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DIGITAL STARS SHINE IN BROADCAST PRODUCTIONS
On any given day, the streets of New York City and Hollywood are lined with actors and actresses looking for work. When a part becomes available, the rivalry is fierce, with thousands vying for a chance at an audition. Now these performers are facing even more competition, especially in the broadcast field, from digital actors.
Through recent advances in 3D modeling and animation tools and techniques, realistic digital characters are demonstrating a unique stage presence in a range of television series. Last year, digital anchor person Ananova, a humanlike character, proved her mettle as a Web newscaster while gaining fame as a popular cybercelebrity (see Computer Graphics World, June 2000, pg. 27). Now she may find herself competing against digital newcomers in the European job market.
* Eve Solal, one of the most lifelike virtual characters ever created, is a rising talent who has already starred in a film clip and appeared on the cover of an actual French fashion magazine. Although the character currently has her own weekly radio show in Paris, her agent (creator Attitude Studio) is already negotiating a contract for her involving a television series, commercials, and a ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 13, 1997 700+ words
...bringing game interactivity to new levels of realism. This system makes it easy for developers to "direct" their Intelligent Digital Actors to perform high level tasks, just as a traditional movie director instructs actors to perform certain roles. "We find...
- Two Oakland, Calif.-Area Companies Work to Create Digital Actors.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Avalos, George August 27, 1999 700+ words
...s face into the computer. You could still have a close-up of Tom Cruise by using the computer." Yet this new era of digital actors offers challenges along with the opportunities. For one thing, the nation's courts may have to determine a crucial legal...
- SPECIAL EFFECTS GIVE DIGITAL ACTORS POWER OVER HUMANS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) August 14, 1996 700+ words
Byline: MALCOLM JOHNSON Hartford Courant Computerized Hollywood is giving the world new ways to dream, or perchance to live through waking nightmares. From singing cockroaches to massive, hovering spaceships, cyber-tricks have been vying with one another to knock out moviegoers' eyes all summer
- SIGGRAPH 2009 Panel Explores Eye-Definition Computing and the Future of Digital...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 30, 2009 700+ words
CHICAGO -- Enter the era of "Eye-Def" Computing and digital filmmaking at SIGGRAPH 2009 when director Peter Berg ("The Kingdom", "Hancock", and the upcoming remake of "Dune software creator and OTOY CEO Jules Urbach, and AMD's top computer and graphics processors executive Rick Bergman discuss some
- New York Life Marks Its 160th Anniversary; New York Life Foundation Grants...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 11, 2005 700+ words
NEW YORK -- Today New York Life Insurance Company, one of New York City's most respected and long-established corporate citizens, celebrates its 160th anniversary. After its founding in 1845, New York Life quickly established itself as...
- New York Times Publishes Updated Editions of Tourist Guides; The New York Times...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 15, 2002 700+ words
Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2002 The New York Times will issue the 2003 editions of its authoritative guides this month. The three publications, The New York Times Guide to New York City, The New York Times...
- New York Style Premiers Broadway! Instant Win Sweepstakes.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 14, 2009 700+ words
Snack Lovers Can Win Trips to New York City to See Broadway Shows WESTCHESTER, Ill., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Style(R), maker of Bagel Crisps...raising the curtain on the Broadway! New York Style Instant Win Sweepstakes. Eleven...
- New York City Science and Engineering Fair Winners Announced.
- News wire article from: AScribe Science News Service April 22, 2004 700+ words
Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Winners of the 2004 New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) received prizes totaling almost $2,000,000 in cash and scholarships today at Polytechnic...
