In 2021, Vancouver International Airport launched an Innovation Hub. The hub was designed to foster and incubate people-first technology to advance the airport’s vision to power the future through innovation and sustainable technology solutions. The first major product to launch from YVR’s Innovation Hub is Digital Twin, a simulation technology developed for aviation in partnership […]
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Ziva Dynamics Acquired By Silicon Valley’s Unity Technologies
Vancouver’s Ziva Dynamics has been acquired by San Francisco’s Unity Technologies, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, for an undisclosed sum. Ziva Dynamics is a virtual character software company that is changing the character creation process by bringing physics-embedded soft tissue simulation to the forefront of the media and entertainment industry. […]
Virtual Production Ready For Its Moment In The Spotlight
Technology used in Mandalorian gaining adoption The pandemic has spurred technology adoption across many sectors, and it appears it is also accelerating the use of virtual production and augmented and virtual reality enabled data in the film industry. While it has been promised for years, the application of AR/VR technology is getting a new focus […]
Meet Real-time 3D Leader Unity Technologies At This Virtual Job Fair
Tech Talent Canada will be hosting their first virtual Vancouver job fair on October 21st and they’ve announced the preliminary lineup of organizations that will be participating. Among the companies recruiting at the event is San Francisco-headquartered and newly publicly-traded Unity Technologies. The world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, […]
Finger Food Advanced Technology Acquired by Unity
San Francisco’s Unity Technologies, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, has acquired Port Coquitlam’s Finger Food Advanced Technology Group. The acquisition price was undisclosed. Founded in 2009, Finger Food uses artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality and robotics to solve complex business problems for some of the world’s […]
Finger Food Advanced Technology Group to add 200 New Jobs in Calgary
Finger Food Advanced Technology Group has been awarded up to $3.2 million from the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund to create at least 200 new jobs in downtown Calgary. Port Coquitlam’s Finger Food provides enterprise technology solutions including virtual reality, blockchain, wearable technologies and robotics to global clients such as Disney, Lego, Electronic Arts and Lowe’s. […]