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Episode 442 – Infinite-Realities Founder and Director Lee Perry-Smith
Infinite-Realities (IR) specializes in digital humans. Founded in 2007, IR has been developing static and motion scanning systems for over 15 years.
Lee Perry-Smith is the original Founder of Infinite-Realities. As CEO, he has led various large scale project developments. He has a deep passion for human scanning and the ongoing pursuit of the perfect digital human.
In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews Founder of Infinite-Realities Lee Perry-Smith about his passion for digital humans and scanning technology, the inspiration for his launching of Infinite-Realities; his first feature film project STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS; 3D Gaussian Splatting, 4D capture, Artificial Intelligence – and so much more!
Lee Perry-Smith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeperrysmith
Infinite-Realities Website: https://www.ir-ltd.net
Infinite-Realities on Twitter: @8Infinite8
Infinite-Realities on IG: @infiniterealities4D
IR Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/user2608859
EPISODE 442 – INFINITE-REALITIES – FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR LEE PERRY-SMITH
Hi, everyone!
This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 442!
I’m interviewing Director and Founder of Infinite-Realities Lee Perry-Smith about:
- His start in computer graphics and building his own PC’s;
- Getting a part-time job to fund his passion;
- The drive and motivation of being self-taught (rather than pursuing formal education);
- His first job in computer graphics;
- His launching Infinite-Realities in 2007;
- His passion for digital humans and digital scanning technology;
- How much THE MATRIX inspired Lee;
- His first feature film projects: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS;
- 3D Gaussian Splatting, NeRF processing and 4D capture;
- The disruption of Artificial Intelligence and the future of the industry;
- And so much more!
I’m really excited to talk to Lee! This is going to be an epic interview!
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Let’s dive in!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM ALLAN McKAY:
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Okay, what did you think? I want to thank Lee for joining the Podcast. I hope you got a lot from this Episode.
Next week, I’m interviewing VFX Supervisor Jonas Ussing about the dangerous marketing rhetoric encouraged by studios about “No CGI” in films like TOP GUN: MAVERICK, BLADERUNNER, FAST 5; the inspiration behind Jonas YouTube Channel The Movie Rabbit Hole and the viral videos on the subject; the reaction of the VFX community to his content; surviving Hollywood Labor Strikes of 2023, whether VFX artists will ever get unionized – and so much more!
Until then –
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