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That is a wrap!!! SIGGRAPH 2024 was a blast in Denver and continued the exciting momentum that 2024 has brought DigitalFish this year. We have seen remarkable growth in our services branch with exciting new clients. There have been leaps and bounds in the development of our “baby” Reflex. We are looking forward to contributing (with our new AOUSD membership) to help build a future for USD. Lastly, our newest partnership with NASA and Cornell University is going to set the foundation for incredible technology advances that will eventually benefit everyone…and the year isn’t over yet! Thank you to everyone who stopped by booth #519 to say hi and see what we are all about. Best Regards, the SIGGRAPH 2024 Crew and all of us at DigitalFish. #SIGGRAPH

SIGGRAPH is in full swing and so is the DigitalFish booth at the Expo. We are excited to show you how our 3D animation tool Reflex has evolved over the past year. Come by to see a demo or try it for yourself at booth #519. Watch what animator, Justin Slavka has to say after his first time seeing and trying Reflex....I think we have a convert! #SIGGRAPH #animation #animationtools #interactive #animationart

DigitalFish is at SIGGRAPH 2024! Swing by booth #519 in Denver and see our own co-founder and ex-Pixar animator Mark Oftedal demo all the new features of our 3D animation tool, Reflex. See the advancements in rigging, USD, the use of generative AI, as well as improvements in usability that make Reflex unique and Reflex users so happy. We hope to see you there and in the meantime, checkout our early Reflex concept art that shows user euphoria was always top of mind! #SIGGRAPH #animation #animationtools #interactive #animationart

At SIGGRAPH 2024, we're thrilled to showcase our 3D animation tool, Reflex! DigitalFish co-founder Mark Oftedal demonstrated Reflex's intuitive features to Mark Droste, director of the animated comedy-adventure series "Big City Greens," where our NPR solutions played a key role. Visit us at Booth #519 to see Reflex in action and explore how we can support your animation projects too. Don't miss out! #SIGGRAPH #animation #interactive

As a proud new AOUSD (Alliance for OpenUSD) member, we at DigitalFish have long been proponents of open standards for collaboration across not only Media & Entertainment but the broader set of industries where multimedia and digital twins play an increasing role. We hope you will join us in checking out all of the outstanding talks, presentations and events at SIGGRAPH 2024 that AOUSD has planned. “From hands-on labs to in-depth sessions on production pipelines, SIGGRAPH 2024 offers a wealth of opportunities to learn about and engage with OpenUSD technology.” For more information about OpenUSD @ SIGGRAPH, check out their blog: https://lnkd.in/gK7v7nFi See the DigitalFish AOUSD press release on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/g4Zzb-PF

Exciting news! DigitalFish is proud to join the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), driving innovation and open standards in 3D graphics. Together, we're shaping the future of digital media!

Unlock your creative potential with DigitalFish’s 3D animation tool, Reflex. Designed to empower animators, Reflex prioritizes artistic flow over technical complexity, truly bringing the joy back to animation. Don’t just take our word for it—listen to Mark Oftedal, our co-founder and former Pixar animator. As both the visionary behind Reflex’s development and a dedicated user, his insights are invaluable. Visit DigitalFish at Booth #519 during SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver, July 30 - August 1. Experience live demos of Reflex and try it out for yourself! #SIGGRAPH #animation #animationtools #interactive #animationart

Loved by beginners and experts alike, Lune is an intuitive 2D tool that brings the joy of pencil and paper animation to your digital universe. Industry legend, Doug Cooper, shares his thoughts in the video! Visit DigitalFish at Booth #519 during SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver, July 30 - August 1. Experience live demos of Lune and try it out for yourself! #SIGGRAPH #animation #animationtools #interactive #animationart

🚀 DigitalFish is Hiring! 🚀 In case you missed it, earlier this week we announced an exciting project with NASA and Cornell University: “Holodeck Technologies for XR”! 👨🚀 We achieved this by working with the best minds in the industry, and we’re on the lookout for talented individuals to join us! Our collaboration with NASA highlights our commitment to innovation and excellence. If you’re passionate about cutting-edge technology and want to work with amazing teams, come see us at our SIGGRAPH Expo Booth in Denver, July 30th - August 1st! 💫 Why DigitalFish? 🔹 Collaborate with industry leaders 🔹 Be at the forefront of XR innovation 🔹 Join a team that celebrates creativity and excellence Ready to make a difference? Let’s connect at SIGGRAPH - Booth 519! 🚀 If you can’t make it this year, check out our website for open vacancies! 🌐 #SIGGRAPH2024 #recruiting #hiring #NASA #XR

NASA funds DigitalFish and Cornell University to create “Holodeck Technologies for XR" DigitalFish is excited to announce NASA has awarded our STTR Phase I proposal, joint with Cornell University: “OpenUSD + Interactivity for XR Experience Description” (USDI-XRED). In this collaboration, we build on proven crossover technology from Media & Entertainment (M&E) to meet NASA’s unique requirements for Extended Reality (XR). While NASA has a long history in XR for training, operations, engineering, collaboration and human-performance applications, existing COTS XR solutions are fragmented and incompatible, with numerous shortcomings that limit practical deployment. Developed jointly with Cornell’s Design and Augmented Intelligence Lab (DAIL) under Dr. Saleh Kalantari and with guidance from Dr. Donald Greenberg (Cornell Program of Computer Graphics), USDI-XRED will extend Open Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) with new schemas supporting enterprise-XR interactivity and interchange, including: • Rich, stateful object behaviors defined in a node-based behavior graph.  • Standardized XR user-interface elements with a declarative cross-platform description.  • Spatial anchors to reference scene elements to physical space or to the viewport HUD. • Text primitives for instructional information and mission telemetry. In addition, we will create validators to certify an OpenUSD scene exploiting these schemas is compliant with the capability requirements for a given XR mission application. USDI-XRED is a novel representation for interactive XR, built on industry-accepted OpenUSD, and able to support a wide range of applications and devices. We have committed to open-sourcing these innovations, and through our involvement with the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) we hope to build consensus for future submission to OpenUSD. NASA’s proposal solicitation, “Holodeck Technologies for XR,” showcases the breadth of the need: "One particularly notable technology from Star Trek was the holodeck, which served multiple purposes. It functioned as a data analysis environment, a planning tool, offering 3D visualization of data, models, and simulations. The holodeck was also used as a training environment, providing crew members with simulated environments for training. It also served as an engineering design tool, allowing crew members to create and manipulate 3D models of objects and systems piece by piece before their fabrication. Furthermore, it provided a recreational environment, simulating various locations for crew members to visit.” At DigitalFish, we know “content is king” applies beyond M&E, and even beyond Earth. NASA’s big vision for XR advancing space exploration will be built on scalable, reusable content, on top of open standards. We’re thrilled to be able to contribute to this mission. For further updates, follow us here on LinkedIn and on Instagram, or contact us at https://lnkd.in/g65cUS6q #NASA #holodeck #XR #OpenUSD #SIGGRAPH2024