Our proposed panel, From Cloud to Set, brings together Three of the industry’s most visionary minds, filmmakers, technologists, and VFX innovators to explore how the production landscape is rapidly evolving.

Adaptive workflows, AI-native tools, and cloud-powered pipelines are no longer separate systems, but are converging into a single, seamless creative ecosystem.

This globally connected cloud production model is transforming how stories are developed, produced, and delivered across the entire filmmaking pipeline.

Step into Reallusion AI Studio live. Watch 3D character previs transform into cinematic AI renders on our AI VFX cloud, with consistent characters, lifelike performances, and real-time control.

Join us at the 2026 VES LA SIGGRAPH Party as 450 of the world’s most passionate VFX creatives come together to celebrate the artists behind today’s biggest productions.

After a year of making the impossible possible, it’s time to unwind, reconnect, and celebrate together.

Virtual Studio is proud to sponsor the night.

Food and drinks are on us.
You earned it.

Join Ichio from Cloud Atlas Tokyo at the SIGGRAPH booth for a live discussion on Japan’s rapidly evolving cloud compute market for VFX and its impact on global production.

The session explores how high-performance cloud infrastructure, AI-driven workflows, and Virtual Studio technologies are transforming cross-border collaboration.

From real-time VFX to scalable virtual production pipelines, discover how Japan is helping shape the next era of global creative production.

Live at SIGGRAPH booth, Los Angeles.

Chaos Arena Cloud unveils a breakthrough in global virtual production.

This presentation reveals the results of a successful real-time cloud production test connecting:

• a Chaos Arena server inside a U.S. VFX datacenter
• a live operator in the Netherlands
• and a virtual production stage in Bulgaria

Discover how real-time ray tracing, Gaussian Splats, USD workflows, and advanced CenterGrid cloud infrastructure enabled cinematic-quality collaboration across continents in real time.

Attendees will get an inside look at the workflow, streaming architecture, synchronization process, and production results—offering a first glimpse at the future of globally connected cloud virtual production.

HCG is bringing the future of motion capture, virtual production, and cloud creativity to LATAM.

This session will showcase how artists, studios, and universities across Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic are gaining access to world-class production technology through partnerships with CenterGrid and Virtual Studio.

Discover how cloud workstations, real-time collaboration, and advanced tools from Vicon and Faceware are opening new opportunities for creators across Latin America to connect, collaborate, and compete on a global stage.

Kim Landers from GRAiL joins our Women in AI booth session on AI, storytelling, and creative workflows.

Join founder Sam Gebhardt for an inspiring session on how The Magic Ride Foundation is transforming pediatric care through immersive VR experiences, 8K stereoscopic films, and real-time cloud-powered production workflows.

Discover how the team creates magical ride experiences for children in hospitals, delivering moments of joy, comfort, and escape during difficult times. Using VR headsets, dome projection systems, and cloud GPU rendering, they produce studio-quality immersive content at scale.

Where storytelling, technology, and compassion meet — and healing meets imagination.

Join CGPro co-founder Jackie for an inside look at how the CGPro AI Film Course is redefining modern storytelling.

This session highlights how emerging artists are using AI-driven workflows, cloud tools, and creative pipelines to develop original film projects from concept to final output.

Jackie will share insights from the program and showcase student-created films developed through the course and attendees will also learn how hands-on training is shaping the next generation of creators.

The session explores how AI production techniques are being applied in real-world creative environments and how CGPro is building accessible pathways into the future of filmmaking.

Meet the Bolt team as they discuss their Zeus GPU, engineered for ultra-fast path tracing. Learn more about real-time cinematic lighting and rendering breakthroughs powering next-generation VFX, virtual production, and high-fidelity creative workflows in the cloud.

Catch the latest in AI character design, live from Australia. Join David Campbell as he interactively streams his ComfyUI workflow on our CenterGrid Virtual Workstation. Experience the AI design process in real time.

See artists use a live Xencelabs pen tablet connected to our Virtual Studio cloud workstation. Hannah Imperial Cannon will showcase how Xencelabs empowers VFX, animation, and digital artists with precision tools and seamless remote workflows.

Step inside the future of storytelling as women leaders in AI share how artificial intelligence is transforming production across film, advertising, animation, and digital media.

Through real-world projects, industry insights, and open conversation, this SIGGRAPH panel explores how creativity, technology, and collaboration are rapidly evolving together. Panelists will highlight practical workflows, emerging tools, and production pipelines already reshaping the industry today.

At its core, the session focuses on empowering the next generation of artists, creators, and technologists to lead in an AI-driven creative era—where imagination and intelligent tools work side by side to define the future of storytelling.