Xye

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XYE has successfully taken the state-of-the-art in Artificial Intelligence and applied it to motion picture Visual Effects in a way that makes the computer interact with humans on a more human level. For the better part of the last decade Xye, through his Hollywood-based Visual Effects Studio, Yannix Technologies, has provided cutting-edge CG technologies for the motion picture/television industry. Xye is responsible for developing a better, and more efficient, way of providing Hollywood with relief from a variety of Visual Effects “headaches.” After graduating from the University of Southern California (USC) with a Mathematics degree at age 19, he joined Richard Edlund’s Boss Films Studios (True Lies (1994), Outbreak (1995), and Species (1995)), as a programmer. Shortly, however, Xye realized that he wanted to develop new technologies, and so he decided to focus on research and development outside of a studio setting. “In the studio environment,” Xye explains, “the emphasis is more on getting the immediate shots done, so one finds oneself spending more time putting out fires than designing a better fire truck.” It is with this in mind that Xye left Boss Films Studios to focus exclusively on Research and Development, and in 1995, Yannix Technologies was born. And so, Xye disappeared for three years to devote himself to revolutionizing the Visual Effects industry. He would surface intermittently to consult with companies like Warner Digital Studios, and then he would quietly return to what he jokingly refers to as “mad scientist mode.” The time investment proved invaluable. Xye emerged, having discovered what he refers to as “smart technologies” — groundbreaking technologies that allow humans to interact with computers more effectively and more efficiently. When the smoke cleared, Xye had successfully discovered a way to maximize both human resources and technology through the development and implementation of his newly found smart effects. Xye’s technologies and software have remained at least three years ahead of what the studios commonly rely on; and thus, his discoveries have assured Yannix a place at the forefront of the “cutting edge”; yet most of Hollywood is still largely in the dark about how Yannix does what they do. “Every program I’ve written simply adds to the toolkit. Every piece of code is modular.” Indeed, Xye and Yannix have flourished at a time when many other Visual Effects companies have closed their doors. Over the better part of a decade, Yannix has lent its talents and technologies to many of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters on the way to assembling an impressive track-record, while somehow managing to remain Hollywood’s best-kept secret.

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