Variety
From the early days of Pong onward, millions of gamers have been entertained by animation that changes instantly in response to the player’s every move, even though such real-time graphics have mainly been a clunky cousin to the sophisticated CG of movies like “Toy Story” that were rendered slowly, frame by frame. Yet today real-time graphics are getting some serious respect — and beginning to transform film and television production. Andrew Orloff, creative director and visual effects supervisor at Zoic Studios, said, “I think you’re going to see a merging of the skill sets of the gaming world and the film world in a very real way,” he says. “Two TV seasons from now, you’ll see more and more shows doing this. It’s not decades away, it’s (just a few) years.”