GoTo - DIGITAL PRODUCTION https://digitalproduction.com Magazine for Digital Media Production Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:19:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 236729828 Today: ICE.ART 2026.I kicks off on April 7 https://digitalproduction.com/2026/04/06/tomorrow-ice-art-2026-i-kicks-off-on-april-7/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:50:00 +0000 https://digitalproduction.com/?p=266999 A panoramic view of a city skyline under a dramatic, swirling sky. Clouds cast warm golden and brown hues above towering skyscrapers, while a stylized icy blue crystal, symbolizing the conference, hovers prominently. Text reads

ICE.ART 2026.I begins April 7 at 5:00 PM CEST. Physics sims, Q and A, prizes, then stages and splats across three nights.

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For those who don’t know the event: ICE.ART 3D Environment Conference 2026.I is a free online environment conference hosted by VRBN and delivered via GoTo Webinar. No lock in, no big fuss, just a very specific kind of nerd joy.

ICE.ART 3D Environment Conference 2026.I kicks off April 7, 2026, running 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM CEST as a live webinar on GoTo Webinar. Day I runs under the Physics Simulations banner, with an intro, two talks with Q and A, prizes, a panel discussion, and an open community chat. Registration is free of charge on the event site, so the only real cost is admitting you enjoy hearing other people talk about creativity, technology and physics. Bring a headset and a mildly disciplined browser tab situation.

Goran Pavles brings blockbuster sim scars to Ice.Art

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Goran Pavles is a Visual Effects Supervisor at Stormborn VFX. He leads a team at Stormborn Studios, an Emmy and VES Award winning visual effects company based in Vancouver. He has over 15 years of experience in VFX and specializes in complex FX driven sequences for film and television, including 2012, Man of Steel, and 300: Rise of an Empire, plus series work on Yu Yu Hakusho, 5 Days at Memorial, and The Penguin. On the agenda, he is slated to present Artdirecting Physics Simulations for Hollywood Blockbusters, with Q and A.

André Thomas lives at the intersection of games and real sets

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Prof. Dr André Thomas is Co-Head of the Immersive Realities Research Lab at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He founded Triseum in 2014, where he serves as CEO and leads the creation of award winning academic video games. He has more than 30 years in CGI production and has worked on video games, live action feature films, and commercials, including being Head of Graphics for EA SPORTS Football titles and contributing graphics for films including Men in Black, Con Air, Independence Day, Valiant, Ant Bully, and Tomorrow Never Dies. On the schedule image, he appears on Day II with Planning Physical Studios: Managing Business and Creativity.

Tobias Hauck bridges film instincts and GIS scale

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Tobias Hauck is a Software Development Lead at the Esri Stuttgart Research and Development Center. His work focuses on Reality Mapping, turning imagery and laser scans into accurate large scale 3D meshes and Gaussian splats for GIS and digital twin workflows. He is with Esri since 2016, previously worked in feature film visual effects, and brings a passion for rendering, computer animation, and 3D environment creation. On the agenda , he is listed on Day II with Geospatial Gaussian Splats: Creating 3D Maps of Large Envrionments, with Q and A.

Come hang out, learn something, maybe win something

The agenda includes prizes and a panel discussion. By the way, the webinar puts attendees in listen-only mode (You are muted automatically). The invite is simple: register, block the evenings, and bring at least one question you have been saving for a day when someone else has to answer it.


Homepage: https://www.ice.art/
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/96699203094794328

P.S: Afterwards, some or all of the talks will go online in full length on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/@ice_conference

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The ICE.ART 3D Environment Conference 2026.I goes live on 7, 8, and 9 April 2026, each day from 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM CEST. It is a webinar series, so your commute is the distance from your chair to your snack stash.

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Three evenings, three tracks, one calendar

The three track themes are set as Physics Simulations for Day I, Physical Sets and Stages for Day II, and Gaussian Splatting for Day III. Registration is free of charge, with sign-up routed through a GoTo Webinar registration page.

A detailed schedule of events from April 7 to April 9, 2026, featuring sessions on 'Physics Simulations,' 'Physical Sets & Slopes,' and 'Gaussian Splitting.' Each section includes presentation titles, speakers, and times for panel discussions.

Each day is structured around an intro block, multiple presentation slots, a panel discussion, and a wrap-up. The agenda also includes a prize lottery segment and a communal chat slot to hang out after the formal outro. Some presentation slots are still to be determined, so full session titles and speaker names are not complete currently.

The topics

Day I carries the Physics Simulations theme. One listed session title for this day is “Artdirecting Physics Simulations for Hollywood Blockbusters,” with Goran Pavles from Stormborn Studios.

Four award announcements showcasing winners from 2023 and 2025. Categories include Emmy, Leo, and VES awards for outstanding visual effects, with mentions of the productions '5 Days at Memorial - Day Two' and 'The Penguin'.

If your work lives in fx heavy shots, large-scale destruction, or the fine art of making a solver behave on a deadline, this day looks designed to scratch that itch while staying in the orbit of environment craft.

Day II is themed Physical Sets and Stages. Even without the speaker list, the track theme is clear: this is the part of the conference aimed at the reality-capture-to-digital handoff, the on-set-to-post handshake, and the practical constraints that keep virtual worlds grounded in physical ones.

Day III is themed Gaussian Splatting. One session is Geospatial Gaussian Splats: Reality Mapping in ArcGIS, with the speaker Tobias Hauck from an Esri R&D Centre in Stuttgart.

How to attend?

The event is delivered as a webinar series with three scheduled sessions. The attendee email for the event includes a unique join link or a webinar ID for joining. Audio can be taken through computer audio or by telephone as an alternative option (Follow the Event there if you want to make it an apparently enormous phone call, to give you some space from your coworkers, family, whatever. We are not judging).

Attend via Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/ice-art3denvironmentconference27437804320210702336

Register via GoTo Webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/96699203094794328

Join the Discord!

Pricing and availability

Registration is free of charge on the conference website. No paid ticket tiers, upgrades, or pricing options beyond that free registration statement. You will join via GoTo Webinar, and registration is open now. The event is positioned as the conference for anything related to creating 3D environments, plus there are prizes to win (including free Digital Production Subscriptions), which is the most elegant way to justify watching another talk when your to-do list starts to stare back. Save the dates, tell your favorite env nerd, and warm up your question asking fingers.

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Register: https://www.ice.art/
Questions: conference@ice.art

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