A talk on the maths, physics and technology behind the films and games we love, by chapter member Vivek Reddy.
- Date: 20 July 2023
- Format: Technical talk
- Speaker: Vivek Reddy
- Attendance: ~50
What does it actually take, technically, to put a favourite character on screen? This talk walked through the mathematical, physical and computational foundations of modern movie-making and game production, from computer graphics and simulation to machine learning and cloud computing.
Attendees saw how engineering sits at the heart of the creative process and how these technologies are changing the way entertainment is made.
About the speaker: Vivek Reddy is a Technical Director with a Master’s in Computer Graphics from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as a virtual production technical director on The Lion King (2019), helping build its technology stack, and is co-founder of Viga Entertainment Technology, which builds real-time movie-making tools.