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Steamroller Taps Shawn Dunn For Chief Technology Officer

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Friday, March 8, 2024
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MOUNT DORA, Fla. , March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prior to joining Steamroller, Dunn was a Senior Product Manager at Epic Games where he was instrumental in the company's development direction of Unreal Engine in order for it to be easily adopted and used in the Media & Entertainment industry in Virtual Production, Visual Effects and Feature Animation. Shawn spent 3.5 years at Original Force, a privately owned animation studio with bases in Los Angeles, Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and Chengdu, where he was responsible for overseeing the technology foundation of the company, implementing IT and workflow innovations that support the creative and artistic process. Dunn also spent 13 years at Weta FX where he served as Head of Research and Development for the motion group, managing R&D for its animation, motion editing, pre-vis and crowd simulation units. Throughout his 28 year career, Shawn worked on over 30 feature films including Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin and The BFG, James Cameron's Avatar, Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, King Kong, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King, Rise of The Planet of The Apes, Iron Man 3, Man Of Steel, Dawn of the Planets of the Apes, The Avengers, X-Men: First Class and The Jungle Book.

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  • Steamroller Animation has announced that Shawn Dunn will be joining the studio as Chief Technology Officer.
  • Aaron Gilman, Chief Executive Officer of Steamroller Studios says, "We are beyond excited to welcome Shawn to Steamroller.
  • I have also been pushing real time workflows for most of my career and these are both areas that Steamroller Animation has been striving towards," says Shawn Dunn, Chief Technology Officer of Steamroller Studios.
  • Aaron Gilman, Chief Executive Officer of Steamroller Studios says, "We are beyond excited to welcome Shawn to Steamroller.

Asset Entities Launches its AI Bot on Discord as part of its AE360DDM Suite of Services

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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DALLAS, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asset Entities Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) (the “Company” or “Asset Entities”), is a provider of digital marketing, content delivery, and Discord Design, Development and Management services. Asset Entities has officially launched its new AI Bot “Eddie” in its new discord server, https://discord.gg/ae360ddm. You can ask Eddie specific questions, ask him to create or find images, as well as ask him to weigh in on any subject matter “humanly” imaginable.

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  • Interact with “Eddie” the AI Bot, who offers a unique AI experience on https://discord.gg/ae360ddm
    DALLAS, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asset Entities Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) (the “Company” or “Asset Entities”), is a provider of digital marketing, content delivery, and Discord Design, Development and Management services.
  • Asset Entities has officially launched its new AI Bot “Eddie” in its new discord server, https://discord.gg/ae360ddm .
  • You can ask Eddie specific questions, ask him to create or find images, as well as ask him to weigh in on any subject matter “humanly” imaginable.
  • “We are excited about our new AI Bot which we believe will enhance the customer experience and be offered as a new feature of our AE.360.DDM suite of services,” said Arshia Sarkhani, Chief Executive Officer of Asset Entities.

Happy 3-D Day! Get Out Those 3D Glasses, and Let the Festivities Begin

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Last year, Jon Peddie Research celebrated 3-D Day with an article that took the audience through the extensive history of stereo 3D .

Key Points: 
  • Last year, Jon Peddie Research celebrated 3-D Day with an article that took the audience through the extensive history of stereo 3D .
  • Avatar: The Way of Water once again drew people back to the theater, providing them with a sophisticated stereo 3D experience.
  • Stereo 3D has evolved greatly over the past decades, especially since audiences last visited Pandora.
  • Stereo 3D continues to get better and better, thanks to innovators like Cameron and Lightstorm, as well as Weta.