There’s a huge amount of new (and expensive) tech behind Avatar: The Way of Water
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Avatar: The Way of Water is out December 16th. | Screenshot: Avatar: The Way of Water There's a new trailer out for Avatar: The Way of Water, the upcoming film from James Cameron that is also the sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time. It's as visually spectacular as you'd expect while also diving a bit deeper into the family-first story at the heart of the film. Here it is - it's fun!
However you feel about Avatar as a story (if you even remember the story at all), there's no denying the technical achievements Cameron and his crew pulled off to make these movies happen. And in an excellent new GQ profile, Cameron explains the AI, algorithms, entirely new cameras, and all sorts of other tech behind this one:
The process for how Cameron builds the Avatar films is complex; it involves creating a data-rich but...