The First-Ever Sony Creators Conference Announced
The event will be co-located within SIGGRAPH 2023.
"Technology in the hands of creators can bring new forms of entertainment to life," said Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Group Corporation. "At Sony, we want to work with creators to develop the next generation of technology that will move entertainment forward, which we believe is an essential part of our civilization. I'm excited to launch our conference to showcase our commitment to empowering creators, whether it be artists, innovators, engineers, or scientists."
The event will unite speakers from the gaming, technology, and film industries. The team promises to hold sessions on a broad range of topics – from tech used on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to developing a superhuman racing AI agent that boosts the gameplay experience.
Here are some of the sessions that be hosed during Sony Creators Conference:
- Engineering for Creativity at Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) (August 8, 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. PDT)
SPA's executive director of Technology, Yiotis Katsambas, will discuss how innovation is paving the way for artists to break new ground in animation. - Sony Pictures Imageworks: Innovating Live-Action and Animated Projects (August 8, 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. PDT)
Imageworks shares details on creating the unique and groundbreaking visuals on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. - A New Frontier - Taking Optical Tracking to the Virtual World of Sports (August 8, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. PDT)
This session will share details on sports entertainment. - Gran Turismo Sophy, an AI Breakthrough in PlayStation® racing simulation game, Gran Turismo™. (August 9, 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. PDT)
Sony AI team will talk about a novel reinforcement learning platform developed to master the complex sport of race car driving in the highly realistic driving simulator Gran Turismo 7. - Next Gen Development for Games (August 9, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. PDT)
Learn about what Sony thinks about machine learning and rendering technologies. The session will unite developers and creators at PlayStation Studios.
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