Conceptualized over a spirited conversation at a campfire in the High Sierras, Digital Storytelling has evolved to be one of Scandinavia’s leading visual effects annual seminars, co-founded by xRez Studio’s Eric Hanson and Kim Baumann-Larsen of Oslo-based Placebo Effects.  (...)
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“On Great White Wings” is an historic documentary produced by Aperture Films which re-creates the key events of the Wright Brothers development of the airplane. (...)
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Post tags: Aviation, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, Wright Brothers

“Magnificent Desolation” is an 3D IMAX feature produced by Play Tone/ Tom Hanks which faithfully re-creates the Apollo moon landings in stereo 4k high resolution. xRez Studio was sub-contracted from prime VFX vendor Sassoon Film Design for a difficult hero  shot which depicts flying through Hadley Rile, a deep trench visited by the Apollo 15 astronauts. (...)
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Post tags: Apollo 15, Hadley Rile, IMAX, Magnificent Desolation, Moon Landing, Photogrammetry, s3d, Stereoscopic

A highlight of the 2009 Art Basel Miami Beach event was Cartier’s premiere of David Lynch’s fulldome film on “Diamonds, Gold and Dreams”, shown in a 60′ custom dome pavilion. xRez Studio was contracted to produce the interstitial imagery to play between his hourly showings. (...)
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A visual tone poem designed for the emerging fulldome planetarium format, “Crossing Worlds” utilizes spherical photography from the American desert west to immerse the viewer in a transcendent spectrum of austere landscapes. xRez Studio’s first dome format film, “Crossing Worlds” won a coveted “Domie” for Best Design in a Dome at DomeFest 09 in Albuquerque, NM.(...)
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Post tags: 350.org, Canyon, COP15 Global Climate Summit, Crossing Worlds, Domie, Elumenati, Fulldome, Glendale Community College, Global Climate Summit, KlimaForum, Native American, Paul Buehler, Spherical Time-lapse

The Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is the life blood of the Western United States, both spiritually and literally.

Grand Canyon By Nature: River of Life shows the story of the Grand in stunning visual artistry as we join a journey through the heart of one of the planet’s greatest wonders. It’s a journey of adventure — and a metaphor of our journey of life.(...)
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Post tags: Fulldome, Gigapixel, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon By Nature, Time-lapse