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ILM Now Capable of Realtime CGI

Posted by chrisd on from the ilm-has-a-raleigh-mann-too dept.

Sandman1971 writes "According to the Sydney Morning Herald, specialFX company ILM is now capable of doing realtime CGI, allowing actors and directors to see rough CGI immediately after a scene is filmed. Actors on the latest Star Wars film watch instant replays of their battles with CG characters. ILM CTO Cliff Plumer attributes this amazing leap to the increase in processing power and a migration from using Silicon Graphics RISC-Unix workstations to Intel-based Dell systems running Linux."

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  1. Re:Errm... by cyberlotnet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Think a minute you flame monkey, The actors are a bit busy doing there scenes, It would not make sense to have this viewable DURING filming, I would imaging it would be a bit disrupting at times to see your "cgi" lookalike doing the things your doing.

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