HPA Tech Retreat – Page 2

RealD Uses Cloud to Bring TrueImage to Cinema

by Tom Allen

Brian Hawkins, also from RealD, is the inventor of the TrueImage software. First used during post-production of ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’, this software is designed to eliminate artefacts. Filmmakers can use high …

New Technologies Amplify Judder

by Tom Allen

Day 2 was tight on time for all of the speakers – Welsh announced at the start of the day that, if they overran, he would sound a horn and they’d have to leave …

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How Will VR be Used in Cinema?

by Tom Allen

The final session of the first day dealt with ‘Emerging Media Technology’ – virtual and augmented reality – in the cinema industry. Simon Gauntlett, CTO of the Digital Television Group, opened the discussion. Gauntlett …

Netflix Deplores ‘Versionitis’

by Tom Allen

Mike Whipple and Sean Durkin are from Netflix and discussed the process of sourcing content, and producing originals, for the service. Because much of Netflix’s content comes from external sources like broadcasters, the company …

Industry Must Pull Together to Promote ‘Ultra Everything’

by Tom Allen

There was an introduction to the display set-up in the auditorium before the next presentation began. Chris Mullins of Sony Digital Cinema came on-stage to tell us about the projector, which was a Sony …

Robust Tech Enables New Scenes for Pixar

by Tom Allen

The Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat, co-organised by SMPTE, is dedicated to the technologies of film production. This year, for the first time, an edition of the event was held in the UK, in …

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