New Realities in Film Production: The Process of Creating Digital Visual Effects

West Hall A
Thursday, 7 August  12:15 pm to 1:45 pm

Creative leaders and innovators from The Industry confront realistic production challenges at various stages of the development process, from concept through post-production, and explore solutions that rely on today's (and tomorrow's) technologies.

Moderator
Michael Backes
American Film Institute

A Framework for Realistic Image Synthesis

West Hall A
Friday, 8 August  12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

Although high-quality virtual reality simulations abound, are these images correct? Would they accurately represent the scene if the environment actually existed? This presentation provides guidelines for developing and evaluating techniques whose goal is to synthesize images that are visually and measurably indistinguishable from real-world scenes. The presentation provides a research roadmap for a rigorous program to reach this goal.