NVIDIA GPU’s create Visual Effects in Blockbuster Hit “2012”

VFX companies “Uncharted Territory” and “Scanline VFX” combined to create over 500 shots for cataclysmic “2012″, and utilized NVidia Quadro GPUs to both render and simulate the apocalyptic scenes.

“In creating the cataclysmic events of 2012, we couldn’t risk our own catastrophic failure or delays, and that’s why we rely on NVIDIA GPUs,” said Marc Weigert, co-founder of Uncharted Territory, “All of the 100 plus workstations custom-built for this project include an NVIDIA Quadro FX processor, selected for both the high reliability and ultra-high performance required in our line of work.”

via NVIDIA Technology Drives Earth-Shattering Visual Effects in Blockbuster Hit “2012”.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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