TrailblaXR Magazine

TrailblaXR Magazine – A client-focused magazine showcasing exclusive stories and industry news from inspirational trailblazers across Games, Media & Entertainment, Motion Capture, Extended Reality, Metaverse, Spacial Computing, Digital Fashion, Art, AI and more with a special focus on interactive virtual avatars.
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Exclusive TrailblaXR Interview with KATIE NAEHER KALINIAK: Inside High-Fidelity Facial Animation and Character Performance

Exclusive TrailblaXR Interview: Inside High-Fidelity Facial Animation and Character Performance

From Wētā FX and Framestore to fast-moving production pipelines, Katie Naeher Kaliniak’s 3D character animation work focuses on capturing nuance — translating subtle expression and intent into believable, high-fidelity performance.

TrailblaXR Platform case study: with Keiron Ward, licensed character illustrator
Instinctively Real Media, TrailblaXR thought leader article: VTubers and the Convergence of AI, Performance, and Presence
Past, present, and future—REPLIKANT’s CTO Luc Schurgers shares how he is redefining animation and digital content with an AI-powered 3D virtual production platform that brings high-quality character creation, digital humans, and immersive environments within reach of every creator.
Raindance Immersive 2025 Awards ceremony
Bringing Dickens to VR: Instinctively Real Media Sponsors Agile Lens' ‘A Christmas Carol VR’ at Raindance Immersive 2025
Instinctively Real Media attends inaugural opening of Te Puna Creative Hub, Auckland
Charlie Fink, Forbes discusses REPLIKANT Chat
A Christmas Carol VR from Agile Lens. Sponsored by Instinctively Real Media and Sony
Instinctively Real Media TrailblaXR Magazine recaps technologies exhibited at Siggraph 2024, Denver
SIGGRAPH 2024 demonstration, The Malleable-Self Experience
Exclusive TrailblaXR interview with Emil Nidal, Technical Animator for triple-A games. An Instinctively Real Media magazine.
TrailblaXR interview with Elissa Snowball, RocketWerkz
Instinctively Real Media interviews RocketWerkz Chrissy Woods

Virbela and Frame
Alyssa Keast talks about the future of Virbela and Frame’s next-gen metaverse platforms and 3D tools designed to enable live virtual and real world collaboration.

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