The New VFX: From Artists to Pipelines to Business

Panel Discussion | Expert StageThe New VFX: From Artists to Pipelines to Business14:30 - 15:15 Expert StageVFX is changing fast and has been under pressure for years, not only because of AI and the expectations around it. Global experts with decades of experience in virtual production, animation, photogrammetry and Gaussian splatting discuss where it goes next.

Session Details

Yes, we need to speak about the latest developments in a creative segment that is heavily developing – and under pressure since years, not only because of AI (and expectations around it): Visual Effects. And we will speak with global experts who bring decades of experience from film projects involving Virtual Production, Animation, 3D, Photogrammetry, Gaussian Splatting and AI.

Speaker

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Filmmaker & Director of Marketing at Orbital Studios 

Leads R&D at Orbital Studios, piloting tools like 3D Gaussian splatting and AI-accelerated previsualization; award-winning director and actor.

Director Carl Laemmle Institut at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Directs Filmakademie's Carl Laemmle Institute for artistic-technological research; earlier worked at Eyematic Interfaces on facial tracking tools.

Principal at Squirrelball

As Head of Marketing & Publicity at Wētā FX, managed the studio's reputation via 60+ awards and its $1.6B Unity sale; earlier built Autodesk's brand.