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Epic Games Launches Unreal Engine 5.1 With New And Refined Features For Animation And VFX Work

According to the team at Epic Games, with UE 5.1 “we’re honing in on the artist, and how the artist can use this tool.”

The funding will be used to accelerate the development of open AI models for image, language, audio, video, 3d, and more.

Apoki is only the latest in a long line of popular animated characters being presented as influencers and pop stars.

Using software like Dall-E and Midjourney, artists are creating comics without lifting a pencil.

Trioscope, producer of ‘The Liberator,’ announced it will be licensing its suite of software tools and practical solutions for general use.

Soon, everyone will have access to the same rendering software used on ‘The Bad Guys’ and ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.’

Tweety is the first of many Looney Tunes characters who will receive the NFT treatment.

Green had several NFTs stolen from his crypto wallet after falling victim to a phishing scam.

The company envisions its Lottie format as a replacement for GIFs.

The three companies will work together to “create new social entertainment exploring the connection between digital and physical worlds.”

The project explores “an agile and more iterative approach to linear animated filmmaking.”

The firm will use this division to create entertainment projects “outside the confines of the traditional studio and network environment.”

The startup works with celebrities to create animated characters that live on social media.

Youtuber Dan Olson sees the system as geared toward the interests of a select few investors — and so against artists in general.

If Disney ever decides to do a live-action “Simpsons” spin-off, it may look something like this.

Spire will use Epic’s Unreal Engine to produce animated features and expand into the metaverse.

“Brave” director Mark Andrews is directing the new series.

“We’ve been collecting very deep, rich data for a long time from our parks,” says the CEO.

The immersive tech could eventually allow park visitors to interact with Mickey Mouse and Elsa as images, not cast members in costume.

The $100M fund promotes use of Unreal Engine, which is increasingly core to animation production and the development of the metaverse.