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Here’s what we’ve got today:
🎙️ In-depth interview with Imaginario AI (plus new podcast episodes on VP from around the web)
🎪 What’s on the radar for CES next week
✍️ A super important poll to determine which pen is the best
And a bunch more, including new gigs and events (have some to promote? Send it over!)
Let’s jump into it!
STAGE A
New Podcast: Imaginario AI
In our latest episode of the VP Land podcast, we talk with Imaginario AI co-founder and CEO Jose Puga about how AI is going to help us search, transform, and create videos faster and cheaper.
A few of the topics we cover:
How Imaginario uses AI to search through videos based on context instead of tags and keywords
The importance of content repurposing and customization
What roles need to level up to stay ahead of AI
Predictions on AI and the role of creatives in 2024
Watch/Listen & Subscribe
YouTube | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Overcast
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SECOND UNIT
CES Announcements
CES kicks off next week. Obviously, it’s more consumer-centric than NAB or IBC but could offer an early indicator of key trends for 2024 including AI and AR/VR.
Here are the links/schedules of companies streaming their own special announcements next Monday & Tuesday, January 8th and 9th.
NVIDIA Special Address at CES
Monday, January 8th
8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET
Live Stream Link
LG at CES 2024: LG World Premiere
Monday, January 8th
8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET
Live Stream Link
Samsung
Monday, January 8th
2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET
No live stream link but they dropped this teaser for Galaxy AI a few days ago and will probably post a replay on their channel.
Sony: CES 2024 Press Conference
Monday, January 8th
5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET
Live Stream Link
ASUS: IN SEARCH OF INCREDIBLE: TRANSCENDENCE | ASUS CES 2024 LAUNCH EVENT
Tuesday, January 9th
9 a.m. PT / noon ET
Live Stream Link
SECOND UNIT
CES Announcements
CES kicks off next week. Obviously, it’s more consumer-centric than NAB or IBC but could offer an early indicator of key trends for 2024 including AI and AR/VR.
Here are the links/schedules of companies streaming their own special announcements next Monday & Tuesday, January 8th and 9th.
NVIDIA Special Address at CES
Monday, January 8th
8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET
Live Stream Link
LG at CES 2024: LG World Premiere
Monday, January 8th
8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET
Live Stream Link
Samsung
Monday, January 8th
2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET
No live stream link but they dropped this teaser for Galaxy AI a few days ago and will probably post a replay on their channel.
Sony: CES 2024 Press Conference
Monday, January 8th
5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET
Live Stream Link
ASUS: IN SEARCH OF INCREDIBLE: TRANSCENDENCE | ASUS CES 2024 LAUNCH EVENT
Tuesday, January 9th
9 a.m. PT / noon ET
Live Stream Link
CASTING CALL
VP Gigs
Stage Operator
Eyeline Studios
Instructional Assistant/Associate Professor in Film and Media Studies
Texas A&M University
Unreal FX Artists
WildBrain Studios
Vice President Sales & Marketing
Orbital Studios
VIDEO VILLAGE
AKS
BTS & VP Podcast Drops
🤳🏻 Blackmagic Camera app has become the go-to iPhone video app, but it’s still lacking a few things that Filmic does. Here are 3 of them.
🔲 Vū partners with ASUS ProArt to use their displays and Studiobook (aka laptop) for managing their stages.
🎬 Sam Nicholson shares another BTS video from their VP film Shrapnel and how they used DJI’s Ronin 4D camera
🗓️ Schedule posts and track your social media with Metricool*
🗣️ Final Pixel dropped a new episode of The Inner Frustum podcast
🌆 Noah Kadner released a new episode of The Virtual Production Podcast going in-depth on Disguise
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CALL SHEET
📆 Upcoming Events
January 8-12 & 15-19
RIT Certified Mastery Certificate in Virtual Production
January 18
Industry Day 2024
January 24
Silicon Valley Video Summit
February 7-9
Mo-Sys Academy: 3-Day Camera Technician’s Course
Feb 12-16
Mo-Sys Academy: 5-Day ICVFX Course
Feb 28-March 1
Mo-Sys Academy: 3-Day Camera Technician’s Course
March 11-15
Mo-Sys Academy: 5-Day ICVFX Course
View the full event calendar and submit your own events here.
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