23 comments on LinkedIn

More about what I've been working on for a bit with ETC - Entertainment Technology Center @ USC, where I report to Erik Weaver, who is interviewed here by Noah…

As many irreplaceable seeds near extinction, SEED: The Untold Story reveals the harrowing and heartening story of passionate seed keepers as they wage a David and…

Multi-studio production experiment “Fathead” aims to push the boundaries of in-camera VFX and on-set virtual production.

How did Huffman Creative [https://www.huffmancreative.com/] work with several extraordinary groups to produce a stunning real-time virtual production music video at XR Studios [https://www.xrstudios.live/] in Los Angeles? It was all shot in one day. Get to know these teams and what they each brought to the table to make this stunning experience possible. The video was directed by the highly talented, multi-award-winning Andrew Donoho [https://imvdb.com/n/andrew-donoho]. Interviews conducted by - Virtual Production Producer: Tom Thudiyanplackal [https://linktr.ee/storyteller_tom]

How Huffman Creative and JAMM VFX took will.i.am and J Blavin on an Unreal race in the music video for "Let's Go!"

This is "Tom Thudiyanplackal: Operation Shi No Ago" by Unreal Engine on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Janaka Selekta's PIYA Drum and Bass Remix aka Project Chimera is a cyberpunk thrill ride featuring a three-way battle of the hearts. Watch Diya the Heroine, ...

An overview of novel virtual production pipeline innovations and technology interoperability tests for the short film Fathead conducted by the Entertainment ...

AI for production should be thought of and used as an assistant, according to technologist and “Fathead” producer Tom Thudiyanplackal.

vETC@NABShow2023 - Day 3 - April 18thPresentation by Tom Thudiyanplackal, Producer and TechnologistAn in-depth exploration of the powerful combination of vir...

What is possible with synthetic beings? Come see how we push the boundaries of what is possible, from custom scans to marker-less tracking, custom clothing, ...

When: Tuesday, April 26 | 11:00 AM - 11:45 AMWhere: C8626 - Create Implementation Zone Photogrammetry, environment builds, metahumans, VAD, MAMs, real-time r...

Presenters: Tom Thudiyanplackal (The Storyteller's Desk, The Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California), Amber Goelst (Intel)M...

No matter how much preparation, once on set, adjustments within the virtual environment imagery will likely be requested. Making artistic changes during active production…

Presenters representing the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), Amazon Web Services, and PacketFabric.Virtual Production is advancing, and new methods for...

Cloud computing and virtual production were the hot tickets at NAB 2022, where attendance was 52,468, down 40 percent since the previous most recent live show in 2019, when 91,500 convened in Las Vegas. And there were fewer exhibitors (about 900 vs. roughly 1,600 three years ago). But some things never change. Amazon Web Services, ARRI, Blackmagic, Quasar Science and Mo-Sys were among the notable Read More

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we bring you part two of our recap from NAB Show 2023.