USC Partnering With Hollywood Studios to Test Limits of Virtual Production
The Entertainment Technology Center at USC has bestowed its 2020 Innovative Technology Award on the virtual-production-based project “The Ripple Effect” from writer/director Hannah Bang, Margo Sawaya and writer Sabina Vajrača, with Eric Weaver serving as the project’s executive director. The focus of this year’s Innovative Technology Award is on using technologies to minimize the amount of time and people on set to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Ripple Effect” will use a game engine to minimize on set crew while also providing better controls for talent and staff, Weaver explained.
The project is being supported by Amazon Studios, Microsoft, Universal Pictures, WB Entertainment, Equinix and Seagate, as well as in-kind project support from Verizon/RYOT, Technicolor, Halon, ICVR, Lux Machina, Stargate Studios, 5th Kind, SilverDraft, ARRI, xR Stage and Xsens.
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