CHOP AR
The CHOP-AR “OPTIMISM” app was developed by students at Drexel University in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia (CHOP). Patients at CHOP invented their own imaginary characters and worlds for them to live in. Using a variety of...
SIGGRAPH 2019 Meetup in LA
Drexel SIGGRAPH Conference Gathering & Reception Wednesday, July 31, 6pm-8pm Pacific Time Tom’s Urban at L.A. Live 1011 S Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 Join us in LA at Tom’s Urban in the to meet up with fellow Drexel students,...
Animation Festival 2019
Saturday, June 15 Noon – 2pm Westphal Annex Screening Room 3401 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Join us for the 2019 Animation Festival at the Westphal College of Media Art & Design’s Annex Screening Room on June 15, from noon to 2pm! This...
Digital Media Showcase 2019
IMMERSIVE VIDEO IS ONLINE! Thank you to everyone who attended the 2019 Digital Media Showcase event. To see it again, watch the immersive, 360° video recording of the event posted on YouTube: Sunday, June 2 Showcase 2pm-4pm Expo 4pm-6pm International House Ibrahim...
Video-Game Engines Help Create VFX on Movie Sets in Real Time
Over the past few years, ILM has been developing a suite of virtual production tools that embraces a range of real-time technologies. Dubbed Stagecraft, these tools encompass the entire production process, from early set design with the help of VR headsets to visual...
Realtime Raytracing with nVidia & Unity
Reality vs Illusion To show off new lighting technology, Unity took on the challenge to match a CG Unity-rendered BMW to a real BMW 8 Series Coupe that was filmed in a warehouse. The final project incorporated both the live interactive demo and a pre-rendered 4K...
$50million Philly E-Sports Arena Planned
Comcast is planning to build the arena to house the Philadelphia Fusion, the team they built to compete in the Overwatch League. The new venue, Fusion Arena, will span 60,000 square feet and seat up to 3,5000 guests. Comcast expects Fusion Arena to host a variety of...
Alumni on Panel Talk at SXSW
Alumnus Girish Balakrishnan (2012) talks on a panel at SXSW 2019. The panel focused on Simulating Reality: The Future of Film Production. Game engines have evolved into true “Reality Engines” and cinema will never be the same. The filmmaking tools of tomorrow stem...
Time VR Producing “The March”
The centerpiece of The March will be the first-ever digital performance of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which will be produced using several state-of-the-art production technologies. The VR project will bridge the physical and the virtual – using...
Alumni Work on How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Dreamworks Animation’s feature film How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World features the work of Drexel Alumni: Evan Boucher (2011) — Animator / Character Technical Director: Dreamworks Animation Jake Nichols (2012) — Lead Lighter, Lighting Development:...DU/CHOP-OPTIMISM Privacy
DU/CHOP-OPTIMISM App Privacy The DU/CHOP-OPTIMISM App was developed by a Westphal students and faculty within our VR & Immerisve Media program in partnership with staff at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), as a way to share engaging,...
How Pixar Helped Win 27 of the Last 30 Oscars for Visual Effects
You may not have heard of RenderMan, but you’ve definitely seen the incredible effects it has made possible. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from the Abyss to Terminator 2, and across all of Pixar’s animated features — RenderMan has changed the world of...
NETFLIX: A Robust Provider of ‘Upper-Tier’ VFX
One only has to look at the 2018 Emmy Awards to recognize Netflix’s rapid ascension and its importance to the film and TV industries, including those people working in the VFX domain. HBO previously garnered 23 Emmys for 16 years straight, but this past year Netflix...
A Look at the VFX for Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Andy Serkis’ Mowgli, a live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 “The Jungle Book” is a tapestry of digital animation, performance capture and visual effects. Framestore’s Nigel Denton-Howes oversaw production visual effects client-side, leading...
Behind the Scenes at SIGGRAPH Asia’s REAL TIME LIVE
For the first time, Real Time Live (RTL) was included in SIGGRAPH Asia. The event was slightly different from the main North American conference as the event was by invitation and the curated content included some projects that had already been shown in Vancouver. The...
Google Earth Studio Is A New Animation Tool
While many people already use Google Earth imagery in animated content by capturing screen recordings, Earth Studio is a keyframe-based tool that allows animators to take full advantage of Google’s massive store of satellite and aerial imagery. This data includes not...
Drexel Launches the Immersive Research Lab
Drexel Launches the Immersive Research Lab Located in the heart of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design’s URBN Center, the Immersive Research Lab (or IRL) is a lab space dedicated to the study and research of immersive media including VR, AR,...
Alumni Work on The Gifted & Fear of the Walking Dead
Drexel Alumni Eric Hiller and Jay Hiller have been busy working at AlkemyX in New York City on visual effects for a variety of television series, including “The Gifted” and “Fear of the Living Dead”. Additional series work one or both alumni...
Drexel Alumni Work on Ralph Breaks the Internet
Disney’s 2018 animated feature film Ralph Breaks the Internet features work by Drexel Alumni: Joyce Le Tong (2010) — Crowds Artist...Quick Links
