GDC, TED and FMX – our spring conference season!

We are entering spring conference season again, in fact – we’ve already enjoyed a visit to San Fransisco for the Game Developers Conference. With the release of Nvidia’s RTX cards and support from the major graphics API’s there was a lot of realtime raytracing coverage – including Epic’s release of Unreal Engine 4.22.

More recently I was lucky enough to attend the TED conference in Vancouver this last week – a very humbling experience to step outside of our usual thinking and enjoy exploring the world through the TED ecosystem. There was much to reflect on, which I will leave for another post, but a highlight was Doug Roble’s presentation of Digital Doug to the wonderment of the audience.

Back at the studio I’ve had just over a week to breath before heading to the beautiful city of Stuttgart for FMX. The program this year looks solid and we’re very happy to highlight a few of the presentations our talented customers are involved with:

Mackevision – Best Friend, Tuesday April 30th @ 3:15pm
Check out the studios page to watch the spot and hear more about how it was made.

Method – Welcome To Marwen, Wednesday May 1st @ 4:30pm
In the Virtual Production track, don’t miss Kevin Baillie’s talk on some of the techniques used to deliver these stunning digital performances.

Goodbye Kansas – Overkill’s The Walking Dead, Thursday May 2nd @ 9:30am
GBK produced these stunning trailers for Overkill’s The Walking Dead, listen to a few of the team members discuss the challenges involved in bringing them to life. Watch Maya, Grant and Aidan on their website.

Ilion – Wonder Park, Thursday May 2nd @ 2:00pm
Head behind the scenes with the crew from Ilion to discuss production details of the animated feature Wonder Park.

Trixter – Captain Marvel, Friday May 3rd @ 3:15pm
Hear about Trixter’s involvement in Captain Marvel from Dominik Zimmerie including the stunning alien cat “Goose” (we’re biased) along with the wonderful Janelle Croshaw Ralla – this one can’t be missed!

Additionally there will be a Matrix Retrospective, Digital Doug talk with Doug Roble from Digital Domain, a look at the visual effects of Avengers: Endgame and many more exciting talks – check out the full schedule here.

If you’re going to be there reach out and say hi, and enjoy the week!