May the fourth be with you
Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) was first set up to provide the effects when Lucasfilm started to work on the original Star Wars trilogy in 1975, and has since providedRead More
Disney brings Animatronics to a new level with 3D design process
Disney is bringing Audio-Animatronics to a new level with the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opening soon at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. This is partly due to a collaborationRead More
The Lion King makes history – First Broadway musical to cross $1 billion mark
On Sunday “The Lion King” became the first Broadway musical to pass the landmark $1 billion in ticket revenues, after surpassing “The Phantom of the Opera” as the highest grossingRead More
When Fine Art Goes Digital
Transforming is a unique exhibition that’s on this month at the Fine Art Society in London, where MPC has worked together with the artists Rob and Nick Carter to makeRead More
The Uncanny Valley and CGI – The Challenge in Creating Realistic Humans
The uncanny valley is a hypothesis that first appeared in psychiatry more than a century ago, which states that as a character gets close to looking truly human it beginsRead More
The Early Days of Science Fiction – Before World War II
Some of the earliest works touching on the subject of space travel came during the scientific revolution with “The Dream”, written in the 1620’s by Johannes Kepler, that described theRead More
55 Years of Belgian Blues – A History of The Smurfs
One of the most important contributions to popular culture from the tiny nation of Belgium is the Franco-Belgian comics, known under the name of bandes dessinees – which in EnglishRead More
The return of the Doozers
Remember Fraggle Rock – the iconic 1980’s live action puppet show? If so, you might also recall the little green creatures known as Doozers who were constantly engaged in constuctionRead More
Why is there a teapot in 3DS Max?
The actual teapot was a plain white object made by German company Melitta in 1974, which Newell and his wife had bought at a department store in Salt Lake City.Read More