New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention this week. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/what-to-read-this-weekend-a-visual-history-of-futurama-and-more-193047965.html?src=rss

Check out UPP's VFX breakdown of its (mostly) invisible effects for papal mystery thriller Conclave.Watch the full video on the Universal Production Partners Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/1031473873

Discover how PFX recreated 1940s Bratislava in its VFX breakdown of its invisible effects for period drama The Hungarian DressmakerWatch the full video on CG Channel: https://www.cgchannel.com/2024/11/how-pfx-created-its-invisible-effects-for-the-hungarian-dressmaker/

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Crypto showed up in force this election cycle, raising tens of millions to vote out the industry's critics and vote in its friends.

Microsoft on Friday finally started letting people test Recall, a so-called photographic memory search feature for the latest Copilot+ PCs. It's not perfect.

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Plus, a preview of Gotohs keynote session at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024.Today on the befores & afters podcast, were previewing SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 with keynote speaker Jinko Gotoh. Jinko is a producer who has been involved with some of my favorite animated and hybrid animation films over the years like Space Jam, Finding Nemo, The LEGO Movie 2 and Klaus. She was also part of setting up Disneys The Secret Lab, and shes a key part of the organisation Women in Animation.At SIGGRAPH Asia in Tokyo, coming up 3 to 6 December 2024, Jinko is a keynote speaker who will be talking about CGIs Evolution and the Power of Diversity in Animation Production. Listen in above to the preview.Meanwhile, befores & afters is involved in a couple of things during the week in Tokyo:> Yu Yu Hakusho: How Megalis VFX Created the Shows Most Complex Shot, on Thursday, 5 December at 10:30am JST. Ill be MCing this session which will discuss and show some cool things from one particular shot.> Fireside Chat with Paul Debevec on Thursday, 5 December at 3:30pm JST. This is part of Netflix and Eyeline Studios day of sessions at the conference.> World VFX Day is also happening right after SIGGRAPH Asia on Friday 6 December at 4pm JST. Ill pop up with the brilliant Hugo Guerra to chat about all things VFX during the live-stream. And World VFX Day continues also on 8 December.If youre attending SIGGRAPH Asia, would love to say hi!The post Animation producer Jinko Gotoh on getting her start on Space Jam appeared first on befores & afters.

Take a look at Jan Bohacek's traffic simulation system prototype built with Houdini, capable of running over 1000 cars in real-time.Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/check-out-this-traffic-simulation-system-built-with-houdini/