Talks

Photoreal Digital Humans and the Promise of Virtual Reality

Welcome to Light Fields

Light Fields, Light Stages, and the Future of Virtual Production

Getting the Lighting Right in Virtual Production

The Full Spectrum of Virtual Production

Digital Worlds Becoming Real: Virtual Production Panel

The Future of Immersive Storytelling

Paul Debevec at VIEW 2023

Volumetric Capture, Performance Relighting, and Sodium Vapor Matting

Paul Debevec is Netflix’s Director of Research for Creative Algorithms and Technology, overseeing R&D for visual effects and virtual production with computer vision, graphics, and machine learning. In 2002, his Light Stage 3 system surrounded actors with LEDs displaying images of virtual sets and environments for lighting-accurate compositing. Techniques from Paul’s work have been used to create key visual effects sequences in The Matrix, Spider-Man 2, Benjamin Button, Avatar, Gravity, Furious 7, Blade Runner: 2049, Gemini Man, Free Guy, and numerous video games. Paul’s techniques for HDR imaging, image-based lighting, and photoreal digital actors have been recognized with two Academy Awards and the SMPTE Progress Medal. Paul is a Governor of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Visual Effects Society, and an Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Southern California Computer Science. More info at: www.debevec.org.