Welcome to the ACE-Lab Industry Insights page, containing selected industry news, inspiration, reference and educational resources related to animation, visual effects, motion capture, immersive media (VR/AR) and other topics of interest here at the ACE-Lab.
Blackmagic Design Highlights Drexel’s Virtual Production Program
Leading video production company featured Drexel’s Virtual Production program in their news feed.
Epic Games Spotlights Drexel Student
…The more we learned about her story, the more we found it inspiring for any student about to graduate.
Virtual Production for Series Shooting
American Cinematographer magazine takes a look at how Virtual Production is changing the process of shooting episodic series shows…
Sony Launches Immersive Music Studios
Sony Corporation of America announced a new subsidiary called Sony Immersive Music Studios…
VR Use in Making The Mandalorian
Learn how series creator Jon Favreau uses VR in production of The Mandalorian
Video-Game Engines Help Create VFX on Movie Sets in Real Time
ILM’s suite of virtual production tools embrace a range of real-time technologies.
Realtime Raytracing with nVidia & Unity
Unity took on the challenge to match a CG Unity-rendered BMW to a real BMW 8 Series Coupe…
$50million Philly E-Sports Arena Planned
The new venue, Fusion Arena, will span 60,000 square feet and seat up to 3,5000 guests….
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…
How Pixar Helped Win 27 of the Last 30 Oscars for Visual Effects
Pixar’s RenderMan has changed the world of special effects.