We introduce two technologies related to Sony's entertainment. First, we have realized a distributed computing environment using a large number of GPUs to study real-time, unbiased ray tracing. Second, we explain the lightweight motion capture technology which only uses six IMUs to estimate whole-body joint positions and orientations.

Presenter:
Tadayasu Hakamatani - Sony Interactive Entertainment, FTG Tokyo, ATR Dept.

Presenter:
Yasutaka Fukumoto - R&D Center, Sony Group Corporation

Presenter:
Christian Braendli - CEO, Sony AVS

Presenter:
Uchenna Akujuobi - Research Scientist, Sony AI

Join artists from Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation for an exclusive behind-the-scenes presentation of "The Mitchells vs. The Machines," now streaming on Netflix. This production session will focus on the artistic and technological challenges of creating a visual style that has never been seen before, through the lens of the story of an everyday family's struggle to relate while technology rises up around the world!

Presenters:
Michael Lasker - VFX Supervisor
Alan Hawkins - Head of Character Animation
Nicola Lavender - Look Development CG Supervisor
Lindsey Olivares - Production Designer / Lead Character Designer

Technology innovations are crossing the boundary between the physical and digital realms, in ways previously only imagined for some distant future. Some creative businesses are finding efficient ways to work and thrive in this blended world today. In this session you'll hear how filmmakers can interact with a 3D concept as though it were a tangible prop they can hold in their hands, how artists can transport directors into a fully imagined set months before building begins, and how designers can use real-world technologies that merge the physical and digital worlds in media and entertainment. Thaisa Yamamura, Head of Business Development at Sony Electronics joins this panel to discuss how the Spatial Reality Display is changing digital creation.