Uncanny valley

Have We Finally Conquered the Uncanny Valley?

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Animating a realistic human being has been the holy grail of CGI. Australian animator Chris Jones may have cracked the code with “Ed.”

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

One of the Coolest Sci-Fi Movies of the Year Is Only 8 Minutes Long

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Actor Stephen Lang performing in an "amp suit," with director James Cameron by his side

Digital doubles become star players in Hollywood

September 8, 2014Arts

When actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died, Hunger Games was not finished. Enter his computer double

March 13, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

When actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died, Hunger Games was not finished. Enter his computer double

March 13, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

Philip Seymour Hoffman is a leading actor in The Hunger Games film trilogy— and he wasn’t finished filming the final movie when he died of a drug overdose a month ago. So filmmakers plan to use computer animation to complete his role. It won’t be easy.