Within the first week of the lockdown, three million South Africans had lost their jobs, contributing to a sharp rise in food insecurity and poverty. Meanwhile, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed, ensuring that people obeyed the government measures and dishing out heavy penalties to those who didn’t. Liquor and tobacco sales were banned, non-essential outings prohibited, a curfew was enforced and face masks became mandatory. In a televised address on March 23, the President of South Africa – Cyril Ramaphosa – announced the start of a 21-day lockdown on the nation’s 59 million inhabitants to curb the spread of coronavirus.
In 'the everyday waiting' photographer Jabulani Dhlamini sheds light on the situation in one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods. South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal countries - and the inequalities have only grown starker during Covid-19. And despite its acquisition by Epic Games, the company will continue to support its current partners across gaming, visual effects, film, and other industries.In 'the everyday waiting' photographer Jabulani Dhlamini sheds light on the situation in one of South Africa's poorest neighbourhoods. We look forward to partnering with their team to accelerate adoption of our technology and moving the photogrammetry industry forward together.”Ĭapturing Reality’s powerful photogrammetry software will be integrated into the Unreal Engine ecosystem to allow developers to easily upload images and create photorealistic 3D models. “Epic is clearly aligned with this mission, and has a proven track record of taking existing technologies and making them more accessible to developers across industries. “Our mission at Capturing Reality is to give our customers the most powerful and easy-to-use photogrammetry solution on the market, so they have the freedom to focus on their business,” said Capturing Reality Co-founder Michal Jancosek, PhD. “The team has built a powerful solution with Realit圜apture, and we’re fortunate to have them as part of the Epic Games family.” “The Capturing Reality team is made up of some of the most impressive experts in the field of photogrammetry,” said Marc Petit, General Manager of Unreal Engine. Going forward, the Capturing Reality and Unreal Engine teams will be working together to make this technology even more accessible and affordable. Epic Games confirmed the acquisition in a news post on its official site today, which pointed out that Capturing Reality’s software is able to reconstruct objects and scenes from images or laser scans faster than any competitor. Capturing Reality, the developer behind Reality Capture, a state-of-the-art photogrammetric software for 3D scans, is now owned by Epic Games.
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