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1 week ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
It’s no secret that the film industry in America has been struggling with job losses and studio closures. For years, studios and production facilities have found more favorable conditions elsewhere and opened locations where labor is cheaper and tax credits more plentiful. This week, President Trump announced/is considering/will seek input concerning tariffs (the situation is fluid) on films made outside the US.
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2 weeks ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) has released SPECviewperf 15 for measuring graphics performance representing professional applications. The updated benchmark includes new graphics APIs for DirectX 12 and Vulkan, and diverse workloads for new industry use cases. Supported as well are the latest versions of the software applications represented in the benchmark.
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2 weeks ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
At Adobe Max London Creative Conference last week, there was significant buzz and focus around Adobe’s Firefly, including the introduction of an all-new Firefly application serving as a centralized hub for AI-powered creation and production; a new version of the Firefly Image Model, Model 4 and 4 Ultra; Firefly Boards (beta); Firefly Mobile; and new Firefly APIs. There were also updates to the company’s core flagship Creative Cloud applications, new tools in Express, new mobile apps, and the...
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2 weeks ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
At the regional Adobe Max London this week, Adobe got the crowd buzzing with a bevy of Firefly-centric announcements, including the new all-in-one Firefly app, new Firefly models including Firefly Image Model 4 and Image Model 4 Ultra, new Firefly features, a new Firefly mobile app, Firefly Boards, and more.
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3 weeks ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
Virtual production revolutionized filmmaking. Despite the large, expensive setups, the technology opened the door to new, less costly, streamlined methods of production. But, as we know, there is always something new, and better, around the corner. To that end, Lightcraft Technology, provider of one such virtual production system, has pivoted from those roots and founded an entirely new method that’s faster, mobile, and much, much cheaper, making it affordable for everyone.
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3 weeks ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
For nearly 25 years, visitors to Seymour Marine Discovery Center, operated by the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been greeted by Ms. Blue, the largest outdoor blue whale skeleton on display in the US. So when the bones began deteriorating, Seymour Center began looking for ways to preserve Ms. Blue and do so using sustainable methods. Hollywood VFX studio Halon Entertainment proposed a solution involving laser scanning, 3D printing, 3D modeling and animation, an AR component, and more.
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3 weeks ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
Looking Glass, provider of light field display technology, unveiled the Looking Glass 27 inch, its most powerful three-dimensional display to date. The 27-inch display brings more advanced graphics, a smaller footprint, and a lower cost of operation to businesses seeking to entertain audiences or communicate ideas and concepts. When it comes to 3D holographic displays, Looking Glass has a display size that is just right for nearly every user.
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3 weeks ago | 
jonpeddie.com | Karen Moltenbrey
Jon Peddie, president and founder of Jon Peddie Research, is highly sought-after for his opinions on and knowledge of the high-tech industry, the graphics segment in particular. Recently, he was interviewed and his thoughts and statements were included in a report titled “Leveraging Disruption to Capitalize on Opportunity,” published by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, the thought leadership arm of Harvard Business Review.
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4 weeks ago | 
gfxspeak.com | Karen Moltenbrey
Leopoly has introduced an updated version of its Shapelab 2025 VR 3D modeling software. Included in the update is the addition of voxel sculpting tools. Leopoly, makers of Shapelab, a VR 3D design application primarily for organic modeling, has released a new update the 2025 version of its virtual reality sculpting software. The spring update introduces new tools and enhancements designed to streamline the creative workflow for artists, designers, and VR creators.
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1 month ago | 
gfxspeak.com | Karen Moltenbrey
Bentley is leveraging Imagery Insights from the Google Maps Platform to rapidly detect and analyze roadway conditions. As a result, Bentley is offering new asset analytics capabilities in its Blyncsy product, which uses AI on crowdsourced imagery to detect infrastructure and roadway issues. Google offers a lot of things to a lot of people and companies.
