Advanced Innovation Centre for Future Visual Entertainment

13/02/2018

The narrative around China’s visual entertainment industries tends to focus on quantity. The quality of Chinese content is rarely talked about with the same enthusiasm, not least in terms of graphics, effects, and animation. Can China's recent R&D investment boom begin to change that? Scott Ross Christopher Hleb Kevin Geiger Gaojing Jian Beijing Film Academy TechNode Lucasfilm ShanghaiTech University, School of Creative Arts

Editor’s note: This was contributed by Chris Colman, a creative and communications professional working primarily in the animation industry. He consults for Oriental DreamWorks, is the founder of the China Animation and Game Network (CAGN) and writes for Variety, Animation World Network, and vario...

26/01/2018

At Beijing conference ICEVE, The Third Floor CEO Chris Edwards, declared, “I think [previs] will be a revolution in China, for the betterment of the whole industry.” There has been a groundswell of early adoption that suggests major changes are coming - although whether the rapidity and pervasiveness of its current pe*******on in China is impactful in the short-term is open for debate. The Art of VFX Base FX Animation World Network fxguide | fxphd Beijing Film Academy

Does the Middle Kingdom’s growing use of quality previsualization efforts portend greater VFX-heavy film success to come?

25/01/2018

In early December, AWN sat down with Edwards at the Advanced Imaging Centre For Future Visual Entertainment (AICFVE) conference in Beijing. In Part 1 of the conversation, Edwards outlined his thoughts on market and artist development in China. Here in Part 2, he talks about his vision for virtual production and virtual reality in global content creation.

THE THIRD FLOOR founder continues to champion virtual production and lead the charge into virtual reality.

25/01/2018

We can't wait to welcome China's visual media production and research community to the Beijing Film Academy for ICEVE 2017!

Beijing conference running November 16 & 17 offers two days of keynotes, panels and workshops on emerging technologies and advanced image production for film, animation and immersive media.

25/01/2018

"I’m in Beijing this week for ICEVE 2017, two-days (Nov 16 & 17) of talks and demos which promise to provide a rare look under the hood of China’s emerging technologies, research and image production for film, animation and immersive media."

Animation, China, Conferences & Festivals, Events, Film, Postproduction, VFX, Virtual Reality How Advanced is Chinese Visual Entertainment? November 13, 2017 Christopher Colman I’m in Beijing this week for ICEVE 2017, two-days (Nov 16 & 17) of talks and demos which promise to provide a rare look u...

25/01/2018

“Art inspires science, and science drives art….The interface between creative people and technology people is critical”, says AICFVE Deputy Director Charles Wang at The University of Nebraska’s Carson Conversations Forum: Emerging Media Trend forum

Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts hosted a Carson Conversations Forum: Emerging Media Trends on Saturday, May 20 in the Temple Building.Twelve emerging media experts each gave a presentation on a number of topics about emerging med....

25/01/2018

A new study released by The Advanced Innovation Center for Future Visual Entertainment suggests that extended use of high-end VR headsets like HTC’s Vive (or, presumably, the Oculus Rift) can have beneficial effects on preteens’ vision, in some cases actually improving kids’ myopia or hyperopia.

If you’ve ever worn a virtual reality headset for an extended period, you’ve no doubt seen the world a little differently once you’ve taken it off. Maybe things seem a little more three-dimensional. Or less. But something’s different. You probably didn’t think, though, about how using that...

25/01/2018

The method the researchers use to reconstruct 3D shapes using dip transform is related to computed tomography; however, computed tomography requires large, expensive equipment and has to be performed in a specialized environment with multiple safety measures taken. The dip transform method has no safety issues and is inexpensive, using a fully automated system consisting of a robotic arm that lowers the object into the water as well as two rotating arms that set the object’s orientation.

A scanner is a very visual tool; it can only scan what it can “see.” But a group of researchers from AICFVE Beijing Film Academy, Tel Aviv University, Shandong University, the University of British Columbia, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new method of 3D scanning that c...

25/01/2018

A group of researchers from AICFVE Beijing Film Academy, Tel Aviv University, Shandong University, the University of British Columbia, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new method of 3D scanning that captures the full shape of an object, using water.

There are multiple types of 3D scanners, employing a number of different scanning technologies, but each of those technologies has limitations. Shiny surfac

25/01/2018

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