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vNAB: The Future of VFX in The Cloud Todd Prives, Product Manager, Google Cloud Platform

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To Look Toward The Future, Let’s Examine The Past

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2012: VFX Startups Go Cloud Native



Proprietary + Confidential2013: Cloud Delivers A Full Hollywood Feature




2014: Cloud Providers Take Notice




2014: Cloud Is For The Big Studios


“Google gives us breathing room during these peak periods, affording our artists more flexibility and the opportunity for creative refinement.”

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2015: ISVs Deploy Cloud Solutions




2015: Content Security Focus




2016: Autodesk Maya Partnership




2016: VFX Oscar!




2017: Everyone is In!




Films Rendered On Cloud

2012 2015 2016

Flight7MM Core Hours

The Walk9.1 MM Core Hours

The Jungle Book14K cores, 11k nodes

360,000 wall clock hours

1.5MM tasks processed

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