Landing a technical role in visual effects, animation or games can be challenging. One of the hurdles you may face is a Python challenge during the interview. Let's take a look at Python interview challenges in the visual effects, animation and gaming industries. Purpose of interview coding challenges 1. Test core problem-solving and ability Many software and video games companies include coding challenges in their recruitment process to assess candidates' ability to break d

A few years back, VR was all hype: Headsets, demos, promises until it quietly vanished. But in recent years, we’ve seen a shift and VR has matured. Virtual Reality is slowly becoming part of our reality, from video games and visualizations to art. We invited Dan Franke - a VR storyteller for games and VR experiences - to demonstrate how Quill VR capabilities can be integrated into our visual effects workflow from storyboarding to fx. Dan started as a CG generalist sculptin

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