AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that 20th Century Fox, New Regency, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, and VR development studio Practical Magic chose the AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo GPU featuring the AMD LiquidVR™ SDK, the world’s fastest VR development platform[1], to bring the upcoming ASSASSIN’S CREED movie VR experience to life. ASSASSIN’S CREED VR is a film-based live action cinematic virtual reality experience produced all over the world that shot concurrently on-set with the ASSASSIN’S CREED film production. ASSASSIN’S CREED, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, opens in theaters worldwide on Dec. 21, 2016. The newly announced AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo graphics card and AMD LiquidVR™ technology are foundational elements across the entire production of the ASSASSIN’S CREED VR experience.
By shooting on location, the studio is able to recreate the
sets from the film at an extremely high quality level, using massive textures
and complex geometry captured in places like Malta, Spain, and London.
“Creating such a complex and immersive experience in virtual
reality demands an incredible amount of compute power. We asked AMD for their
new AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo, which isn't just a fast video card - it's engineered
from the bottom up with VR in mind. Features unique to AMD Radeon™ graphics
such as asynchronous compute and LiquidVR™ technology are the actual difference
between VR being good and VR being great,” said Matthew Lewis, president of
Practical Magic VR and director of VR experiences, Practical Magic. “We're
using the AMD Radeon Pro Duo and LiquidVR™ technology across the entire
production of ASSASSIN'S CREED VR, and soon you'll understand why. To enable
high end virtual reality experiences requires deep collaboration between creativity
and technology, and AMD is helping Practical Magic push the boundaries of
possibility in VR.”
“Virtual reality is here to stay. As AMD is strategically
expanding its technological leadership in this emerging field, partnerships
with leading VR content creators is crucial,” said Roy Taylor, corporate vice
president, content and alliances, AMD. “In bringing the compute horsepower and
the tools required for the creators of the ASSASSIN’S CREED VR experience, AMD
is setting up to be a formidable force among world-class film and VR production
studios.”
“20th Century Fox and New Regency are thrilled to partner
with AMD on this movie based live action ASSASSIN’S CREED VR experience that
will allow fans and moviegoers to live out moments from our film,” said Zachary
Eller, Senior Vice President, 20th Century Fox.
“AMD’s technology and marketing prowess will help to make sure we have
an extremely high quality experience that reaches as many people as possible.”
Announced earlier this week at Capsaicin, the AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo
GPU featuring the AMD LiquidVR™ SDK is the world’s most powerful platform for
VR1, with an
astonishing 16 TFLOPS of compute performance, straddling the worlds of
both content creation and consumption. Together with AMD LiquidVR™ technology, AMD enables rich and
immersive VR experiences by simplifying and optimizing VR content creation, by
creating a sense of “presence”.
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About the ASSASSIN’S CREED movie
Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic
memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his
ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain.
Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the
Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the
oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
ASSASSIN’S CREED stars Academy Award® nominee Michael
Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past, 12 Years a Slave) and Academy Award
winner Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises, La Vie en Rose). The film is
directed by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth); produced by New Regency, Ubisoft
Motion Pictures, DMC Films and Kennedy/Marshall; co-financed by RatPac
Entertainment and Alpha Pictures; and distributed by 20th Century Fox .
ASSASSIN’S CREED opens in theaters worldwide on December 21st, 2016.
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