Arriving on the backs of the realistic animals in “Stuart Little 2,” the monsters of “Lord of the Rings” and the digital doubles of “Spider-Man” and “Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones,” ...

So you’ve built your Gothic castle-it’s time for your hero to dash into play and defend the battlements. Your gaming engine supports skeletons, an animation system called Inverse Kinematics (IK), and ...

AI animation startup Cartwheel announced that it raised $10 million in a new round of funding, while releasing to the public its first AI-driven 3D character animation tools. The new round of funding ...

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the John Lasseter film Toy Story, the first fully computer-animated feature film, we’re taking a look at early CGI milestones in the days before Toy Story. But ...

Uthana has secured $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI. The $4.3 million funding round was led by IA Ventures, with participation from A16Z Speedrun, Acequia Capital, ...

In Part 2 of our 20th anniversary of Space Jam oral history, members of the original animation and vfx team discuss tackling new techniques for 2D animation, and gearing up for the visual effects.