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Google Buys Zync Cloud Graphics Rendering Service

Posted by Unknown on from the cloud-tracing dept.

mpicpp (3454017) writes To beef up its cloud platform with more specialized packages, Google is acquiring Zync for its large scale rendering service for movie special effects, called Zync Render. Google plans to offer the Zync service on its Google Cloud Platform, where it can be used by motion picture studios that do not want to build their own rendering farms.

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  1. Is rendering clouds that difficult? by i+kan+reed · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean... they're just white and a little self-shadowed.

  2. Re:I don't understand this... by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What are they (Zinc) providing that is not just computing power? Custom interfaces?
    Why would Google be interested in such thing?

    Customers, perhaps? Maybe Google needs better relations with the movie industry. Being a service provide is one inroad.

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  3. Re:What's the catch? by i+kan+reed · · Score: 2

    No, they're dealing with other big companies. Screwing over rich people for easy money is harder.