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Tencent released Hy-Nomas, an open-source video world model that builds a scene one video segment at a time while you direct each new segment with text instructions, camera trajectories, or both, according to the Hy-N…
BytePlus launched OmniHuman 2.0, an avatar video generation model that turns a single image and an audio track into up to five minutes of performed video in one continuous shot, according to its OmniHuman product page…
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Pika released H3 Flex, an open-weight video model post-trained on MiniMax H3 that generates a 15-second clip with soundtrack in as little as 7 seconds, according to Pika's launch post. Pika built it for professional i…
Google DeepMind introduced Genie 4, a new world model in research preview that you can steer with text prompts while a simulation runs and that generates its own audio, from ambient sound to dialogue. Google's trusted…
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IATSE hired former Local 695 president Jillian Arnold as its first labor and technology intelligence officer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the role puts her inside contract negotiations, reskilling programs, a…
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NVIDIA is positioning DGX Station as the local hardware base for an open agent stack that can run large models, govern their behavior, and call simulation tools inside Blender. Announced at SIGGRAPH , the
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Sony announced the Alpha 7R VI , the sixth generation of its high-resolution full-frame mirrorless line. The camera moves the R series onto a 66.8MP fully-stacked back-illu
Arc Eye's Modular Mobile Stand Collapses the Dome Scanner Into a Flat-Pack Rig May 07, 2026 Arc Eye CEO Christian Cicerone walked us through the company's new modular mobile capture rig at NAB, a battery-powered alternative to the company's large dome scanner that bre
iodyne is building storage hardware designed to bring the security, performance, and reliability of data center infrastructure to fast-moving production environments. At NAB 2026, the com
A free Apple Creator Studio update for existing subscribers builds MotionVFX effects, rotoscoping, tracking and color grading tools into Final Cut Pro for Mac, and adds beta AI assistants to Logic Pro, Keynote, Pages…
Chromagraph Camera, a new $12.99 iPhone app released by Chromatic Applications and built by cinematographer Steve Yedlin with director Rian Johnson, replaces the phone's default image processing with color and texture…
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DiffHDR, a research framework from Texas A&M University, Eyeline Labs, and Netflix, converts ordinary 8-bit low dynamic range video into HDR by generating plausible radiance in regions the original footage blew out or…
The Visual Effects Society held the first edition of its Women Who Lead Summit, a sold-out half-day program of two keynotes and two panels on leadership, equity, career advancement, and technology in visual effects. T…
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