Weta, the special effects provider for hits including Avatar,
Lord of the Rings and District 9, is launching a special "Create An Alien" contest on web 3d world Frenzoo.com.
This contest is one of two being held as part of a initiative together with Cyberport and Intergrid.
“Weta loves
creativity. We are excited to give
young, aspiring artists the opportunity to enter these two competitions
and
show off their skills. We can’t wait to see what they come up with” said
Tim
Launder, General Manager of Weta Limited.
The entries are already
starting -Create your alien and join now!
Contest entry from Nikola Tesla, Frenzoo user
from U.K.
Members need to think outside the box if they want to
impress the judges, Greg Broadmore, designer of Weta's Dr. Grordbort's retro-sci-fi universe, and Frenzoo design director Kogi Ko. The first place prizes,
note the plural form of prize, include two real-life items: Wacom Bamboo pen
tablet and a Dr Grordbort's "Righteous Bison" Raygun.
Entry is free and available to everyone on Frenzoo. No special software is required.
Complete press release follows.
(HONG
KONG,
April 8, 2010) –
Two global 3D Design Competitions are here now for all creative talents to
compete. The cutting edge
technology will bring a
brand new experience for digital artists and 3D avatar
lovers around the world. The Competitions are co-organised by InterGrid,
a world-renowned cloud computing giant, Weta Workshop, a filmmaking special
effects and post-production expert, Cyberport, Hong Kong’s unique
Creative Digital Community, and Frenzoo.com, the
first 3d-online-world with user
generated content on the web and also a Cyberport’s incubatee graduate.
“Dr. Grordbort’s Raygun Shootout”
– Win a trip to New Zealand
Weta
and InterGrid are introducing
a competition for digital artists to design and animate models based on the Dr. Grordbort’s range of Rayguns and
characters created by Greg Broadmore, who is the Conceptual Designer of
District 9 and has participated in many other Hollywood blockbusters such as
King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I,
Robot etc. Mr.
Broadmore created and designed the Dr. Grordbort’s Infallible Aether
Oscillators, which have been developed as an original line of art
collectibles. The
Rayguns: Dr. Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators are a line of 1:1 scale
antique styled, sci-fi hand weapon props.
With charming, 1900s contraption styling and finish, the rayguns evoke
the nostalgia of a lost age of exploration and discovery.
This
competition is aimed at new as well as experienced digital artists who will use
InterGrid's innovative Cloud rendering system, the “Green Button”, to render
their creations. Cyberport’s Digital Media Centre (DMC)
will support the competition by providing the render farm, which renders the 360-degree
view for each entry. Entrants
can interact, comment and vote on each other’s work. Monthly prizes for the best and most popular entries will be
selected by Weta and InterGrid staff.
An overall winner will be announced in October and the prize is a trip
to New Zealand to meet Richard Taylor and Greg Broadmore at Weta Workshop.
For
more competition details, please visit www.raygunshootout.com.
“ Create an Alien” – Weta contest
on Frenzoo.com – in-browser 3d world of creativity
Weta
and Frenzoo are also launching
a competition to create new virtual worlds. Entrants in this competition can create new alien life forms
and environments. This competition is open to all ages and skills, and
contestants will win monthly prizes from the Weta range of collectibles.
For more information, visit www.frenzoo.com.
“This
is an exciting partnership for us at InterGrid and we are thrilled to be
working with the teams
at Weta, Cyberport
and Frenzoo” said Mr. Scott Houston, CEO, InterGrid, a market leader in cloud
computing. “The creative media sector is expanding globally and this
competition can be an eye-opening experience for digital artists and social
networking lovers to get involved in 3D technology and features the power of
cloud computing by Green Button.”
As
a supporting and empowering centre within Cyberport, DMC is leveraging on
“Green Button” technology in its rendering facility and fully supports and
promotes this user-friendly front-end cloud computing solution for creative
industry practitioners to achieve cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
“Facilitated
by our unique creative digital community and IT infrastructure, this will be a
valuable chance for digital media enthusiasts to showcase their creativity
internationally and experience more 3D technology as well as cloud computing
that is steadily gaining popularity in the era of new media.” said Mr. Herman
Lam, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited. “The
Dr. Grordbort’s Exceptional Exhibition at Cyberport is open to the public and
free of charge. All who wish to
participate in the competitions should definitely visit the exhibition to
familiarize themselves with the Dr. Grordbort’s universe as well as rayguns.”
“Weta loves creativity. We are excited to give
young, aspiring artists the opportunity to enter these two competitions and
show off their skills. We can’t wait to see what they come up with” said Tim
Launder, General Manager of Weta Limited.
Frenzoo,
the web based 3D avatar world, one of the outstanding graduate companies of
Cyberport’s IncuTrain Centre (Digital Entertainment Incubation-cum-Training
Centre), has used its expertise in 3D user generated content to facilitate the
competition.
For
more information on the competitions visit www.raygunshootout.com
and www.frenzoo.com.
About
Cyberport
Cyberport
is a US$2 billion (HK$15.8 billion) landmark project managed by Hong Kong
Cyberport Management Company Limited, and wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR
Government. Focusing on enterprise
and professional development, Cyberport helps commercialise creative ideas and
incubate start-ups. We have an
energetic cluster of creative ICT and digital content tenants who enjoy
synergies from co-locating with each other, and we are Hong Kong’s unique
Creative Digital Community.
Interconnected by a state-of-the-art broadband network, the Cyberport
community is home to four grade-A intelligent office buildings, a five-star
design hotel, a retail entertainment complex and about 2,800 deluxe
residences.
About
InterGrid
InterGrid
is a New Zealand registered software company expanding into Asia. It is a
market leader in Cloud Computing services and the company’s “Green Button”
software is one of the world’s first true Cloud Computing solutions. The Green
Button is the user-friendly front end for industrial strength Cloud Computing.
The system enables applications to run on computer processing, storage and
network infrastructure that would be outside the budget of all but the
wealthiest institutions. Go to http://www.greenbutton.co.nz for details.
About
Weta Workshop
Weta
Workshop is a five-time
Oscar winning conceptual design and physical manufacturing facility servicing
the world's entertainment and creative industries. While providing special
effects for the movie industry, such as The
Lord Of The Rings, Avatar, District 9, King Kong and The Chronicles Of Narnia, is the backbone of the company, the
talented artists and craftspeople at Weta also create limited edition
collectibles drawn from the movies, television, comics and games they work on.
Weta has also created its own intellectual property in the world of Dr Grordbort's, around the art of
Conceptual Designer Greg Broadmore. The collectibles are distributed world wide
via the website, www.wetaNZ.com, and are
now available at the new Weta Collectibles store at Cyberport.
About
Frenzoo
Based
in Hong Kong, Frenzoo Ltd., is the first 3d online world with
user generated content on the web. The destination allows users to create their
avatar, meet people & 3d chat in animated virtual scenes, express their
style and create fashion & content, all within their Internet browser. Mod
sims and 3d asset import from packages such as 3D Max and Blender are also
supported. Frenzoo leverages the power of the Unity 3d engine, used by leading
entertainment companies such as Electronic Arts and Cartoon Networks. Go to http://www.frenzoo.com
for details.
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