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move.ai Offers 1 Week Free Trial for Markerless MoCap Platform
move.ai have launched a cloud-based markerless MoCap platform - aim - which enables video games studios to access production-grade MoCap via their desktops instead of using expensive MoCap studios, cumbersome bodysuits or time-consuming keyframe animation.
Performance can be captured with speed and simplicity using 4-8 off-the-shelf action cameras. The final output provides the most authentic humanistic movement - all the way to finger level detail - and integrates seamlessly with market leading graphics and game engines.
move.ai are currently providing a 1-week free trial for all UKIE members who apply before 31 August 2021. So what are you waiting for?
Contact hello@move.ai
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Apply to take part in the upcoming Games Demo Day!
The Demo Day, which will be held in September, will see participants demonstrate their games virtually in front of a panel of experienced investors and industry experts, as well as an audience of wider industry players and potential backers, to help create connections for the up and coming developers that could lead to funding.
Find out more
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FORMAT's rebrand festival is smashing it out the park!
FORMAT is leading the UK games industry's first post lockdown physical gaming festival and has already sold more than 80% of it's first release tickets since going live last month and has already filled 15 of it's 18 developer booths.
Find out more.
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Introducing Intorqa. The threat intelligence service for video gaming
Enhance your anti-cheat strategy and save money with automated 24/7 monitoring of the web, dark web and social media. Covering thousands of cheat sellers and forums we identify hacking and fraud activity earlier so you have more time to take action and protect the player experience.
Find out more
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Insomnia Gaming Festival Organiser Acquired by Supernova Capital
Private equity firm Supernova Capital has today announced it has fully acquired Player1 Events from GAME and sets out its vision for holding events in 2021 and beyond.
Craig Fletcher, the founder of Multiplay and the Insomnia Gaming Festival, will return to lead Insomnia operations following the acquisition. Craig will also join Supernova’s executive team and provide the driving force and entrepreneurial spirit behind Supernova’s future plans for live events and esports. All existing P1E staff will be retained as part of the acquisition and will be potentially working on an Insomnia event in 2021 along with future events planned in the UK and internationally in 2022 and beyond.
Find out more.
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Do you have a proven product, demonstrable concept or prototype you wish to develop at speed?
Apply to HOST Salford, the Home of Skills & Technology based at the heart of MediaCity, first-of-their-kind growth programmes for entrepreneurs driving innovation in Cyber, Data Science and AI, and Immersive technologies.
The programmes, which are due to start in August, are part of HOST's flexible and affordable Incubation Membership and will be delivered in collaboration with high-profile technology partners such as Microsoft, Siemens, and Unity.
Limited places available. Don't leave it for later, find out more today!
For further information, please contact Claire Bennett, Innovation District Business Development Manager, HOST Salford claire.bennett@hostsalford.com / 07904 494922
Find out more.
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Investment Buzz as £500k EIS investment round for video games companies completes.
Buzz Capital is delighted to announce the successful completion of a second-round £500k equity raise for video games studio Dream Harvest and video games publisher Fundamentally Games.
Premiere Capital led the investment round, with support from the team at Buzz Capital.
Dream Harvest, is an award-winning game studio building games that combine rich, deep narrative experiences and expansive, diverse worlds for players to get lost in with mechanics that drive genres in new directions.
Fundamentally Games, is a video games publisher focused on living games. They offer LiveOps + Publishing + UA. Fundamentally Games started trading in 2019 and is run by Ella Romanos & Oscar Clark, who have industry experience spanning over 33 years.
Find out more.
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Autistica Play Event: International Friendship Day 2021
Autistica Play is celebrating International Friendship Day 2021. They are inviting you to help them celebrate digital friendships and raise vital funds for autism research.
The event launches on Friday 30 July and runs throughout the International Friendship Day weekend until Monday 2 August.
Click through to find out more.
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