Stunning car configurators are easy thanks to Epic’s Unreal engine

Stunning car configurators are easy thanks to Epic’s Unreal engine

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are at the point where computer generated graphics are as good as, if not better than the real thing – this is a tipping point for content creation.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch...

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Epic Games revolutionary photo-realistic Unreal engine could finally make synthetic content mainstream

Epic Games revolutionary photo-realistic Unreal engine could finally make synthetic content mainstream

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The content you see on your screens is just dots of light, and if those dots are created by games engines or AI’s rather than by filming real people will you know the different – or even care?   Interested in the Exponential Future? Join...

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Nvidia demos cloud based rendering to create high quality streamed AR experiences

Nvidia demos cloud based rendering to create high quality streamed AR experiences

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Rendering high quality AR and VR experiences is compute intensive, but by using cloud based rendering now anyone can enjoy high quality content irrespective of their device.   Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Your smartphone might be a...

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Daimler hires Soul Machine’s lifelike Avatar to answer customer queries

Daimler hires Soul Machine’s lifelike Avatar to answer customer queries

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bots are evolving and increasingly it’s going to get more difficult to tell bots from real people, whether they’re just text bots or, in this case, life like looking avatars.   New Zealand based company Soul Machines, the company behind a sophisticated high definition digital...

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British bank trials a life like digital Avatar to serve customers better

British bank trials a life like digital Avatar to serve customers better

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Avatars and bots are getting more intelligent, and more capable, and while they are being increasingly deployed to help organisations improve customer service, there’s a very real toll on human jobs.   This week the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), who recently started using brain...

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Apple gears up to make its own GPU’s

Apple gears up to make its own GPU’s

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The next battle front in computing will be dominated by graphics – whether it’s 3D, AR, VR or simply even higher resolution displays, and Apple wants to control its destiny.   For nearly a decade a British company called Imagination Technologies was responsible for designing...

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Point. Click. Create your own 3D avatar and put yourself in the game

Point. Click. Create your own 3D avatar and put yourself in the game

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Avatars will play an increasingly important role in the future – whether they’re being used to depict, or replace actors in movies, VR simulations or to compliment bots, Loom.ai’s new product makes the process of creating one simple.   We’re entering a new world of,...

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ILM takes us behind the scenes of The Force Awakens

ILM takes us behind the scenes of The Force Awakens

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF CGI changed the film industry but this is just the beginning, the real revolution is still to come.   Earlier this year I wrote an article on technology is, and will, transform the future of entertainment industry and some of those predictions are already coming true....

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