Introducing the Tribune’s spring fellows

Our fellowships are valuable learning experiences, providing part-time work in the spring and fall semesters and full-time ...

Beyond the eye of the beholder: Mathematically defining attributes essential to color perception

Research on the perception of color differences is helping resolve a century-old understanding of color developed by Erwin Schrödinger. Los Alamos scientist Roxana Bujack led a team that used geometry ...
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LLNL’s Peter Lindstrom Honored with IEEE VIS Test of Time Award

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory computer scientist Peter Lindstrom received the 2025 IEEE VIS Test of Time Award for ...

Fortnite Maker Epic Games Hits Back at Pirates of the Caribbean Director Who Blamed Unreal Engine for Bad CGI in Modern Movies

"I should know," says VFX supervisor who worked on Gore Verbinski's trilogy.
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Excellence and Impact Recognized by World's Preeminent Computing Society

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 71 new Fellows. ACM Fellows are registered members of the society and were selected by their peers for achieving remarkable results through ...
Video Games Chronicle

Epic Games VFX head says Pirates of the Caribbean artists would have loved using UE: ‘And I should know, I was one of them’

Epic’s VFX supervisor has challenged director Gore Verbinski’s claim that Unreal Engine makes movies look like video ...
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I Scanned My Brain With Headphones to Gauge My Stress While Gaming

I Scanned My Brain With Headphones to Gauge My Stress While Gaming ...

Epic responds to director Gore Verbinski's claims that Unreal Engine is making movie CGI worse: 'aesthetic and craft comes from artists, not software'

"It’s inaccurate for anyone in the industry to claim that one tool is to blame," said Patrick Tubach, VFX supervisor at Epic ...

RBC Capital Sees a $550 Billion Reason to Buy These 3 Chip Stocks

Expecting AI to increase revenue for chip companies from $220 billion in 2025 to more than $550 billion by 2028, RBC stated ...

Quote of the day by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: 'Software is eating the world, but AI is going to eat…'

Jensen Huang, the visionary behind NVIDIA, transformed computer graphics and propelled the company to the forefront of artificial intelligence. His leadership has made NVIDIA a global powerhouse.

Pirates of the Caribbean director knows exactly why movie CGI is getting worse – Unreal Engine: "You have this sort of gaming aesthetic entering the world of cinema"

It's no secret that CGI has seemingly gotten worse over the years, and no one knows this more than Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, who says that the decline in effects quality comes ...