In Sony Pictures’ Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a group of teens find themselves inside a high-stakes jungle battle where beating the game is a matter of survival. Iloura served as a principal VFX facility for the film, with contributions including the “albino rhino” sequence in which the heroes – played by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart,…
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Jorge Gutiérrez Wrestles with the Limitations of Virtual Reality in ‘Son of Jaguar’
Google Spotlight Stories teams with Reel FX to debut new VR short that builds on the Mexican director’s past work from ‘El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rodriguez’ and ‘The Book of Life.’ Google Spotlight Stories’ latest virtual reality short, Son of Jaguar, rolled out this week on Google’s new Pixel 2 phone. A version for…
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Cloud to the Rescue for Qvisten Animation
PipelineFX's intelligent render farm manager integrates with Microsoft Azure to help top Scandinavian animation studio complete “Anchors Up,” a new, nautical CG feature At the start of 2017, Qvisten Animation's new project was in danger of running aground. With just six months until deadline, less than 1% of Anchors Up, its nautical-themed CG feature, had…
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3D World: Qube! Aids Psyop’s VR Push
The award-winning creative agency, PSYOP, which has offices in New York and LA, has drawn over 600 million views for its Clash of Clans ads. In part, this is down to its new VR and 360-degree content, with PipelineFX's render farm manager, Qube! proving crucial. "Qube!'s extensive python API gives us almost unlimited flexibility when…
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