Animation Skillnet, in collaboration with Animation Ireland, will be organising a room on the theme of “Creativity Meets Technology” at Futurescope 2018, which takes place at the Convention Centre on the 31st May.

Irish and international industry experts will be presenting on the day, including Epic Games (Unreal Engine), The Foundry, JAM Media, Cartoon Saloon, Warducks, 3D4 Medical, Brown Bag Films, StoryToys/TouchPress, Artomatix, Boulder Media, Black Shamrock Games and many more…There will also be a keynote address from Intellectual Property specialist, Rob Hudnut, who was formally the Head of Mattel’s entertainment division.

Other topics to be explored on the day include:

***IP development for a changing distribution and consumer landscape
***The future of interactive medical education
***Creative AI for virtual worlds
***Closing the content gap for VR and AR
***Real-time production and changing production pipelines

The event will also host an Animation and AR/VR showcase area featuring exhibitions, demos and targeted networking for attendees.

For further information on the services Animation Skillnet have to offer see… http://animationskillnet.ie/

Lots of other interesting presentations, demos and panels will also take place at FutureScope 2018. So keep an eye on http://www.futurescope.ie/ over the coming weeks for updates on the schedule and speaker announcements.