![]() ![]() ![]() Other Waterloo grads at SideFX - Cristin Barghiel, Jeff Lait and Mark Tucker - got a scientific engineering award from the academy. How good is it? A year ago, SideFX got an Academy Award of Merit for creating Houdini, constantly improved upon by dozens of company developers over the last 22 years. Houdini is the name of the firm's celebrated 3D visual effects and animation system is. We're a super drill."Īnd that super drill carries a master-of-illusion label. "Or a crappy drill or a really good drill. "You can buy a crappy wrench or a really good wrench, right?" says the president and co-founder of Toronto-based SideFX Software. The 63-year-old University of Waterloo math and architecture grad works on virtual hammers that special effects artists swing to build surreal cinematic fantasies, like best-picture Oscars contender "Black Panther." ![]() TORONTO - Kim Davidson deals in high-tech tools for Hollywood's dream factory. ![]()
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