ILMxLab's Next Augmented Reality Experiment Is...Porgs
The Porgs have invaded Star Wars at the box office, they’ve invaded it in the world of merchandising, and now, they’re…
Here's How Steven Spielberg and ILM Recreated That Movie for Ready Player One
Whether you loved or hated Ready Player One, odds are you were still amazed by the second challenge—yes, that…
The Last Jedi VFX Breakdown Reveals the Work of ILM's VFX Masters
The visual effects breakdown reels continue to pour out of Hollywood as we get closer to the Academy Awards in March,…
How Skull Island Built a Bigger, Better Kong
It turns out, building a better King Kong for his latest cinematic adventure requires making him a damned dirty ape.
Alan Tudyk Thought the Director of Rogue One Just Wanted to Talk to Him About I, Robot
K-2SO is not the first robot Alan Tudyk has played. He also portrayed one in the 2004 Will Smith film I, Robot—and he…
Gareth Edwards Used VR to Direct Rogue One's Digital Scenes
If there’s anything Star Wars fans know about Gareth Edwards, it’s that he’s a very hands-on director. A recent…
ILM Rewrites Time in Latest Doctor Strange Visual Effects Video
The Oscars are right around the corner, and Industrial Light and Magic has been working hard to show off its contenders…
Watch ILM Turn New York City Into a Giant Twisted Knot for Doctor Strange
The Oscars are a little over a week away, which means we’re finally getting a bunch of peeks at the visual effects…
ILM Will Blow You Away With Digital Breakdown of Rogue One Scarif Battle
Industrial Light and Magic isn’t done showing us how the delicious sausage gets made. Its latest Rogue One visual…
Watch ILM Completely Digitally Create the Planets of Rogue OneÂ
The best visual effects are the ones we don’t even see. In Rogue One, we know Tarkin isn’t physically there and that…
Watch How ILM Brought Back Tarkin and Leia for Rogue One
By now, we’ve talked our heads off about the ILM recreations of 1977 Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher in Rogue One.…
Let's Talk About the CG Characters in Rogue One
With the opening weekend of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finally behind us, there are a great many things to talk…
The Exceedingly Creepy Way ILM Brought the World of Warcraft to Life
Say what you will about the rest of Duncan Jones’ Warcraft movie, it did a pretty incredible job of bringing the…
This Force Awakens Special Effects Reel Will Blow Your Mind
The only thing more impressive than invisible visual effects of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is seeing the work that…
Watch Grown-Ups Pretend to Be Dinosaurs in the Amazing Jurassic World VFX Reel
We show a lot of VFX reels at io9, because we always think it’s cool to see how much work goes into making fantasies…
Maybe It's The Movies That Suck, Not The CG Visual Effects
This video is freaking great. Made by the team at RocketJump Film School, it makes a strong argument that while people…
Lucasfilm Is Making Amazing Star Wars and Jurassic Park VR Experiences
Now that the Oculus Rift has made virtual reality not suck, countless companies are lining up to produce…
This "40 Years Of ILM" Video Shows Just How Far We've Come
Industrial Light and Magic has a proud heritage stretching back to the original Star Wars. And to celebrate, they’ve…
Watch 40 years of awesome ILM special effects in 1 minute
For the past 40 years, Industrial Light & Magic has cooked up the special effects for countless movies and basically…
How Visual Effects Create the Retro-Futuristic World of Agent Carter
On Agent Carter, visual effects don't just create explosions or give an extra oomph to Howard Stark's creations, they…