LITE lures film work
[igm]A $27 million high-tech center at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s Research Park helps companies solve industry needs by visualizing the future through virtual worlds.
A $27 million high-tech center at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s Research Park helps companies solve industry needs by visualizing the future through virtual worlds.
Now, the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise — or LITE — is doing the same for the state’s film industry.
Earlier this month, Bullet Films — a Louisiana production company of California-based Active Entertainment — created a NASA-like space command in LITE’s Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Theatre.
The 3-D immersive center that helped lay groundwork for “Judgement Day,” a science fiction film scheduled for November release.
It’s the first movie to tap LITE’s technology, but the facility’s 19-member staff expects many more. Few film companies can afford to own Massive, the artificial intelligence software used to generate animation for the “Lord of the Rings” movie series, said Henry Florsheim, LITE’s chief operating officer.
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By GARY PERILLOUX
Advocate business writer
Now, the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise — or LITE — is doing the same for the state’s film industry.
Earlier this month, Bullet Films — a Louisiana production company of California-based Active Entertainment — created a NASA-like space command in LITE’s Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Theatre.[/igm]
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