The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, Change is the only constant in life.
The entertainment sector is no exception to this adage.
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But what does it all mean?
The tech has, he says, been impactful in planning and experimenting in a virtual space.
And you interface with it in much the same way you would interface with a real set.
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That, to me, is whats incredibly exciting.
Imagine what it means for the filmmaker, Perkins says.
It frees them up to engage with the visuals.
Were really only on the precipice of what this is going to mean long-term.
The exec thinks that real-time technology will soon start to attract directors from outside the animation space.
Previously this wasnt possible, and it had to be small teams working together, Webber says.
Germany-based Telescope Animation is another outfit that is benefiting from this technology.
Unreal has really accelerated the development toward the kind of animation that we are doing, Memari says.
We just dont have that kind of capacity, but Real Time allows us to work on it non-stop.
To start, theres the efficiency side of it.
At the moment, AI is a bit of a black box, he says.
This is the problem with it in all areas, not just in the visual arts.
The WGA step is encouraging, he says.
Theyre taking a step where theyve said, OK, we obviously dont want writers to be replaced.
Thats its biggest strength.
However, if youre coming up with so many ideas, you only need one nugget.
AI will definitely be used in our industry increasingly going forward.
In fact, it will be giving them muchbettertools, and thats what were seeing at the moment.
